Fiesta, Family, & Fits of Laughter

I’m the type of person that will laugh at anything if I’m sleep deprived; as most people know, college kids are almost always sleep deprived. So for me, there are many instances of uncontrollable laughter, most of which involve my TCU Panhellenic Greek “family.”

            My “family” and I decided to go for a drive off campus. Why not? It’s college. As we were driving, we saw a store called Fiesta. Thinking it was a party décor store, we went in; my “twin” had her birthday coming up, so it seemed like a great idea. We all started walking around Fiesta, which is actually a Mexican grocery store, until we stopped in our tracks. Before us was a brilliant wall of paper Mache piñatas, each about two to three feet in height. Once she spotted the minion piñata, my “twin” was off and running. My “big” went with her and kneeled on the floor like a table. My “twin” climbed on her back and proceeded to knock down every piñata on the shelf.

            The rest of my family and I were leaning on produce stands to subside the stitch in our side from laughing so much. It was so late at night that there weren’t many people in the store, but the people that were around didn’t think it was as funny as we did. The laughter continued from the time we left Fiesta until we got back on campus. My “twin”, who was sitting in the trunk of the SUV we drove in, brought the minion back in the trunk with her. When we finally reached campus, she got dropped off first and was struggling to carry the 3ft paper Mache character back to her dorm.

            The whole piñata incident really showed that even though we’re all different, situations where no one is hurt but a mess is made really brings us together as a “family.” No joke needs to be said to evoke uncontrollable laughter; what really matters is the people you’re with. From the time we saw the piñata to the time it made it back to TCU, every last one of us was smiling ear to ear. We weren’t worried about what homework assignment we forgot to do or thinking about who we were trying to avoid on campus; we were all happily living in the moment. College is a time for great memories and stories that can be told a thousand times and not get old. Laughter is a key component in some of the best memories, especially when they involve minion piñatas.