The Early Days

Since moving into my dorm friday, I have entered a new phase of life. My roommate, Seth, and I get along great.  Ryan, the guy who lives in the room next to me, is another great friend so far. I'm meeting lots of new people and although I often forget their names, I remember their faces which comes in handy...like when I walked into the cafeteria today for lunch. I recognized someone and after confessing I had forgotten their name, we still had lunch together. 

Anyways...

At 8:30 this morning we met with all the other new students in our majors. There are 5 guys (including myself) who are nursing majors. The group seems really cool and I'm very excited for this year. After the meeting I went to the first Chapel...or Bible Conference. It was an introductory day and the President, Dr. Brown, spoke. After the conference was a really boring freshman meeting. Lunch followed the meeting, along with a trip to the bookstore for Gorilla Glue. Using the Classifieds (campus craigslist), I've been buying my books for FAR cheaper than anywhere else. One book was free because a chunk of pages had fallen off the binding, so I superglued them back in-and for a whopping sum of $5.31, I had myself a $20 book. 

My room is rather dull so far, there is a lack of pictures, posters, decorations, etc...on the walls. Through allposters.com, I ordered 3 posters and cannot wait until they get here. Also, I'm expanding my musical horizons through my most recent purchase: a djembe! I looked up some reviews to make sure I bought a good one. Ryan plays guitar, electric guitar, bass, mandolin, ukelele, so we've decided that we can play and jam and that will help relieve stress. He also bought a very nice mic and through the use of my laptop, his mic, our instruments, audacity, and a webcam, we may make some videos. Who knows?

I'm free until dinner tonight and I'm using this time to work on the logo for "Ink'd Boards" - the longboard shop that is run by 3 students on campus...out of their dorm room! The owner said that if I can get it down, he would hire me to paint it on the rock. Making money doing legal graffiti. This is definitely a win. Extra cash will be nice.