Saturday, April 26, 2014

Saturday Morning Coffee

Hanging with friends, listening to some great  music, drinking coffee (with the perfect amount of creamer), and eating a LaMar's donut equals a perfect Saturday morning! We call it: Coffee in Reid's room. This was a tradition that three of my friends and I started last year. We were all Resident Assistants in Cather Hall at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Let me start with, there are three factors that made Reid's room the optimum location for hanging out.

 #1: Walter. Walter the couch. One of the most comfortable couches, that a college kid could ever hope to have in their room. It's inevitable that you will fall asleep on Walter, but there's one rule when you do, you have to sign the couch.
Signatures on Walter 
#2: The hammock. Reid has a hammock hanging under his lofted bed. I would be lying if I said I haven't fallen asleep in it more than once. #3: Food. It never fails that Reid can brew the best pot of coffee. But I'll let you in on a little secret, he also usually has homemade ice cream. Or, one of my new favorites, animal crackers with Jiff's version of Nutella. Being RA's, we would have leftover food from programs, so we consumed lots of popcorn. We learned our lesson, and that was to not dump the bag of M&M's in the "body pillow sized" bag of popcorn. (All the M&M's fall to the bottom!). Needless to say, there is always something to snack on. It would do no good to describe a typical hang-out, because they don't exist. That's part of what makes it fun!
Coffee, donuts, and Reid's room! 

This particular Saturday morning, we walked down to the donut shop, came back, fixed our coffee, then took up our respected seats and settled in for the morning. No telling where the day will lead now!
 

3 comments :

  1. That sounds like my kind of Saturday! That is so cool that this was a weekly tradition for you and your friends. It's important to build memories like that. I'm sure after college you will really appreciate the next time you go into a coffe-shop or eat a LaMar's donut because it will bring you back to this happy time.

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  2. Valerie,

    I thoroughly enjoy reading your blog! This one, and the fact that I was looking through old photos this morning, reminded me of my college days on the good ol' University of Nebraska campus!

    Keep it up!

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