A New Place
So I am finally moved in and starting to feel at home at Guilford College. Moving in wasn't as bad or busy as I thought it would be (although I had my dad and brother to carry boxes and my mother to help me organize). What my roommate told me earlier was true, our room really is bigger than everyone else's. We have plenty of floor space even with a tv, and refrigerators. Other than the obvious advantage of having a larger room, we have really met lots of people because it is a good "hang out" place. On the first day or 2, if we had the door open, people would be walking by and then slow down or even stop to look and admire our room.
When I first arrived at Guilford I was feeling a bit overwhelmed. "I don't know a soul" I thought. It was weird to think that you would have to meet all these people and, eventually, you would fall into some kind of pattern with them. You know, maybe eating with a someone each day, or walking to a class together. It was a bit scary.
Last night they had this thing called "playfair." It was in the gym and was just a bunch of games for you to meet just about everyone that was there. It was fast paced and fun. I feel so much better now that I went to that. At least you have now said "Hi, I'm Emily" to everyone that was there (to a few people you got to talk longer). Now that I have said hi, it won't quite be so creepy and weird just sitting next to someone you have never even seen before.
Wow, this post has taken me a really long time to finish, I started at 3:30, who knows when it will end. Anyway, I just got back from dinner. This has actually been the first day I have eaten with people other than my roommate. In fact, tonight I ate with a whole bunch other people. This may seem small, but for me it is hard to start new.
The weird thing is the freedom I have. I'm not just talking about having to make it to my classes on time and knowing where everything is located. It's like it's own tiny community. I can go out at night and talk with friends or even just on my cell phone. I can (gasp) have boys and girls in my room to watch movies or tv. I can just walk around campus. There are all kinds of places you can just to sit and talk, use computers, work out. The resources here are pretty neat, or at least, I haven't had anything close to this available at home.
Also, I am realizing how sheltered I am. Some of the kids are dying for coffee from Starbucks while I have never even been in a Starbucks. I live in the 3rd level of Binford, the substance free level. Even on the substance free level, I hear stories about people being drunk. Even while at the "playfair" thing, I was invited to a party, I heard this morning it was very wild. I've definitely heard stories from lots of people about their experiences already. There is also a lot more swearing. Also, in my F.Y.E. class, people were talking about going out to clubs...even that idea was just foreign to me.
Anyways, I am pretty happy here. It's nice to be around different people, not that I don't love my North Davidson people.
PS-It took me over 5.5 hours to write this post, busy-busy.
When I first arrived at Guilford I was feeling a bit overwhelmed. "I don't know a soul" I thought. It was weird to think that you would have to meet all these people and, eventually, you would fall into some kind of pattern with them. You know, maybe eating with a someone each day, or walking to a class together. It was a bit scary.
Last night they had this thing called "playfair." It was in the gym and was just a bunch of games for you to meet just about everyone that was there. It was fast paced and fun. I feel so much better now that I went to that. At least you have now said "Hi, I'm Emily" to everyone that was there (to a few people you got to talk longer). Now that I have said hi, it won't quite be so creepy and weird just sitting next to someone you have never even seen before.
Wow, this post has taken me a really long time to finish, I started at 3:30, who knows when it will end. Anyway, I just got back from dinner. This has actually been the first day I have eaten with people other than my roommate. In fact, tonight I ate with a whole bunch other people. This may seem small, but for me it is hard to start new.
The weird thing is the freedom I have. I'm not just talking about having to make it to my classes on time and knowing where everything is located. It's like it's own tiny community. I can go out at night and talk with friends or even just on my cell phone. I can (gasp) have boys and girls in my room to watch movies or tv. I can just walk around campus. There are all kinds of places you can just to sit and talk, use computers, work out. The resources here are pretty neat, or at least, I haven't had anything close to this available at home.
Also, I am realizing how sheltered I am. Some of the kids are dying for coffee from Starbucks while I have never even been in a Starbucks. I live in the 3rd level of Binford, the substance free level. Even on the substance free level, I hear stories about people being drunk. Even while at the "playfair" thing, I was invited to a party, I heard this morning it was very wild. I've definitely heard stories from lots of people about their experiences already. There is also a lot more swearing. Also, in my F.Y.E. class, people were talking about going out to clubs...even that idea was just foreign to me.
Anyways, I am pretty happy here. It's nice to be around different people, not that I don't love my North Davidson people.
PS-It took me over 5.5 hours to write this post, busy-busy.
posted by Emoney at 9:13 PM
2 Comments:
Hey E-money
I'm so glad to hear about your first college experiance being so exciting. That is awesome. I remember havign some of those same feeling. Except the freedom and being sheltered parts. I was really depressed my freshmen year partly because I felt like I had less freedom and was being more sheltered. Maybe thats because of the college i picked though. The all girl, southern bell cookie factory that I go to. Can you tell I'm not really excited about going back. lol I miss you darlin a lot. I really enjoyed looking at all the pictures you e-mailed me. And thanks for the mail at camp, that always makes my day. I have soem pictures I shoudl e-mail you but I don't think I am ever goign to remember. Good Luck at school.
While I've been to a Starbucks (I'm admittedly obsessed with frappucinos), I've never been to a really "wild" party or to clubs and such. It sounds intimidating to me. The thing I think I'm going to like about college is just starting over and having no one know me so I can do/be whatever I want. Not that I don't like who I am now, just that the option is there to be someone else if I so choose.
Have fun in college and keep the blog updated so us lowly high-schoolers will know the first-hand experience!
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