I'm too sentimental. I admit it. (I've been known to cry while watching the news.) And suddenly I'm faced with the last few months at the place that I dreamed all of my life about attending. So I have a feeling that next year when I'm at a place where no one's heard of quarter dogs or SYRs I might be a bit lonely. And maybe it's the result of watching "The Sound of Music" one too many times when I was little, but I'm guessing that I'm going to be looking back and remembering my favorite things about Notre Dame for the rest of my life. Here are just a few.

1)Watching Rudy close to a million times and still getting chills from the music

2)Going to Mass in pajamas

3)An amazing women's basketball team that's finally getting the credit they deserve

4)Being woken up to run around campus on the morning of the first football game

5)Witnessing someone throw up in the dining hall

6)Having my roommate call a dance date for me out of the dogbook, then deciding to take him again the next year

7)A random roommate match freshman year that results in a best friend

8)Reckers smoothies trips to cure any problem that seems too big

9)The feeling you get after walking out of your last final

10)Playing football in the snow on the quad

11)Discovering that the chairs in Nieuwland are the most comfortable place to sleep on campus

12)The SuperPub

13)Housekeepers who are smiling and friendly, even on Mondays as they clean up the mountain of trash from the weekend

14)Taking social dance

15)Praying at the grotto at night

16)Learning that waking up at 8:24 gives you plenty of time to make it to DeBartolo for an 8:30 class

17)Seeing the Dome for the first time after returning from a break

18)Walking out the tunnel after beating Michigan

19)The excitement of wating for barbeque chicken and macaroni and cheese day in the dining hall

20)Witnessing Mike Brown's enthusiasm for the Fighting Irish

21)Parents who are glad to listen when you call to complain about how hard you're working and how busy you are

22)Siegfried tailgates

23)Finding out how fun women's soccer games are, sadly too late to attend another one

24)Any night that ends at The 'Backer

25)Going to Galvin in the middle of the night to check on fruit flies

26)Breakfast at Fat Shirley's

27)Not leaving the stadium after our final football game until the ushers forced us out

• A few of my favorite things