So my school year has finally begun. I moved into my dorm on Saturday, and that went pretty well. I have a fairly big room, since my university went from double to single rooms. So basically I have a double room all to myself. I have more space and shelving than I can actually use.
It's been pretty good so far. My house mates are all really cool, and we are already pretty much a little family. Yesterday some of the guys toilet-papered our Residence Advisor's door. It was funny. I did have a little mishap the day that I moved in. We were in the lounge, and decided to go outside to play some ice breaker games. I had to go back to my room to grab shoes, and when I got outside I couldn't find anyone. I ended up going through a different residence building, joining a different house for stretching, and then being escorted back to my house. It was really embarrassing. But whatever, stuff happens.
So far, my classes are all pretty good. It looks as though they won't be too difficult, but there will be a lot of reading (especially since I am an English major). I am taking an education class (that I am apparently not supposed to be in, but the prof is ignoring that), and at the start of every class he does magic tricks. It was a nice introduction to the course.
I am staying here this weekend instead of going home like my mother wanted. We are going to be doing the Terry Fox walk, which is a Canadian thing. Every year people walk and run for cancer research, like Terry Fox did years ago. An interesting fact is that his campaign to run across Canada stopped just outside this city. Anyway, apparently most of the residence houses wear their house colours and clothing, but we decided to do 'tight and bright', and we all bought bright neon clothing. So that should be fun.
Katie, I had to take a bus to school when I was in high school, and I can tell you that it sucked. Generally the other people weren't too loud or rowdy, but occasionally they were really annoying. I mostly just slept or listened to music. Don't worry about your locker, if you use it every day you will become a pro in no time. In my final year, I didn't use my locker, opting instead to carry a backpack around. But on the few occasions that I did use it, I had to go into the office to be told my combination.
As for how I picked my major, English is just one of the only subjects that I was really good at. I liked reading and understanding texts, and have thought about being a writer before. I figured that it was the best option for me. As for the becoming a teacher portion, ever since I was young I wanted to be a teacher. There was never really any other options in my mind. So my advice is to pick something that you like. Don't torture yourself with math or science if it isn't something you like. If you hate English, then run far away from it. Don't let someone else make this decision for you, and don't choose to do something or go somewhere just because your friends are doing it.
Thursdays happen to be one of my busiest days of the week (along with Tuesday, which has the identical schedule) so I am hoping to get into the routine of writing my post around this time. Hopefully I don't get too busy or forget. So I hope you are all doing good and having fun and not going insane. Don't forget to be awesome.
-Deidra
P.S- HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY ADAM!
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