yesterday morning i left our condo in downtown richmond and headed for my car parked just up the block. i got in my car and just then two guys walked by in what i can only call a blissful state, laughing and smiling as they walked.
yesterday was the day after our hometown team, the virginia commonwealth university rams, made the final four for the first time in school history. from the news reports fans and supporters poured onto the major road that runs through the vcu campus. people scaled cars and buildings and of course the police arrived to contain the crowd. so a good time was had by all i suppose.
our condo is located just a couple blocks from the academic campus of vcu where all this took place and we are also just a few blocks in the other directions from the medical college of virginia's campus and hospitals.
so as these two young men wearing only hospital gowns and scrub pants walked by my car heading from mcv to vcu i could only think of what their night of fun may have included. was this a walk of shame? i doubt it. would they be met by their friends as heros? i think they may. what story could you tell of how two of you ended up at one of the major trauma center hospitals after your school had won a glorious victory over one of the best schools in the country and now you are walking back to campus without any of the clothes you started the day with yesterday?
i really am learning to love living downtown.
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