It’s 12:34 p.m. on Thursday afternoon. I just got kidnapped. By my professor.
Here is how it went down. I walked into Alisa’s office, harmlessly thinking I was going to share a funny story and ask how her afternoon was going. Little did I know she was devilishly looking for a friend to keep her company on a spontaneous trip down to Columbus. Five demanding pleas and a Red Robin plea later, Kelsey, Alisa and I were in her Lexus headed down to Columbus.
You’re probably thinking there was some insanely important reason we needed to immediately make an hour and a half drive down to Columbus. Dropping off a dream job application. Picking up a visiting professor. Well, you would have a great imagination, but not be correct. We needed to drop off a book to have it bound.
Yep, that is what I gave up my Thursday afternoon for. A bound book. Should I have been working on my senior capstone? Probably. Should I have been prepping for apartment searching in Columbus the next day? Of course. Any sane person would have focused on the important things at hand.
However, I’m learning anything as a soon-to-be-college graduate, I’m learning that responsible choice doesn’t always have to be the right one. Yes, I sacrificed quality work time on my capstone. However, I gained invaluable time swapping stories with Aggie, treasuring the time I have with her by getting to know Aggie the person, not just Alisa the teacher. I’m not sure I would have remembered the three hours I sat in the PAC lab working on my capstone that afternoon. However, I can bet I’ll remember the funny conversations we had at Red Robin, the wrong turn we took off the highway, and the funny old bookbinding man who seemed to be convinced someone way pregnant…
I have decades of years ahead of me to work. I have two weeks left to take spontaneous road trips with my professors. Something tells me I made the right decision J
Good for you, leaving your work behind to have a valuable life experience! A hard decision, but definitely a brave and meaningful one. :) It sounds like you had a worthwhile roadtrip, and we all got out of class - so it's a win-win, right? Right. I have a similar experience/dilemma when I visit Alan on Sundays (a day in the past that I have always devoted to work), but in the end, each time, I'm always happy I decide to let my work go until later and spend quality time with the people in my life. Work will always be there - relationships won't! I hope the apartment hunt went well - you will have to fill me in on details this week!
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