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Driving practice on your favorite car (you know, the one with bad breaks, no power steering, and veers ever so slightly to the left? the one that most people loathe driving...) with your big brother beside you and the radio full blast as you keep an eye out for deer, kids, and dogs.
Dinner with your grandparents where finally, somebody gets it. "The meat is fantastic." my grandfather teased lovingly. "Leave her alone." Grandma shot back. "She doesn't eat meat and she doesn't have to. And she's healthier than you are, so you can just hush up." And then laughs all around.
Photography adventures on the back of a four-wheeler. Hidden lakes that take effort to reach and, once found, incorporate a slight amount of paranoia into your life given the knowledge that it's getting late and there's a mountain lion in these woods...
Sacrificing sleep for reasons that have nothing to do with homework or finals; working until the wee hours on a surprise birthday present that you know will be loved.
Taking risks and having them pay off. Opening up and realizing that it's okay that you're not perfect.
Road trips with mom.
Scoring high marks after the hardest semester, academically speaking, of your life thus far.
To summarize, I suppose I'll merely assign spring break.
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