On The Eve Of (Real) College Beginning

*Written August 24th, 2009 11:54 PM*


Up until this point, I don’t really feel like I’ve been at college.

I moved in on Wednesday, so it’s been almost a week since I’ve left home (which is all of ten minutes away), but it doesn’t seem like “college” yet. But tomorrow that all changes when classes begin. People went to bed at decent hours tonight, acting like responsible adults instead of kids at camp. I honestly don’t know how things are going to change really. All weekend, everybody pretty much did their own thing for the most part, so I guess the only change is that their “own thing” is going to become their classes. I’m personally looking forward to my classes, but thats only because I’m not taking a math course this semester...instead, I’m taking Greek!

If I had to pick one thing that’s been my favorite thing so far, it would have to be all the awesome people I’ve had the chance to become friends with. As part of a learning community (yay residents of the LLC!!), it’s been really easy to meet people I think. With tons of places in the dorm to hang out and people around you that have similar interests, the environment itself seems to foster friendship out of its walls.

I’ve loved every second of hanging out with these new friends; whether it be watching Family Guy, cheering on Liverpool (dang you Aston Villa), jamming out in the music room, or just sitting around talking, it has been so much fun just to make new friends. I had a conversation with a couple of people that basically centered around the fact that we felt our one group of “high school” friends had become stale and that would be exciting to make new friends with new stories, new experiences, and new personalities. Our old friends can never be replaced and will always be fun to hang out and share our new ideas and experiences, of course, but the prospect of new friends is (to me) always exciting.