Well, this weekend was interesting.
Thursday: Reid's birthday. Made him a cake, went out to get mexican for dinner.
Friday: I don't remember to be honest. I think just chilled in Reid's room. Some time after midnight we hear a ton of sirens and some guy walking down the hall swearing. We figured someone got arrested and went back to sleep. I thought about going into the hall and asking them to be quieter.
Saturday: We went to Oshkosh to celebrate Reid's birthday with his parents. Then we got a text from David saying that some kid from Thomson (Reid's dorm) died friday night by falling down the stairs. That's right, the stairs right by Reid's room.
So it has been pretty unsettling. We even saw his roommate (a guy in several of my classes) moving out his loft and stuff, we thought at the time he was just moving. But now he has a single room.
It makes you feel really mortal. That guy had no idea it was his last day. Treated it like a normal day. Spent $5000 towards a career he will never get to be a part of. Got drunk just to have fun like a normal weekend. Probably didn't even talk to his family that day. And dear god, his family. How sudden. He died in the hospital so I'm hoping they had time to get here...
It makes you think what if. What if that were me? Reid? David? Any of my friends? How many people would that affect? How would I feel?
And there's no record of it. Even though I didn't know him, I want to buy him flowers and put them in the stairwell. I feel like it's disrespectful to just keep going. Life doesn't stop for everyone just because it does for one person. The first time I realized that was back when Jack Doyle died. I took a walk and saw all of the people driving or walking their dogs and the sun shining and it just seemed so wrong. They didn't know, they couldn't care. It makes you wonder, what is that person you pass on the street going through at the time?
Moral of the story: You never know.
Sunday: Got to fly in an airplane. Reid's pastor is part of a club that owns a little 4 seater, so we flew from oshkosh to fond du lac and back. Reid and his brother Preston got to fly it. It was amazing! Helped bring the mood up a lot.
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Claire freaked out when she saw my face when I got that text from you -- we were at a Chinese restaurant on campus just talking about life and boys and confusion and I heard my phone beeping, was happy when I saw it was from you, and then - shock. Claire was really worried. It is terrifying and terribly sad. I can't even imagine the incredible loss and despair I would feel if that were you or anyone I loved...
I take it back. I can imagine it. I just can't stand to. <3
on a lighter note, I'm glad the rest of your weekend was fun, tell Reid happy birthday again for me even though I already told him in Chinese, I am infinitely jealous of you and your plane-activities, I didn't know Reid had a pastor, and congratulations, this is our blog's 100th post. :P
call me!
Yeah, I got the text right at the end of the uninvited. I checked my phone as I was getting up and I definitely freaked out the whole group by running out to call you....
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