Where else in the world?

This morning was brutal. I woke up with my entire upper body feeling like a monster truck had rammed over it repeatedly. But the reality of my life is a lot less severe than that since I can only blame my sailing partner and my inability to be successful in the marine world. If you haven’t figured this out by now, let me lay it out for you: my life is embarrassing. After a series of threats from our sailing instructor that we would be partaking in a capsize drill in the near future, inclement weather had delayed this from coming true. Failure at sailing is an embarrassment that increases tenfold if you place it in a St. Mary’s context. To make a long story short, Jevi and I succeeded—with flying colors, I might add—at this exercise the first time. The second time turned into a disaster when we found ourselves in the river cold and unable to turn the boat right-side up for about 15 minutes and then it seemed nearly impossible to get back in. Picture this: two girls with flailing limbs splashing in the water thrusting themselves against the sides of the sailboat for another 30 minutes without making any progress. Being Adam’s favorites in the class, I was too ashamed to even make an excuse. Luckily, our T.A. was standing out there on the dock encouraging us until just before noon, we made it!

After our grand success, Jevi and I felt we deserved a hearty meal so we gathered all of our soaking layers and walked over to the Great Room. As part of Care-for-your-campus week, this particular day, the dining hall was serving good old MARYLAND CRABS! No mind you, we get about one of these days a year so when it comes around, it instantly becomes the best day ever.

More than satisfied, Jevi and I sat in that place with our cold and heavy layers and looked around at the happy faces throughout the room. We laughed out loud and thought, WHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU BE TEARING THROUGH CRABS AFTER GETTING BACK FROM CAPSIZING YOUR SAILBOAT, BECAUSE THAT’S PART OF A CLASS YOU’RE TAKING FOR CREDIT?

Only St. Marys…