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"  Amidst all the craziness that has been this past week (multiple papers, exams, assignments- EEEK!), this weekend turned out to be amazing! I may only be three hours away from home, but Charlotte might as well be a million miles away because I miss my family so much. Prior to the weekend, I didn&amp;#039;t see them for an entire month. Some can&amp;#039;t wait to go off to college to escape their parents, and it&amp;#039;s nice having independence and all, but you really begin missing the little details, like your mom making homemade soup when you&amp;#039;re sick (I NEVER got sick before college, but all these germs have had me feeling not so great for the past couple of weeks). My anticipation was met with my Mom, Dad and brothers coming up for Family Weekend. Cue a &amp;#039;YAY!&amp;#039; and then a &amp;#039;fsafkdslkfdsaklngs&amp;#039; (if you can verbalize such a remark). There were tons of events going on around campus, but for the most part, I just wanted to get off campus for a while. There are no major attractions in Chapel Hill, with the exception of Franklin Street (somewhat of a Main Street), so it was so nice to know that life existed beyond campus boundaries. The weirdest part of the whole thing was being in a moving vehicle for the first time in forever, since freshmen can&amp;#039;t have cars here (told you that college makes you appreciate the small things in life). It was SO weird. You mean to tell me there is a thing that moves and can take me anywhere I want to go? Whaaaaaat?! It&amp;#039;s like trying to explain to your baffled parents that when you text &amp;quot;ROTFL,&amp;quot; you don&amp;#039;t physically have to roll on the floor and laugh. After that shell shock, I did TONS of shopping because grocery stores are nonexistent in Chapel Hill as well. I also got the opportunity to eat something other than cafeteria food (if you can even call it food) by going out to eat. All and all, the events of the weekend were pretty low-key, but that&amp;#039;s what I loved about it. Sometimes it&amp;#039;s nice to a have departure from the insanity that is (absolutely amazing) college life. Now, I can look forward to going home in a few short weeks for fall break and get away from all my work that&amp;#039;s calling my name right now. No worry beef curry, XOs, and all that other jazz, Katie :) "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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