{"id":2974,"date":"2013-05-09T14:23:08","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T19:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/?p=2974"},"modified":"2013-05-09T14:23:08","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T19:23:08","slug":"thanks-for-the-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/2013\/05\/09\/thanks-for-the-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanks for the Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/05\/FriendsCollage2013.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2995 alignnone\" alt=\"FriendsCollage2013\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/05\/FriendsCollage2013.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>As I look back at the past few years at UW-Stevens Point, I wanted to find a way to creatively remember them all. So here\u00a0is a toast to some of the best memories I have had while in college:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To grumbling stomachs<br \/>\nand Debot dinner dates,<br \/>\nwhere food is in abundance<br \/>\nand you must get multiple plates.<\/p>\n<p>To running partners<br \/>\nand great conversations.<br \/>\nTo raps and MB moments<br \/>\nand life-changing revelations.<\/p>\n<p>To dirty pop dances<br \/>\nand frozen yogurt so good.<br \/>\nTo hours downtown<br \/>\nand being so hood.<\/p>\n<p>To deadly sledgehammers<br \/>\nand turbins so quirky.<br \/>\nTo jumping off docks and<br \/>\nbarely escaping the bus in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>To playing broomball<br \/>\nand learning to skate.<br \/>\nTo being concussed,<br \/>\nbut Winter Retreat was great!<\/p>\n<p>To gingerbread houses<br \/>\nand building forts.<br \/>\nTo prom dresses and Perkins<br \/>\nand carpet hairballs of sorts.<\/p>\n<p>To floods in Point<br \/>\nand camping with friends.<br \/>\nTo playing on playgrounds<br \/>\nbecause childhood never ends.<\/p>\n<p>To bonfires and moosing<br \/>\nand koomcha attacks.<br \/>\nTo doghouses and kayaking<br \/>\nand hammocks in packs.<\/p>\n<p>To riding on lawnmowers<br \/>\nwith\u00a0two people on board.<br \/>\nTo gassing it up in town<br \/>\nhearing the motor that roared.<\/p>\n<p>To lamb intestines in Turkey<br \/>\nand a long car ride.<br \/>\nTo playing 20 questions<br \/>\nand coats hung up high.<\/p>\n<p>To building a church<br \/>\nand also a bench.<br \/>\nTo gaining big strong muscles<br \/>\nwhile digging a trench.<\/p>\n<p>To sleepovers and spa nights<br \/>\nwith laughter and stories.<br \/>\nTo bible studies and dances<br \/>\nand getting rid of worries.<\/p>\n<p>To Easter Olympics<br \/>\nand learning guitar.<br \/>\nTo intensive quiet hours<br \/>\nand jamming music in the car.<\/p>\n<p>To guttural grunts and nostril flares<br \/>\nand much laughter and tears.<br \/>\nThese are all the moments<br \/>\nthat forever I will hold near.<\/p>\n<p>To each of those people who I have referenced in the above words, thank you for leaving memories in my mind and a permanent mark on my heart. The friendships that I have found at this university are ones that will surely last a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>-Brittany<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/category\/students\/brittany\/\">Brittany Melby<\/a> is a senior\u00a0at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point majoring in business administration and interior architecture.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I look back at the past few years at UW-Stevens Point, I wanted to find a way to creatively remember them all. So here\u00a0is a toast to some of the best memories I have had while in college: To grumbling stomachs and Debot dinner dates, where food is in abundance and you must get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,12,23],"tags":[305,341,343,344],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2974"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}