College is the time for you to go on ridiculous adventures and make friends. Although your studies are very important, you should have a healthy balance of fun to go along with it. You will definitely be missing out on a ton of experiences if you stay in your room all the time. One of my craziest adventures happened on a very stormy night and it is an adventure I will never forget. This created a bond between my new friends and I. It also showed how freeing and amazing college can be at times. In college, try to just go with the flow sometimes. It can really make for a great experience.
I had just gotten back from Shabbat dinner at the Chabad House when I overheard there were free cookies at Hot Box Cookies. At this point it was pouring but a bunch of the girls on my floor and I decided that we wanted to go get them anyway. We tried to all fit in one car even though there was six of us. After rearranging everyone a billion times we eventually decided to just take two cars. One of the girls whose car we were using was not in a good place to drive so one of us just drove instead which was crazy in itself. As we drove, the rain came down harder and harder so we could barely see. At one point we were driving in the middle of the road which was interesting. Trying to find a parking spot was hard as well, especially because we really wanted to get as close as possible but there were no parking spots available. We drove around forever while the other two girls, who drove in the other car, already were parked. We spent maybe five minutes trying to figure out where they were parked but we eventually found them and parked close to them.
I had just gotten back from Shabbat dinner at the Chabad House when I overheard there were free cookies at Hot Box Cookies. At this point it was pouring but a bunch of the girls on my floor and I decided that we wanted to go get them anyway. We tried to all fit in one car even though there was six of us. After rearranging everyone a billion times we eventually decided to just take two cars. One of the girls whose car we were using was not in a good place to drive so one of us just drove instead which was crazy in itself. As we drove, the rain came down harder and harder so we could barely see. At one point we were driving in the middle of the road which was interesting. Trying to find a parking spot was hard as well, especially because we really wanted to get as close as possible but there were no parking spots available. We drove around forever while the other two girls, who drove in the other car, already were parked. We spent maybe five minutes trying to figure out where they were parked but we eventually found them and parked close to them.
For some reason when we opened the car, one of the girls could not find her phone so we were all freaking out since the road was like a huge river. She was panicking, it was pouring, the water was rushing down the road, and I was on the floor of the car searching under the seats trying to find it. I just remember her yelling, “Abort mission!! We have to find it!” Looking back at it now, it is quite hilarious. Her phone ended up being in her seat but she had sat on it somehow. After that excursion, we were finally ready to get out of the car to make our journey to Hot Box Cookies.
The walk to the bakery was even crazier than the drive. One of the two girls who drove in the other car decided she did not want to go in so we all just went on without her but told her we’d bring her back some cookies. There was, luckily, one huge umbrella in the car so we tried to all huddle under it on our way up a hill. The rain was coming down so hard, especially with the wind that we were still getting pretty wet. Our feet were the worst though since the sidewalk was like a huge river. Our shoes and socks were completely soaked by the time we got to the cookie store, my hair that I had straightened was all curly again, and our clothes were super wet as well. The umbrella only helped us not look like we had jumped into a pool before going into Hot Box Cookies.
Once we finally got into the store, we were surprised that there were not a ton of people there but we realized that most people probably were not as crazy about cookies as we were. The downside of this event, besides all of the other craziness, was that you had to like and share a post from Hot Box Cookies but we all had no service. We all got cookies anyway though since we went all that way. The service was pretty slow but the quality of the cookies was amazing! These were some of the best cookies I had ever had. They just melted in our mouths and tasted so chocolatey and delicious. After we all enjoyed one of our cookies, we decided to have the girl, who stayed behind in the car, to drive up the hill to get the girl who drove the other car so we would not have to walk back in the craziness.
Unfortunately, none of us had her phone number so we had to text someone else and hope she was near her phone. Thankfully, she was not too busy so she replied in a decent amount of time and gave us the girl’s number. Everything went as planned, for once. On the way back to our dorm, we turned the radio up really loud and sang along. This experience was quite a bonding moment and definitely a night we will not forget. In the end, Hot Box Cookies was worth more than hair, clothes, shoes, phones, and possibly our lives at that moment. All of us are much closer now and have this crazy story we can tell for a long time. I know I will never forget this amazing night filled with laughter, singing, panicking, and delicious cookies.
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