Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Berkeley Court

It feels like summer today. For some reason every time the sun pokes out here in Seattle it reminds me of hot sticky summer days spent in my college apartment at Berkeley Court.

Walking to class in a tank top, jean shorts, flip flops and a jansport backpack, sipping on a nonfat starbucks iced caramel macchiato with extra caramel. Tying my then long hair up in a ponytail halfway through my comp sci class hoping a little bit of breeze will come through and stir me awake. After 4 long hours class would finally come to an end and I would walk back across Aldrich Park to the Trader Joes. I had a love affair with Trader Joes for 4 years. My staples were pita bread, tzatziki and a bottle of Orangina. All put in a little brown paper bag I'd carry back to my apartment.

I'd come home, take a shower, spritz on Bath and Body Works Sweet Pea, and spend the rest of the afternoon doing whatever I felt like doing. Chatting with my roommate, watching re-runs of 90s television, working out, reading charlotte bronte, playing online scrabble with a boy I liked. In summary, being young and having no responsibility.

I don't really yearn for those days, I've come a long way since that apartment, but it's nice to be reminded of it every once in a while.

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