Yo. It's been an insane week and this is one of the first extended periods of time I've had to just sit in my dorm and relax for a bit. (Waiting for my load of laundry to finish up in the dryer downstairs).
It's official! I'm a college student. These past few days have been chaotic and nutty and overwhelming. But also great. I'm really excited and happy to be here and even though everything feels foreign, everything also feels right.
At my university, we spend a full week having orientation programs, taking language placement tests, and enrolling in classes. So, suffice to say the past 4 days have been stressful and busy. There have been open houses, residence hall meetings, seminars on sex, alcohol, plagiarism, and talks from our RAs. There have been great talks with great people, awful talks with awful people, highly uncomfortable talks with strangers, and feelings of temporary isolation. There have been cold days and warm days, rushed dinner times, late nights in lecture halls, and panic-paced walks past groups of older guys.
My roommate, Caity, and I get along well enough and have been able to bond while holed up in our dorm room trying to get away from all of the noise (although it can be hard to avoid, especially when our small little residence house is directly across the street from all of the school's fraternity houses - let's just say Friday and Saturday nights will be anything but quiet).
Now that I've placed into French III and have signed up for said class, English, a sexuality/feminism course, and psychology, things finally began to slow down yesterday. I was able to walk over to "pres lawn" and read a book for a solid hour and a half. It was the first bit of calm I'd gotten in days and was much-needed. There was an adorable glasses-wearing boy not far from me doing the exact same thing. But I digress. Afterwards, last night, me, Caity, and a couple of the other girls on our floor sat down in one of their rooms and shared music, cookies, and tea.
So far, my roommate and another girl down the hall are my two favorite people. There is also a Russian guy that I don't talk too much but who lives on the other side of the house and is super cool and funny. Everyone in the building is sweet, including the RAs. I'm just waiting patiently until I'm able to find my group of people that I can fully relate to and share with. It'll happen with time.
I've got some acapella deals in the works for the next week which is a tad stress-inducing. Auditions are probably one of my least-favorite things to do in the entire world, next to initiating conversations with strangers. Wish me luck.
I've also been watching a lot of zodiac/tarot card videos on YouTube and it seems like this is a huge month for Capricorns. If you're open and willing, that is. There is immense room for personal growth and rebirth this month. I'm shocked at how strangely accurate these horoscopes are and how easily they apply to my life - all of the fortune tellers I've watched have used terms like "pursuing higher education", "social events", "brand new", "starting over", "a new family", and "a new home". The readings seem impossibly good and I've been warned that I should get rid of thoughts of "this is too good to be true", because "everything I've been asking for" is finally about to take place. Fucking A because this Pluto business has been a doozy.
Here are some photos of the past 4 days, along with 2 hilarious photos from orientation seminars.
Cheers,
L
