Well, darn. I can’t believe they drained the fountain the day we were
\nplanning to jump in. I was looking forward to taking a running start and
\ndoing a cannonball, but I probably would have slipped and cracked my head
\nopen instead. Give the nursing students some practical experience. I
\nlearned the hard way why you don’t run at the swimming pool a couple of years
\nago. My brother was chasing me, and as I rounded a corner, my feet slipped
\non the stone like concrete (you know, like they have everywhere at UM, those
\nlittle rock things that get really slippery on the side walk?) and I fell
\ndown, ripping part of my thigh off and feeling a chunk off the side of my
\nfoot get peeled off by the pavement. It was not a pleasant memory, and the
\nwounds took the dickens of a time to heal. And then my grandmother died, but
\nI got her car, so I guess there was a happy ending after all. Even though
\nthe Braves lost the World Series for the first time.<\/p>\n
Anyway, Nathan waited for me outside once 2 pm rolled around. I joined him
\nand sat forlornly waiting till Cris Hyatt and Chad Sides got out of class.
\nThen I made a mad dash for the edge and jumped in, my shoes making a pitiful
\nsplash from the remains of the water. We climbed on the figure, and then
\nCris got the bright idea of sticking the orange cone (that once failed to
\nserve the bricks from being stepped on) on top of the statue (or whatever it
\nis). Neither one of us was tall enough to reach that high, but Nathan came
\nto our rescue and tossed it up top. It fell down, so he tried repeatedly but
\nwithout success to get the cone back up. About then we heard someone honking
\nand yelling. “Maintenance man approaching,” I alerted Cris, who had picked
\nup where Nathan abruptly left off. Across the quad came a black man with the
\nsleeves rolled up on his uniform walking casually but purposeful
\ntoward us. We all sat down on the edge of the fountain. I got up and put
\nthe cone back where it was before.<\/p>\n
“Uh, what cone?” said Cris, laughingly rehearsing what she’d say. “Haven’t
\nseen a bright orange cone,” added Nathan. The man reached us. “So you’re
\nthe ones who put soap in my fountain!” he said. “No sir, not us.” He picked
\nup the cone and started to leave. “Oh, come on,” pleaded Cris, “We want to
\nput it on top.” “I’ll just have to go up there and get it after you do,”
\nhe pointed out. “Will you fill the fountain back up before school is out?” I
\nasked. “Probably,” he shrugged, “We we’re just gonna clean it out.” After
\nhe left, Nathan amused himself by throwing coins up into the “collection
\nplate.”<\/p>\n
If what he says comes true and there is water in the fountain next Friday,
\nI’m going to jump in after my Russian History final to celebrate my
\ntransition into upperclassmanship. My test is at one, so I don’t know how
\nlate it will be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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