Faster

Timing is everything. If you're not early, then you're late. The lives of us all are on fast forward as the world chugs along and leaves everybody in the dust. Much like the world, college is a whirlwind and it goes by much too fast, which is why the past three days have been so perfect. Nothing moves when there is thick layers of ice impeding one's movement. The frantic hustle up and down the hill, to and from the library, back and forth to the fitness center, it all came to a screeching halt for me when I woke to a barrage of text messages that announced classes were canceled. So what does the great Mr. G do with so much time on his hands? I read ahead in a couple of books, wrote in a reading journal about what I had just read, and finally spent some quality time cleaning up my room. Time, it seemed, was altered in such a way that the calendar day had changed but the tasks for the day remained the same. One still had to do what they were scheduled to do anyways. Similar thoughts were felt throughout the country as businesses and schools closed their doors in an effort to keep the community safe, understanding that people would carry on as planned if they didn't. Nine died in Chicago from inadequate preparation for the storm. Two are allegedly in the hospital from injuries sustained on the icy campus walkways. Nature chimed in to tell the populous that things were moving a bit too quickly for her liking. Nothing slows the transit of humans like an inch thick layer of frozen treachery. Humans today think they are invincible and will not hesitate to keep with the flow of life regardless of the natural impediments that arise from time to time. This ice storm was of epic proportions and many failed to respect the dangers of it, except the school, of course. I applaud the efforts of the school to keep the student and faculty community safe from unnecessary injury and to provide the people who seem to be moving the fastest a chance to slow the pace of the week. By breaking the cycle of the five day week, the school gave its students the best chance they had at staying healthy, a goal that cannot ever be overlooked because without a healthy student body, one cannot have a healthy school. Thank you, nature, for allowing the school to make such a wonderful decision that no doubt enriched the lives of so many.