In this episode of Brain Rotisserie, we look back on the summer after freshman year and the slow slide into sophomore life—where joining soccer brings new teammates, late-night bus rides, and surprising moments of fun between exhausting games. We talk about juggling harder classes, experimenting with a coding game project, and navigating all the weird changes that suddenly show up during the school year… including one of us going unexpectedly bald. It’s a calm, uneventful year on the surface—but sometimes those “boring” chapters hold the best memories.