Crunch Time is Flying

Hello everyone,

I hope your Halloween festivities were as enjoyable as mine.

The days are flying by, are they not? Now is crunch time, with the first drafts of my term papers coming due around the middle of this month, and no let up in the other course work.

In a month and a half, the semester will be over. It seems like yesterday that it was August 17, hot weather, and I was arriving on campus for the first time in years to meet all sorts of new people. I try to take it all in, but things move so quickly that it is hard- and scary. The older I get, the faster time moves. Even if I live to be 200 years old, that is still the immediate future.

Undergrads probably have no idea what I am talking about. It started to speed up for me when I was 23- and that's where my age is frozen. If I did not know how old I was, I'd say I was 23. Some of the happiest moments of my life are right now, and it would be so nice to be able to freeze them. Instead, all I can do is enjoy it as much as possible while it lasts.

All of this may sound strange, and I grant you it is poorly explained. For artists who have put it better than I ever could, watch Thornton Wilder's play, Our Town or Alan Ball's movie, American Beauty.

Until next time, study hard and stay safe.

Nathan Marshburn