Thanks for the Memories: Love in the Library

Sitting at one of the tables on the second floor of the Elizabeth Dafoe Library at the University of Manitoba, I am hit with memory after memory. Most of the memories are great, some now make me sad but I'm really glad I got to experience them all.

It was at these tables that I met and made many new friends, that I learned to study and most notably it was at these tables where I really first fell in love.

Almost three years ago, when I was in my second year of university I found these tables but had no idea how much they would change my life. I was taking an Intro Stats course, and as the fact that I am currently in CreComm would explain it, was not doing well. Lucky for me I happened to have a friend who not only was good at Stats but was also willy to teach me, even though I am among the mathematically challenged.

We spent day after day studying and eventually I found myself looking forward to studying Stats and genuinely missing the days where he wasn't there. As luck would have it we eventually started dating and continued to meet in the library, to study together every chance we could.

Unfortunately as the years went on our lives changed and the study dates became rare, but that seemed to make them all the more special. Sadly as they became almost non-existent our relationship also fell apart.

Sitting here at these tables now, I truly miss the days where we could not wait to meet each other, even when it was only to study math. Still every time I hear someone pass by I look up to see if it's him. And sometimes when no one is around I can still see him walking towards me in his Senators cap, blue eyes glowing with excitement and the biggest smile so happy just to see me. Then I blink and I';m back to reality, sitting at these tables in the Elizabeth Dafoe Library, on my own. Thankful for the memories and to Elizabeth Dafoe for letting me fall in love.