Orientation
To say the last few days have been busy would be a major understatement. The RAs, orientation counselors, and everyone else have packed every day with tons of icebreakers and random activities, and most of my spare time has been used to unpack my space-bagged clothing. But, here I am, finally. And it’s still weird.
To recap, I moved in on Sunday—I only carried one box up to my room, the RAs are really nice—and start classes next Monday. So it’s my third full day here. I’ve made some really incredible friends and am excited for everyone else I’m going to meet. I’ve watch an up-and-coming comedian, participated in the world’s largest icebreaker, learned res hall cheers (Man-sion! Man-sion!), eaten lots of food, met a professor and an associate dean of my department, played the baby grand in the lounge, learned about rushing for sororities, and lived on little sleep.
All of which is to say that orientation is crazy and awesome. I still don’t feel like a college student, though. Which makes sense since classes haven’t started. I’m really anxious for that to happen. Not to buy textbooks, though—one of my two Spanish books is $180 new! Which is why I’m going to buy used.
My dorm room is crazy awesome. I’m in a quad, so I have three roommates, but we have a walk-in closet, four windows, and a private bathroom. My res hall (Mudge HOUSE!) is a converted mansion. Yeah. I got really lucky.
Well, time to get out of my dorm and go talk to people! I’ll try to update again soon!
