I am currently sitting in my dorm room. Sweltering. It is hot, humid and sticky up here on the third floor.
This moment I have been preparing for (and fearing) over the last year. I've thought about it and imagined and speculated endlessly. And finally, here I am. It's very surreal.
Yesterday orientation started, but because of a wedding of a close family friend, my family moved my in today. And because at weddings there is dancing and alcohol, we got a later start today than we had planned.
We arrived on campus around one and bumbled around and got my key and moved my stuff in. My roommate, who is a junior and I have only talked to twice so far, had all her stuff out and ready.
I then realized I had to take a math placement test. Yay!!
After that, my parents, sister and I walked around a bit. Every student we passed said hello. Which seems so strange to me, but it's very welcoming.
I didn't have any commitments until six and I wasn't sure what to do with myself. Especially since I had no idea what the orientation schedule was or how it was being run.
Around five my family left and I headed up to my room until it was time because... well what else would I do? Then when it was time I met with my "images of nature" class to have dinner together. As it turned out, we were going to be having a picnic at our professors house. We all carried the food a few blocks to her house where we ate, did some ice breakers and got to know each other a bit. There are some cool people in that class that I loom forward to getting to know better.
Afterwards, we all headed back to campus to watch a student produced play about life at GMC, which was absolutely hilarious.
Then I came upstairs and took my first college shower. Which was not nearly as bad as I had imagined. No one was in the bathroom so it was actually relaxing.
And now I'm here, on my bed, wondering if I should shut the light off or wait for my roommate to return. I'm not sure how this will work out. It's not a personal thing against my roommate, whom I barely know. I just like the idea of having my own space.
So far, so good. Everyone is amazingly friendly and the campus is manageable. I am sort of freaking out about the social stuff, but all I can do is be open and active in the community. I can't let my fear inhibit me from making friends.
So here we go...
This moment I have been preparing for (and fearing) over the last year. I've thought about it and imagined and speculated endlessly. And finally, here I am. It's very surreal.
Yesterday orientation started, but because of a wedding of a close family friend, my family moved my in today. And because at weddings there is dancing and alcohol, we got a later start today than we had planned.
We arrived on campus around one and bumbled around and got my key and moved my stuff in. My roommate, who is a junior and I have only talked to twice so far, had all her stuff out and ready.
I then realized I had to take a math placement test. Yay!!
After that, my parents, sister and I walked around a bit. Every student we passed said hello. Which seems so strange to me, but it's very welcoming.
I didn't have any commitments until six and I wasn't sure what to do with myself. Especially since I had no idea what the orientation schedule was or how it was being run.
Around five my family left and I headed up to my room until it was time because... well what else would I do? Then when it was time I met with my "images of nature" class to have dinner together. As it turned out, we were going to be having a picnic at our professors house. We all carried the food a few blocks to her house where we ate, did some ice breakers and got to know each other a bit. There are some cool people in that class that I loom forward to getting to know better.
Afterwards, we all headed back to campus to watch a student produced play about life at GMC, which was absolutely hilarious.
Then I came upstairs and took my first college shower. Which was not nearly as bad as I had imagined. No one was in the bathroom so it was actually relaxing.
And now I'm here, on my bed, wondering if I should shut the light off or wait for my roommate to return. I'm not sure how this will work out. It's not a personal thing against my roommate, whom I barely know. I just like the idea of having my own space.
So far, so good. Everyone is amazingly friendly and the campus is manageable. I am sort of freaking out about the social stuff, but all I can do is be open and active in the community. I can't let my fear inhibit me from making friends.
So here we go...
Your room was so darn hot we about passed out moving your stuff in! The wedding the night before did not help matters, I must say. That being said, we all felt very welcome by each and every student and faculty member who we walked by today. Saw three baby cows with their Mama on the way down to the river. Very homey, I think you will thrive! xo love , Mom, (the wedding crashed!) ;-)
ReplyDeleteIt's harder for introverts to make friends (boy, do I know how hard that is), but you are in a place where you will find many likeminded people with interests matching your own. Just do things at your own pace socially. It takes a few weeks to find the lay of the land, as it were.
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