So this is AU?

Hmmph. In the near-week that I have been here, I must admit that I like my home a little bit better. It’s not awful here; I just don’t feel like I belong here at all.

I came here on Sunday with my folks and we set up the dorm and all that jazz. They were very tired and went straight home afterward. Monday, after my morning orientation, I had a complete freak-out. After working out, getting to know a few girls, and getting Internet connections, I felt tons better. I got into a little routine–if only for three days–up, orientation, lunch, errands, work out, dinner, girls night. When the freshmen moved in, all of that was turned on its head. We’re stuck in random activities and the days are blurring into each other. To keep myself from going insane, I thought I’d list some of the highlights of the whole orientation process.

-We took lots and lots of personality tests and analyzed each other extensively. The verdict? I talk a lot.
-I’ve never missed my friends more.
-Heck, I’ve never missed my mom more.
-Audrey and I have bonded quite a bit. (That’s my bamboo plant, by the way.)
-I have insane blocks of free time.
-My roommate Angi loves to wake up me in the night.
-She’s pretty sweet, although she’s bound determined to teach me fashion.
-I spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars on textbooks.
-I’ve worked out every day.
-I’m nearly done with The Stranger, which I can surprisingly read while working out.
-Someone swore today and I cheered.
-Michael and I bicker like an old married couple.
-I tried to get milk and wound up with a cup full of ice cream. Oops.

The bottom line: college is great, but I don’t feel like I’m in college. All my friends are partying and going to games and…I’m cranky and want to go to bed. I know it’s going to get better–class just needs to start! I want to have to be somewhere (other than orientation). I want to have mass or a newspaper deadline or a football practice (Yes, I’m on a girls football team. I don’t know how that happened, actually.)

Basically, I just don’t feel like this is college.

Four long years ago…

For those of you who know me, I tend to write memorable quotes in the margins of my notes as they interest me. I love dialogue and record it as much as possible. At the end of my freshman year, I took all of my notebooks and compiled a list of advice and quotes. Enjoy!

• “Fourth hour advice: never propose naked.” (For the record, this was Mr. Stutzman’s class. Ahem.)
• “Take two wolf babies, mix them together, and you’ll get a chihuaha.” -Mr. Larimer
• “He looks like Tim…only taller, and with darker hair, and Asian.” -Shei describing her prom date
• John Stauffer: “Why can’t we mate with dogs?”
  Mr. Larimer: “Because you’d get arrested!”
• “But AIDS doesn’t kill people here, right?” -CJ Raber
• “Do nudists wear shoes?” (There was no credit, but I think it was me.)
• “There’s a special place not in heaven for people like you.” -Mr. Larimer
• “The band’s going to Hollywood…and we’re going to Dollywood!”-John Flores
• “It should be illegal to have illegal immigrants here.” -Iris Bock during an immigration debate
• “Mike [Koscielny] is not a one-man girl.” -my mother
• “Don’t touch me! Go hug Kelly…she’d be more than happy to hug you!” -Kylie Bontrager
• “Wait…the monster isn’t Frankenstein?” -Ross Winterbauer, after our Frankenstein exam
• “You talk more than me. A lot more.” -Colin Grose
• “Imagine this as a wedge of cheese.” -a Mrs. Meek analogy
• “P is for Purging, that’s good enough for me…”-Chris Wells
• “When you get married, get your own toothpaste.” -Mr. Miller
• “You’ll finish the exam on time…unless you’re not focused or you’re an overachiever.” -Stutz
• “Does your parents trust you?” -Mrs. Overmyer