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Good things come
to those who wait
Waiting to get my Aggie Ring made it that much sweeter
Lindsey Gawlik
@LindseyGawlik
A long with 4,811 other Aggies and
their families, I was pretty excited
m » to finally get my own little piece of
gold Friday. I felt like I’m sure many of
them felt — like we’d been waiting ages
for this day.
7:45 p.m. sharp. That was my des
ignated time — the time I readily told
everyone for the past week. My parents |
made the trek from San Antonio and I i
spent most of Friday after class getting
ready. I got a new haircut, manicured my
nails and bought a new outfit.
By then it was only about, two houis
until I went to go pick up my ring. I was
just about to lie down for a nap before all
the excitement when my phone buzzed.
I looked over at my phone to see my
friend’s text, telling me Ring Day had
been cancelled. I was sure it was some
sort of prank. A moment later she sent me
a snapshot of the association of Former
Students’ Twitter feed, giving updates
about Ring Day being cancelled.
Still in doubt, I called the Association.
They told me it had, in fact, been can
celled due to lightning strikes in the area.
Panicked, I asked about how I was sup
posed to get my ring now, to which the
representative replied they were working
on some sort of makeup-pickup plan for
Saturday. I hung up, disappointed.
Here is a day all Aggies anticipate, to
which parents come in town for, can
celled. My dad had only come up for the
day and had to return to work Saturday;
he was driving home that night, which
meant he didn’t get to see me get my ring.
A phone call to my parents was met
with confusion and disappointment as well
as 15 minutes of my dad asking why the
ceremonies couldn’t be moved to Reed
Arena, or another indoor facility.
The association’s Twitter feed blew
up. Parents were calling the decision
“ridiculous” and demanding something
be “figured out.” The Association grace
fully reassured people it was a decision
made with safety in mind, and there were
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multiple methods for picking up the ring
still available.
After the initial shock of the situa
tion wore off, I realized, like all other
disappointed Ags, “Hey, we were still
all getting our rings, just after waiting an
extra day.” My family decided to go to
dinner anyway to celebrate. After several
“Aggie jokes” from my Longhorn dad, a
lot of cake and laughter, I came to realize
although the ring is nice, it’s what it rep
resents that matters more.
It represents having made it 90 hours
through college. It represents having sur
vived those all-nighters, 20-page papers,
lab reports and other challenges unique to
surviving at Texas A&M.
Celebrating with my family, I realized
the most important thing was having them
there because they were happy for me and
proud of me. And waiting an extra day
with the other 1,200 Aggies just made it
that much sweeter when I finally got my
ring Saturday morning.
Lindsey Gawlik is a telecommunication
media studies junior and news
editor for The Battalion.
becujse RECYCLING MAKES YOU more ATTRACTIVE*