In addition to their pleasure at the various delights of the campus I note below, the boys also enjoy several things about Rice. First and foremost is that my office is a treasure trove of candy. There is always some out at the front desk but what they really like is that they have discovered the drawers where the main horde is kept. Coming to my office invariably means getting to raid this, so they are always pretty receptive.
Other things happen that they didn't know about before and add to the fun. For instance, we have a water cooler. Not likely to be a source of much hilarity you are thinking. Well, we were there at the beginning of the semester and Connor announced that he was thirsty. Having nagged at him to ask nicely I took them to the cooler. As we were pouring the water into Connor's cup it gave a prodigious "GLUG" as a water bubble escaped to the top of the jug. Connor's face registered an extraordinary mix of excitement and pleasure and he immediately began laughing that unconstrained, bubbling giggle of his which is really heaven to hear. He enthusiastically called Jamie in and they spent the next few minutes getting it to GLUG again and falling over each other in joy until I, buzzkill that I am, put a stop to the waste of water. Suffice it to say that now getting water and listening to the cooler make its wonderful noise is a big part of the tradition of coming here.
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