Odd Memories

The nights are getting cooler now and the sun is disappearing sooner. All the signs that point to the end of August here in Alberta.

It reminds me of the beginnings of my college years. Traveling by Greyhound Bus to Northern Alberta for school. The cool air requiring a jacket as we drove through the night.

It reminds me of connecting with old friends after summer and finding out who would be my roommate for the year. Of registration and seeing my class list. Textbooks to buy, tryouts to be attended to. Arrangements made for payment of the fees.

There would be a tinge of excitement mixed somehow with a tinge of homesickness. The possibilities of the year and the connections with family back home. An odd mix some days. But good for you.

Anyway I’m here looking at the blip of the back of the house, and seeing the big sky. The air is cool and my mind takes a trip back to college.

It’s a good memory, I savor it a while.
Maybe I’ll text an old college friend and see how he’s doing.