Five Questions with Theresa

1. Sunrise?
Sunrise comes with mixed emotions. First, the sunrise tells you that you’ve been up (and drinking) for a long time and forces you to realize that the fun of the night can’t last forever – we must all sleep and recover or the next day/night/ride home will not be pleasant. But also – we are in one of the most beautiful places so seeing the sunrise is a special treat that is worth being a little tired for (see below).




2. The beach on Saturday?
Bryan and I on the tube behind the motor boat with Jon driving. That’s was an experience! Other than that – I prefer the fun and games that occur at the Farm. I love to play games of all kind so it’s hard to leave behind all of that to sit on the beach. Cow pond is more refreshing anyways!

3. Hot tub?
I am not really into the hot tub, although I appreciate the engineering ingenuity. I prefer slip-and-slide any day.

4. On tenting... antics and best practices?
My feeling about tenting is that antics are not appreciated. Ok – I’m no fun, but I’m even MORE no fun when I don’t get a good rest. Being wet, hot, covered by bugs, or woken up to someone peeing, puking or making weird noises is just not good. Set up early, and leave everyone else alone.

5. Favorite memory and parting wisdom.
Too many memories. The big fireworks were amazing, building up the flip-cup game into a major annual event, pulling the pig (followed by Matt wearing the pig head as a hat), etc. The best is re-connecting with my Bedford friends (no offense to the new guys). These guys were my best friends in high school and I get a weekend of that back every year!

Parting wisdom: Pace yourself (I still haven’t fully learned this). Make sure you can appreciate the most of IP, which means not passing out and not being too hungover the next day.

P.S. In reading this, I sound old (pace yourself, leave people’s tents alone and be quite, sunrise = hungover), but then realize I was always kinda like this. I don’t know if that’s makes me feel better or not….. it doesn’t really matter. I feel that I have nearly perfected my experience at IP by balancing drinking, games and fun, re-connecting with old friends, and making new ones. Thanks so much for continuing to have this party!