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Area man Mike Haddon reportedly spent last Wednesday showing his high school aged daughter, Sarah Haddon, around his alma mater, nostalgically pointing out the food truck where he ordered late-night burritos to eat alone in his room.
“I can’t believe Marty’s still exists! I must’ve walked to this truck in my pajama pants at least four nights a week,” Haddon told his daughter excitedly, smiling upon remembering the time he ate a large burrito in five minutes, in the dark, so he would not wake his sleeping roommate. “I used to be pals with the guys who worked the truck. One time I was $4 short and freaked out when I realized because they had already made my beef burrito, but the guys said it was no big deal and gave me the burrito on credit. Pretty cool, right? Treasure these years, Sarah, because you’ll never get them back!”
“Sarah, you better make the most of this time in your life because there are a lot fewer late-night meals alone after you graduate,” Haddon said.
Haddon reportedly showed his daughter the movie theatre he used to go to, remarking that it hadn’t changed a bit. “I used to catch a flick every Friday night and you better believe I finished a large popcorn all by myself,” Haddon said, adding that your twenties are the only time in your life when you can spend days not really talking to anyone.
“I used to get all my OMD records from this place,” Haddon said as he pointed out the local record store. “I’d always run into this cool guy from my economics class, Mike Komitsky. It was like we made a silent agreement to leave each other in peace or something because he’d always pretend he didn’t see me and then I’d do the same.”
“College is full of characters, Sarah. Get to know as many as you can while you have the opportunity,” he added.
The two reportedly stopped for lunch at Haddon’s favorite diner. “I used to come here every Sunday morning because you could get five pancakes for five bucks,” Haddon told his daughter. “I’d eat all five, crash from the sugar once I got back to my dorm, and wake up from an accidental nap at 7 p.m. Always messed up my sleep cycle for at least three days, it was hilarious.”
“The soccer team used to throw the best parties,” Haddon said. “If you needed to cross the quad you’d have to weave your way through people making out and puking first. The cops would bust the party every time because people called in noise complaints. They used to blast music so loud that I could hear it when I was waiting for my burrito and even when I was back in my room, and that is not an exaggeration. College life is totally crazy!”
At press time, Haddon was showing his daughter the classroom where he dropped a class when all other students stopped coming and the professor had to cancel it.
