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!
 

The battle over the VHS

My sisters and I, after a text from our mom last week, are currently battling it out to see who gets the VHS player and collection of Disney movies. It's odd to think that something that was once such a huge part of our lives, is no more. With the world turning digital, and the number of working VHS players on the decline, this makes the one that works at our house a hot commodity. We each have our own very valid reason for why we are deserving of it, but it's final fate has yet to be determined. My hope is that my mom and dad will keep it, so that sometime down the road (and I mean very far down the road) their grandkids can marvel at this piece of history. The idea for this post was sparked by the lyrics in Miranda Lambert's newest song "Automatic." If you haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, don't worry, I've posted the link below! Growing up in the 90's I can relate to everything in her story. "Drying laundry on the line" - which we still do, because lets face it...climbing into bed with sheets that have just been outside on the line in the sunshine is the best feeling in the world! "Watching sun tea in the sun" -an ice-cold glass of this after stacking small square bales is so refreshing. "Windows with the cranks"- which is what my first F150 had! But my favorite line is "Come on let's take a picture, the kind you gotta shake" - no explanation needed! 

Singing along to this song, and the battle between my sisters reminds me how important it is to cherish the memories we've made. The material things of life are going to come and go, but the memories we allow to live on will always be there.