Friday at Notre Dame

It's been over two years since I was last on campus at Notre Dame, and drawing very near three full years since I was on campus on a football weekend. Even after these few years, football weekends here are the same - mad! Football weekends provide some fine opportunities for people watching, as people from all over the country and the world flock to this one location for one purpose: the celebration of ND Football!

Since arriving yesterday morning, I've encountered many different characters. From a librarian who, upon seeing me, whipped out a stack of three-year-old Notre Dame paystubs to see if she still had mine; to parents reuniting with their children over dinner; to the starry eyed visitor whose only real connection to the campus is their love of Notre Dame. At the moment, I'm sitting in the LaFortune student center drinking a pumpkin spice latte and writing this. Sitting next to me is a very diligent student who is making every effort to study as much as possible on this football Friday. I can't quite make out what she's working on, but it is something mathematical and appears to involve vectors. She is engrossed in her study to the point that she is having rather detailed conversations with herself about what she is doing. This conversation seems to involve questions about how to proceed, answers about the appropriate formulas or rules, and commentary on the solutions she writes.

Well, it's off to some more great people watching. Lots on the plate in that area for today and tomorrow!