The Coeds

Rachel here. Living in a large college town (not so much a large town... but the home of a large university) is both amazing and sometimes quite annoying.

Amazing: no matter what all of our friends come back to visit, there are TONS of (free for the most part) sporting events to attend on beautiful days, the resources are great... there are always things to do for families/children, the university does great things to take care of the community through volunteering and such, and there are usually 3-4 months throughout the year where you are one of few people driving around town.

Annoying: The Coeds who are usually drunk at said sporting events, The Coeds who have their butt cracks hanging out of their low rise jeans displaying their 'tramp stamps' during said volunteering events, The Coeds who are calling your daughter the cutest thing known to man and laughing while she has thrown herself on the cement and has begun throwing a temper tantrum because she's "learning to control her emotions/frustrations but her lack of communication skills is prohibiting that", oh and then there are The Coeds who stare at you through your tinted windows in disgust while you are trying to breastfeed your child (story borrowed from Schmlaura Schfunk~ name has been changed to protect the innocent ;0). Oh and we can't forget there are 8-9 months where you may need to drive around your small town wearing a helmet due to the lack of driving skills by The Coeds.

I know what you're thinking... Rachel... at one point YOU were one of The Coeds... yes... yes I was, and I did each of those things too... proudly... with a smile on my face. :) Now I pay town taxes with the rest of 'The Townies.'