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A Day In The Life Of A Student Athlete

Being a collegiate athlete truly is a unique experience.

Samantha Breeze

Feb 27, 2017

American University

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6:15am

Ring ring ring! Ring ring ring!

OK, I need to get up.

*Hits snooze*

6:17am

Ring ring ring! Ring ring ring!

OK, I REALLY need to get up now or I’m going to be late.

I get up, quickly dress, brush my teeth and grab a granola bar before heading out the door.

6:30am

I punch in the code for the locker room and walk into my teammates shuffling around and attempting to be more alert. Half asleep, I eat my granola bar and dress in practice clothes for lift.

6:45am

My team makes our way up the stairs to the weight room. People from one lift platform choose the music, typically something with a fast beat and a lot of bass. We all try to get it done as fast as possible.

Just one more set of back squats, only eight squats left. I just have to do four more squats, two times.

8:00am

With lift finished, I rush down to the locker room to pull on my sweats and get back to the room where I can get breakfast and take my pre-practice nap. The idea of this nap is the only thing that gets me through 7am lift sometimes.

8:15am

TIME TO SLEEP!!!

9:00am

*Still sleeping*

9:35am

Ring ring ring! Ring ring ring!

Alright, it’s time to get up again. I can do this. I can do this. I can do this.

9:40am

I’m back in the locker room. Music is blasting to get the team pumped up for practice. We all are mentally preparing ourselves for the day’s conditioning. All of us are guessing at what we are going to have to run in a few hours.

9:50am

We all walk out to practice together, wondering what the next three hours will bring. Everyone has her favorite drill that she hopes will appear on the practice plan for the day.

10:00am

*Practice begins*

10:20am

Water break! Hooray! Coach then calls out that we’re doing Yale drill and we all cheer.

12:00pm

We see our trainer make his way out to the field. I groan inwardly as I get ready to run conditioning.

12:05pm

Our trainer tells us that we are going to run 12 200-yard sprints.

That’s not too bad. That’s like running 3 200s four times and I can do anything four times.

12:20pm

*Panting and wheezing*

I need to pick it up. There are still 5 sprints left to run. I’ve already run 7 though so what are 5 more? Yeah. Let’s go. Get up to the line. Get ready. And SPRINT!!!

12:40pm

Conditioning is over! Yay! The worst part of the day is over.

The team rushes around to collect loose balls and then rushes to the locker room. We all get ready to take quick showers before running off to class with our hair dripping wet.

How is it not even 1pm yet? I feel like I have been awake forever…

12:55pm

I got here on time! That’s a win for me!

*Takes notes furiously and tries to stay awake*

I NEED CAFFEINE.

2:10pm

I have twenty minutes to grab a coffee, use the bathroom and get to my next class.

2:30pm

*Barely alert*

*Notes become more and more sloppy*

3:45pm

I’m freeeeeeee. No more classes for the day! I’m done (kinda).

4:00pm

Back in the dorm. Aaaaaand back to work.

I’m not tired. I can still get a few things done before dinner. I want to be able to watch Netflix later, so I need to finish my assignments now.

5:20pm

It’s dinner time. Half my grade meets up and we all grab something to eat. Each of us puts something semi-healthy on our plate to pretend we are eating well. Who are we kidding? We grab a plate a fries to split between us. And we all grab a cookie on the way out too.

6:00pm

Only a little more work to do. OK, a lot of work, but it won’t be that bad.

7:30pm

OK, it’s bad. I’ve hit a wall. I can’t do any more work.

*Starts next assignment*

9:00pm

NETFLIX TIME.

10:15pm

Only one more episode until I go to bed. Just one more and then I really need to sleep.

10:35pm

*Watches another episode*

11:00pm

It’s time for bed. I crawl in and shut my eyes thinking about how I have to do all this again tomorrow, but I wouldn’t want it any way else.

11:02pm

*Is fast asleep*

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I get it... I'm pale.

1. At least I can't lose you in a crowd!

2. Oh my goodness your skin is like glow-in-the-dark.

3. Can't you just get fake tan?

4. Do you tan or just burn?

5. Your kids are going to look like Casper the Friendly Ghost!

6. *holds arm against your arm* Look how much darker I am compared to you!

7. *holds pale arm against another pale arm* Aw, at least you're darker than her!

8. I laid out by the pool almost every day over break!

9. I haven't used sunscreen since I was, like, five.

10. *adjusts selfie lighting to their face* Oops, where'd you go??

11. *after working out* Your face is SO red!

12. *wears white* Look! You're all one color!

13. You need to get some sun.

14. Aren't you excited for summer?

The struggle bus is real.

1. Child prodigies:

2. Hearing other musicians in the practice room next door and accepting that you will never be as talented as them:

3. That anxiety that takes over before every performance:

4. Taking a million 0 credit classes:

5. When there's a paper due the next day, but you have to attend yet another concert in order to pass a 0 credit class:

6. When your friends try to encourage you after a performance, even though you are criticizing everything in your mind:

7. Knowing that there's always that one professor during juries:

8. The oh-so-attractive band/choir uniforms:

9. Realizing that a college campus is maybe not the best atmosphere to finish your latest composition:

10. Hearing "Oh, you sing opera? I LOVE Phantom of the Opera!" for the hundredth time:

11. When people think finals week is a breeze for you.

12. When you're drowning in the stress that comes with 18+ credits (and not to mention all those 0 credit classes) and people ask you how you are:

13. When it all comes down to it, though, you know that at the end of the day, music is your passion:

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8. "The whole philanthropy thing isn't real, right?"

7. "I don't need to buy my friends."

6. "Oh, so I'll bet you love to drink."

5. "Can you tell me some of your secrets?"

4. "What do you do at your meetings?"

3. "Do you guys haze really badly?"

2. "Is it just like in the movies?"

1. "Sororities are so basic."

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1. You get excited when the parents purchase season passes to the pool.

2. You've become friends with the stay-at-home moms in town.

3. You get a chance to eat "kid foods" again.

4. You've traded in your cute purse for a large tote bag.

5. You have at least one car seat in your backseat.

6. Their nap time is your happy time.

7. Lunch time can be a disaster.

8. You have to play the same board games repeatedly.

9. You catch yourself using the same lines your parents once told you.

10. Your "mom-mode" kicks in at times.

11. Your heart melts a little when they do something cute.

You'll never find any souvenirs with your name on it

1. You know you are up next when the teacher pauses while taking attendance

2. When “I’m going to do my very best to make sure I know all your names” is said, it may or may be an empty promise

3. “Wow! That sounds so cool! Where is your family from?”

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6. holds arm against your arm Look how much darker I am compared to you!

7. holds pale arm against another pale arm Aw, at least you're darker than her!

10. adjusts selfie lighting to their face Oops, where'd you go??

11. after working out Your face is SO red!

12. wears white Look! You're all one color!