8 |OPINIONS
Ode to my free period: a time I will forever cherish
Assitant Creative Director
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o my dearest Free Period, I only just saw you yesterday, but I haven’t been able to put you from my mind. You are my favorite. I’ve adored our time together so much that I rearranged my schedule so I could see you
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twice a day. I’ve never done that for any other period…just for you. In fact, I countdown the seconds until I see you again. I wake up wanting to see you and go to bed still reminiscing about our time together. I long for you in the morning and in the afternoons, but the time I wish for you most is during lunch. That’s the time we can spend the most, uninterrupted time together. If it were up to me, we’d be together every day. But I had to drop you today and attend Personal Financial Management instead. Please don’t be jealous. It was out of my control and not what I wanted. Believe me when I say that the thought o f
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sharing my time with anyone else breaks my heart. So, maybe a break from you today is a good thing. After all, relationship experts encourage taking a break every now and again. Absence can make the heart grow fonder. So, let’s look at this 24-hour break as an opportunity to grow stronger in our love, and take comfort in knowing we will reunite again tomorrow. That said, I do acknowledge that you haven’t always been the best influence on me, lately. On more than one occasion your promises of freedom have lured me off cam-
pus to go on adventures to Starbucks. It’s wrong. I know that. But I can’t help but follow you out the door. You are intoxicating, and bring out the wild side in me. To embrace you fully, I have been willing to risk a potential Saturday detention or two. Farewell for now. Xoxo, A second semester senior
