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.
August 30, 2008 at 11:27 pm |
I’m just glad you decided against going to VU just because I could see your presence as detrimental to my overall well-being. But yeah, hope your experience improves and all that shit.
P.S: I haven’t shaved since I’ve arrived on campus, but it’s at the one length you actually liked.
August 31, 2008 at 6:43 pm |
It’s much better once classes start, and you have activities that you participate in at night, basically when you purge yourself of all that free time.
September 1, 2008 at 7:40 pm |
Felt completely displaced during my first week at Grace…never really pulled out of that, so I came up with another set of expectations.
By reading the post, I think the ice cream would have helped.
Peace.