Around Town; College Town

My building has the oddest elevators. It's ten floors total, and I live on the 9th floor; however, I never seem to ride the elevators with anyone. Up and down all day with out any company. Occasionally, in the morning it stops on the 7th floor to pick up the 14 year old who is on his way to school, but other than that it makes the building feel like a ghost town with empty carts oscillating between the floors. Anytime of day, I flow up and down with only the slight ding breaking the silence to remind me to exit.

This evening when I was riding back from a quick but urgent trip to McDonalds for french fires, and I found myself in the strange position of riding up the elevator with an older couple who, according to the elevator buttons, live one floor above me. They must have been over 80, and have lived in the building since it first opened.

She looked me up and down and inquired about my sweatshirt "Lawrence...is your name Lawrence?"

"No, I went to school there."

"Oh, have you heard of Miami University in Ohio, Oxford, Ohio? I went to Miami. Miami in Oxford, Ohio. I loved it, beautiful campus."

"Yeah, I have a friend who went there."

"Oh, wonderful! I loved Miami."

I wonder if I'll feel like that about Lawrence in 60 years. At this point I'm not sure.