So the new year has arrived, so to speak. Today felt like such a rush and now that I have a chance to wind down a little bit, it feels great. Let me take you through the past few days, the way I saw it.
It ended like this. I walk into my room after a pretty eventful night that included Marble Slab, ultimate frisbee, watching a firetruck put out a fire, more ultimate frisbee, and walk into my room with my roommate sleeping. Due to trying to be polite and being a klutz, I stumbled through the room trying to find where my stuff is - most of it is still packed - took a quick shower, and popped open my laptop and sat on my bed.
To be honest, it's all overwhelming so far. I can barely remember people's names other than the ones that were on my team when we played ultimate. I think this year has been a bit of a reversal from last year in how I reacted to the move. Last year, I felt good up until the move. When I got down, I lost it. This year was a bit different.
The last few days were extremely tough for me. And thanks to probably my favorite person as of right now, I was able to talk things through and vent a little bit; otherwise, I could have possibly broken down before today. So after service, I felt kind of bad for forcing my brother and sister to have to leave right away and started the drive down. When I arrived at Ambrose, I didn't feel too bad at all. It was actually quite pleasant in that people came quickly to help me move my stuff into my room.
After I put everything down, I went to Dairy Queen with the family for supper. Then we came back to drop me off and said goodbye. It didn't feel too bad at all. Of course, everyone already knows each other here; so in the conversations, I'm still a bit on the outside looking in. However, some people have been pretty nice to me already and we had some good chats.
There's definitely going to be a lot of getting used to the life that is here on residence. In fact, I probably still haven't registered that I'm actually here yet. It's just all too surreal.
So tomorrow, I think I have some orientation things to do - group activities and registrations type of things. I think the thing I'll miss the most is milk. I haven't figured out a good way for me to be able to get the milk that I love to drink in the morning and at night. I just might have to go get some for myself and label my name on it.
But I know it'll just take some time and I'll be right in the thick of things. I just hope that it'll happen fast; that I'll make the friends I want to make right away, and be on my way with my studies.
Speaking of which, I have no idea where I'm gonna get my breakfast tomorrow. Shoot!
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