Author: Christina Reid
September is on its way out, which means congratulations are in order on making it through your first month back at Cornell. After the blur that was O-Week, you had to dust off the old backpack and put your thinking caps back on. And while at first you may have struggled with getting back into the groove of things, you’re definitely beginning to find your stride again. Here are 11 signs that prove a month has passed and you’ve already been sucked into the vortex that is Cornell.
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1. Your calves are in serious pain (and probably four times larger) from trudging up these hills. Combine that with how aggressively you’ve been avoiding the quarter-carders and you won’t even need to buy a gym membership.
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2. You’ve already spent $200 worth of BRB’s. Cue the mental calculation of how to stretch the rest of that money to December.
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3. Gains Guy is BACK on Campus story and better than ever.
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4. The libraries are packed with bleary-eyed students and their coffee-stained review sheets. So naturally, you’ve changed the location of your Orange is the New Black viewing to the stacks to at least make it look like you’re studying too. I’m sure nobody has even noticed yet.
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5. It’s becoming harder to focus on lecture when your brain reminds you of all of the food truck possibilities on campus. When in doubt, always treat yourself to a sushiritto or Louie’s… or to both.
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6. It’s already too cold for shorts, but still too warm for a jacket. Say it with us now: we hate transition weather. But brace yourselves, the Ithaca winter is coming…
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7. You plan your day around finding time to make it to Willard Straight for some popcorn. Free popcorn just tastes better.
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8. Prelims have started and you’re beginning to lose your mind. You have already forgotten what sleep feels like. You might not even recognize your bed anymore.
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9. Your laundry is piling up and slowly taking up more and more space in your room. But as long as you’ve got clean underwear, there’s really nothing stopping you from crushing each day.
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10. Waiting on the long salad lines at Trillium and/or Terrace is the perfect time to call your parents. The wait is just long enough for you to ask your folks for some money, but short enough to avoid explaining why you haven’t found a significant other yet.
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11. As soon as you got back to campus, you instagrammed a picture of the Clock Tower, a gorge, the slope, or all of the above. Because let’s face it, this school is tough, but you secretly love it. #gorges #chimes #big #red
Good luck, Cornellians, on braving the next few months ahead.
#lol #loveit #lol #lmao