S.C.S.U. I miss you

Here is the post I promised, a bit more brief than originally planned but regardless! Some little details about St. Cloud that I miss:

• my friends & being able to hang out on only moments notice (i.e. going down a floor to the friend who lived below me)
  
• waking up 15 min before class and still getting there in time
• seeing people I know everywhere, all the time (it was a good thing and a bad thing)
  
• the beautiful library just minutes away (we have 40+ libraries... a nightmare for indecisive people! ;))
  
• caribou coffee
• having a third floor bedroom window (my window now faces the parking lot right on ground level = horrible view & lack of privacy)
• having a bedroom door (currently I have a curtain, which is not a huge complaint but not the greatest noise barrier - surprisingly the heat stays in though!)
• the small orchestra & being first chair (think 24 cellists vs. 5 cellists)
• smaller class sizes & normal scheduling (none of that discussion/section/lab crap, or the fact that if I'm not 10 minutes early to class I will have to sit on the floor in the back because there aren't enough seats in the lecture halls)
• The very nice fitness center & equipment (it's free here.. but that doesn't quite make up for it)
• Group fitness classes (which we have here, but the cycling class is so popular that you have to get a "bike claim ticket" 30 minutes prior to the start of class, and even then you aren't guaranteed to get in! Plus who has that much time to spend going early just to get a ticket (maybe) and then wait around for class to start??)
• Better parking - this may be a surprise to you, because even parking there sucks, but it's even WORSE here.
• Getting gigs - musicals, academic ceremonies, church events, etc
• Private cello lessons
• The ongoing debate about "bubblers" and "pop"
• Unlimited supply of hot water for standing in the shower for an excessive amount of time after a long day
  
• Frequenting the St. Cloud Public Library & Crossroads mall
  
• Knowing exactly what events are going on on campus because you are likely going to walk right through them or past them on the way to class sometime during the day
  
• Walking along & across the Mississippi whenever I felt like it
  

I could keep adding on to the list but as you can see, there is nothing major that I'm totally missing out on (save the missing my friends, of course), St. Cloud will always have a place in my heart as a little home away from home, but as they say: when one door closes, another one opens. And besides, change is healthy and the important thing is making the most of what you have when you have it, and believe me when I say I will be taking advantage of all the new opportunities here! Cheers to optimism & creating your own luck!