They're ba-ack!

This weekend, the students moved back into campus housing for the fall semester. It's a time full of excitement and hope and enthusiasm, even for those of us on staff, who are here year 'round. This year, though, my feelings are dampened somewhat, for this year I feel old.

This year's freshman class is exactly half my age. When I graduated high school and started college, they were being born.

I was working this weekend, but I was able to view and appreciate the students walking by. Those thoughts were immediately followed by, "Don't kid yourself. What would they want with a grizzled, old thing like you?"

To quote Mr. Harman of Are You Being Served?, "You've just made a happy man feel very old."