a quick update

ahhhh so I havent updated in a while! where does the time go? well I'm just about to go hit but I wanted to write a little something so that it won't be a week since I've writenn anything!! Everthings going so well here! I went out both nights this weekend (and thursday) lol and met lots of really neat people. Its so weird for me to keep seeing non-familiar faces, I have to get used to not knowing everyone, the campus still feels so big!
Its cooling down today, I think (hope!) our 115 degree days are over... today's a designated homework day. And it will be nice to just relax and lay low. I might go lay out but a nap is sounding really good right now. I don't think I realize how much I'm running around doing things, staying out late and waking up at a reasonable hour. I think my energy, or lack there of, will catch up with me. I think it would be wise to power nap before our first monday of school rolls around!

happy labor day!

Classes start tomorrow. My first one is Bio at 9:30am. I think jackie and I are going to hit the gym before, its so nice here! Then I have psch around 11ish. But I havent had a chance to check and see which buliding thats in so! that will be an adventure! :)
Hopefully my other english book that I had to order comes in tomorrow, but I dont have it until Wednesday. Some girls and I watched the HIlls on the internet tonight since cable is hard to come buy and the supposed "cable guy" isnt showing up until Wednesday. woohooo.
We went off campus tonight to look around town (and also to get Ohana frozen yogurt) but since it was labor day everything was closed except for our lovely DQ! gotta love those dipped cones :)
Happy Labor Day everyone!

classes in two days!

Well, today offically concludes my first weekend here. It really weird because these past few days it has felt like there has been a million people all over campus and Im just realizing that 3/4 of our student body is not even here yet. ahh! It already feels so big. Anyways, last night was really fun. We had a dance thing and before me and some girls went to a party the baseball team was throwing. But the apartment was way too small and like 500 degrees so we didnt last long, lol. It's kinda cooled down today? I think the only reason I think that is because there's a breeze but the heat wave is supposed to end at the end of this week.
Classes start tuesday. I think were staying in a watching movies tonight, I have to work on this article for my Bio class due tuesday. Laying low :)
Excited/nervous for everyone else to get here!

weekend

First offical weekend night at school. But since its still freshmen orientation everything is like planned out and organized. The "mingling" is forced and Im getting tired of saying my name and where Im from. BUT it was a fun night, we had the 100th Centenial Dinner celebration where we wore our school colors and such :)
---going to sleep.
ps. register for classes tomorrow! wish me luck!! :D

"Welcome to the time of your life"

Dr. Will Klein came to talk to us tonight and gave us a speech on college life and the in's and out's of everything. It was one of the most influential speeches I've ever heard. It was called "Welcome to the time of your life." I am so happy Im here. I know I'll love it.

college life. day 1 on my own :)

Now I am offically 24+ into my first year at college. Exciting, emotional, stressful, and surprising are all things I'm frequently feeling. Since I went to the same school for 14 years I've never really had to make friends. As weird as that sounds its true. "Making friends" is something entirely new to me but Im excited to meet even more people. The people in my hall are really nice and my neighbors are cool too. Except my room is surrounded by guys, one room to our right and the next two rooms to my right. It's fine and they're all really cool but making girl friends are my main objective right now so sometimes I wish we had some girlie neighbor friends! :) oh well, that means the bathroom across the hall is all ours....
My roommates are realyly nice too, we're in a triple and its working wonderfully!!! I was nervous becuase 3 is not always the best number BUT both Yaiza and Nicolette are amazing. I think we'll have different friend groups, but I kinda like it that way because then you dont always feel like your required to check-in or hang out with them, ya know?
Oh yeah, its 110 degrees outside... yes a heat wave hit yesterday. what fun! I'm basically dying from dehydration and heat exhaustion but ill survive. I went to breakfast with my roomies this morning. It was fun. We register for classes Saturday, hopefully I'll get some of my top picks! ---- which include phscy 101, american history I, critical thinking &writing, spanish 102, and plant biology (my freshmen seminar) i didnt really want to take a language right off the bat, but its required to take 2 consecutive semesters of a language so I thought I'd get it out of the way. blah.
At 3:45 I have my math and language placement tests and then a diversity workshop. what else? I went to lunch by myself today, its a big deal ;) and met some nice girls. I felt awkward at first but they're in my shoes too so its ok.
Ice cream social tonight, excited to meet the people on my floor better! Our RA is really cool too, her name's sabrina.
Hopefully these tests wont take too long, but the computer lab's air conditioned so we're ok!

--- pss. I had to take a trip to the health clinic today. Yeah I know, I was probably their first patient. I have an eye infection so I have to wear my glasses for a week (no contacts) sweet! and have a scratch on my cornea? spelling? lol but yeah my eye is bright red, like you can't even see the white part, it looks like a do drugs.
OH AND the frickin nurse lady gave me these EYE PATCHES to wear and tape to tape it around my head, i was like are you kidding me? Yes, I'm absolutely going to tape an eye patch over my right eye and make friends and be labeled as the freak with one-eye for 8 more months. ummhmmmm

first day of the rest of my life

In about an hour and a half I will be leaving high school behind and starting what some call "the best four years of their life." Im sitting up in bed right now wide eyed and ready to get going... but the bathroom's connected to my parents room and I dont want to wake them up this early :) I've been ready to get up since 5am. On nights where I know the next day is important I never sleep well. I woke up twice to use the bathroom, and once at 330 to check and make sure there was no one in the closet (bc im just paranoid like that) haha. too much oprah?
I have so much to look forward to I'm trying not to look behind. But new beginnings doesn't mean that I will forget what brought me here. New beginnings doesn't mean I will forget who and what shaped me into who I am right now.
I love everyone at home and my family so much. New friends will not replace the old ones, they will just add to my life and hopefully make me laugh, heeheehe.
PS:: have a good first day of school megan!! And I hope Austin has a safe trip home from MS camp :) love you two to the moon and back. and i already miss you guys!!! xoxox