It was definitely weird being
back at Blue Chip a second time after orientation week. All throughout the
semester, I had been saying that it’s a good thing to revisit the places we had
been throughout orientation week, because now you may notice new things or just
see it with different eyes. I think about the first at Blue Chip and my
feelings are certainly mixed. I think about it as a place with great karaoke
and laughing with my friends, but I also think about it as the night when a
couple people from the group got their personal things stolen, and the night
Rashaad left. So I think walking back into Blue Chip, I had a rush of memories,
especially since I hadn’t been there since the first week of the trip.
I realized how much an environment such as that can bring out so
much joy in people. I really loved being with everyone from the group and just
having innocent fun, while singing very horribly. It was very nice to see
everyone in one spot, outside of classes. It had been very hard to get the
entire group together previously. On that night I remember, sitting back and
looking around the small room at all the faces that had come out that night. It
gave me chills to see the happiness glow from everyone. The night was filled
with singing, laughter and joy. I also remember not wanting the night to end,
because we all were having so much fun doing karaoke together. But it did end.
Then there was the bus ride home. Morgan came to sit next to me, and after a
while the bus fell quiet. It gave me chills, because I knew that everyone had
had a good night. At the time, words weren’t needed to express what we were
feeling. After karaoke, we all realized how much we love being together as a
big group, and enjoying one another’s company.
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| A small part of the big group: Brianna, Janiel, Larissa, Wylie, Aimee, Allie |
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