Does anyone remember me when I was in college?

I have come to the realization that I have no memory left. It has all been used by stupid stuff that I wish I could forget so that I could remember the important things, like a seminal transitional moment from my undergraduate years for the paper I have to write for College Student Development Theories. Can you guys help me remember what I was like back then? I was thinking of using study abroad as my moment, but really that was like 11.5 months of my life, so not exactly a "moment". I can't even remember when I decided to study abroad actually...parents, a little help here? Perhaps this was something I decided really early on, like maybe in high school already, but I can't even say. I do remember that I didn't ask permission to go, but rather told Mom and Dad that I was leaving for a year. Does anyone remember my making the decision to go abroad?

You know what else I have forgotten? How I decided to even go to Central College! I've been reading lots of theory on student college choice and access and honestly, I can't remember why I even looked at Central, let alone why I decided to go there instead of somewhere else. I do remember going on a college visit to Iowa and consciously deciding that was not the place for me because it was too big. I remember dreaming about that crazy military college in Vermont that would have set me on the right track to becoming a CIA agent, which was a hot career option for me at the time, but that was quashed by the parents if I remember correctly. They told me I couldn't go so far away or something like that. Does anyone remember why I didn't look anywhere else? While Irene was sneaking off to Chicago to audition for colleges she'd never even seen, I applied to one school and that was that. How did it happen?

Help me friends and family! (I'm like an amnesia patient who will believe anything you tell me that sounds vaguely plausible and like something I might do or think.)