Circle of Life

I leaving my dorm to visit N* and his "ridikus" apartment last night when I heard the sound of piano music coming from Brace Commons. Curious, I went and investigated and saw a group of 13's clustered around the piano.

It was rather strange seeing them there. If I were a braver or more social person, perhaps I would have introduced myself... but what would I have said? "Hi, I'm Edie. This is where I met some of my closest friends last year, right here around this piano." Yeah, right.

It makes me all emotional and reminiscent. I remember being new on campus and exploring during orientation. I remember the nights that we'd gather around the piano with an assortment of voices and instruments--J*'s mandolin and violin, M*'s clarinet, D*'s guitar, and the rest of us taking turns singing and at the piano... oh, look how far we've come.

I miss it, but I don't think I'd go back.