1. You resort to Central, but somehow end up at McAlister’s instead.
2. It’s worth it to wait in line at McAlister’s for 30 minutes because it just never gets old.
3. And…you probably find yourself at McAlister’s AT LEAST twice a week, but don’t think once about how many calories you’re eating.
4. The longest line you’ve ever been in is the bookstore line (let’s be honest).
5. Our Daily Bread is one of your favorite off campus restaurants.
6. Wal-Mart is your Target.
7. You think it’s a winter wonderland outside every time it snows (and you have that childhood urge to go sledding, but Netflix wins every time).
8. You wake yourself up at 6 AM on snow days still hoping that you may not have to go to ALL of your classes.
9. You never stop complaining about other school’s closings and then blame them for being wimps (…GUILTY).
10. You don’t care how many layers you have to wear, as long as you’re warm (even if you look like an eskimo).
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11. You start to bum it every single day and don’t have a care in the world.
12. You don’t even bother trying on the “first day of classes” anymore.
13. You probably don’t remember the last time you dressed up (it might or might not have been for sorority recruitment…let’s hope not, right?!).
14. You DEFINTELY can’t remember the last time you wore pants.
15. 40 degrees feels like spring and freezing feels quite refreshing.
16. It doesn’t phase you that people think App is a school for hippies (and you realize that no…not everyone does drugs).
17. You use the cold as an excuse to stay in and watch Netflix.
18. You can never rely on the forecast to decide what to wear (a 30% chance usually means a blizzard, and 100% usually means a dusting).
19. A pet peeve of yours is having to correct people who say ‘APP-UH-LAY-SHUN’.
20. It’s warm and everyone starts whipping out their enos.
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21. You somehow end up completely unprepared for pouring rain or a huge snow storm, of course while walking in the middle of campus…so you get drenched or covered in Mother Nature and there is NOTHING you can do about it.
22. All the shoes you ever wear (and want, for that matter) are boots.
23. You always see people you know when you’re walking to class because our college is not that big…actually it might just be the perfect size!
24. It’s too much work to take off all of your winter gear in class so you leave it all on and deal with it (even though you might feel like an oompa loompa).
25. You can never win because it’s subzero outside and you’re dressed for Antarctica, then once you’re inside, you’re burning up.
26. You’ve ordered from Boonetakeout at least once before (and the delivery price was totally worth it).
27. Reading day seems to always fall on a Saturday (Coincidence? I think not).
28. You savor those first day of classes because they are probably the easiest of them all.
29. Students still smoke in non-designated areas.
30. Chaco season turns into Duck Boot season.
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31. Going anywhere during the winter seems to be an adventure.
32. You don’t know what you would do without Boone Bagelry (can’t beat a free delivery).
33. You don’t understand how the library STILL isn’t open 24/7.
34. You get an overload of emails and you’re still trying to figure out why you signed up for all those clubs at Club Expo.
35. You realize that there are MUCH colder places than here (and no, it is not cold all year round or snowy all winter).
36. You are about sick of the crazy preacher on campus.
37. The garbage trucks never fail to wake you up early in the morning.
38. Everything is eco-friendly.
39. You don’t really remember the last time you used a PAPER towel or flushed a toilet by yourself.
40. Students have so much pride that they shave an ‘A’ in their backs to show it.
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41. You feel like you know everyone because of all the friendly faces.
42. You realize there’s nothing like King Street.
43. You may or may not be clueless about how the Appalcart works.
44. The small town doesn’t bother you.
45. You never actually stay for an entire Mountaineer football game (but you can’t miss tailgating).
46. You end every sentence with ‘yosef’.
47. Life wouldn’t be the same without the Boombox Guy.
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48. You realize you are right where you are supposed to be (because you get every season here, sometimes even in one week).
49. You also realize that you may not get a scorching summer in the mountains, but that’s why you go home! (unless, of course, you live in the mountains).
Let’s face it…we’ve all been there (the good, the bad, the ugly), and even if we have a love/hate relationship with App, it’s still just about the best place to be. It’s safe to say we’re all Boone goons, and even though we may never want to live here after we graduate, we also never want to leave.
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