day three!

Hi folks!

I hope you weren't expecting a day by day narration of my events, cause if you were, I'm already behind! But here's a quick recap.

On Sunday I moved in, bright and early, and quickly realized that the residence building here is more apartment-style than massive-social-chaos-style. It took my Mom and I an hour or so to fully unload everything, and get the room set up. I had some friends over that night to warm the place up and stain my new bedding with pizza sauce. It all went well.

On Monday I had the day pretty much to myself after a brief Orientation. I am sharing a kitchen/bathroom with a roommate, but 'till this point I hadn't seen her. However, thanks to some super-snooping done by my mom, we decided that she was East Indian. The various spices, foreign cooking utensils and random ingredients written in Punjabi were a bit of a give away too. Anyways. I felt a bit bad for her cause she didn't know she'd be coming back from Christmas break to a new roommate. Also, on top of me being a pleasant surprise for her winter semester, she also came back to reorganized cupboards and an exploding fridge. See, here's the thing - she is a cooking machine. There was seriously a dozen random plates/contraptions I've never seen before, a crock pot, a zillion pounds of flour, and an overwhelming array of spices. So when I moved in with all my food/kitchen crap, it had to go somewhere! Thankfully, she didn't care too much. But still - she hasn't even gone grocery shopping since she's been back, and the fridge door barely shuts as it is. Oh dear.

Today class begun. I started off with 'The Discipline of Nursing', which already seems way more intense than what I had experienced at Trinity. In a good way, of course - we are required to have 4 textbooks for this course, and we already have had the entire semester's work laid out for us in detail. Finding my first class was pretty easy - Mac Ewan is basically a straight line, then up or down. But even easier than that is the fact that all my classes are in the same building. Yippee!

All in all, I'm still adjusting. I must admit, it's been pretty lonely just working every day for the past couple of months, then coming to a quiet floor with no social pressures. Still, I'm so excited to meet new people - today, after my first class, I was almost in tears because I hadn't met anyone new yet! That quickly changed after I saw a familiar face in my second class, but still, I need to calm down - what's the rush? Just cause I'm not best friends with someone instantly does not mean that I will never find a solid bud. After realizing that I just need to relax and enjoying myself, I began to appreciate what I've been blessed with, and really soak up the peace before the semester gets crazy.

I find it a little alarming how excited I am to meet new faces. It was only in high school that I despised people and couldn't wait to just get home! Oh man. I wonder what changes this semester will bring me?

Love, D.