Well, I've officially been living in Frontier Hall on the b-e-a-utiful University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus for 4 days now. A loooooong 4 days of orientation and Welcome Week activities jammed one after the other in attempt to keep these new freshman from partying I guess. (That's at least my theory...haha.) My feelings are back and forth on this, at some points I'm overly excited, just so anxious to actually start classes and "settle" in, it still kinda feels like I'm at a camp for a week. Other times I'm having a blast with new friends (we had way too much fun on the "Fairly Odd Coaster" at the Mall of America last night), starting new inside jokes with my roomie and hall-mates ("Know the code," and mocking my retainer lisp), and rolling our eyes at the utter cluelessness of our orientation leader. Throughout these 4 days, I've successfully taken 3 showers, (having tried each of the 3 shower stalls in my hall's bathroom in attempt to find the one with the perfect amount of water pressure to suit my taste), eaten a few meals at the dorm restaurant (I am starting to realize I can't eat at The Grill, The Exhibition Station, The Dessert Station, and The Salad Bar for every meal, I have to start "choosing"--I know, sad), and walked enough to feel like I'm at Disney World every day--Welcome to College, right?!
Oh, and another one of my "feelings" that has graced me with its presence over these past 96 hours. Homesickness. I've realized, the worst of all sicknesses. But its only when I'm alone and not doing anything that I think about it! Which is not too often so hopefully I will keep myself busy and meet more people to stave off this deathly-illness as much as possible :S
Here are 2 "highlights" of Welcome Week (meaning some of the activities that I didn't skip and/or daydream out of boredom in): 1) Convocation. Sooooo awesome. The entire class of 2014 gathered in the hockey arena (which I now know the name of...Mariucci Arena..yes, be proud!) and we were adressed by the University's president and given our 2014 Graduation tassels as motivation. The marching band came out and played a few songs and I got chills everywhere, I almost wanted to cry! The fact that I am now a part of this amazing, reknowned University is so surreal, so humbling, so amazing, so life-changing. 2) Pride and Spirit. Again, the whole class was in the TCF Bank Stadium, the home of the Golden Gophers, and the band, cheerleaders, football coach, and Goldy led us in learning some of Minnesota's football spirit traditions. (I think I still will run over to YouTube to learn the Rouser and March before next Saturday's first home game! By the way, as of now, we are 1-0 :) .) This was also when we made the big Minnesota "M" in the field as a class...that pic above is us "in the process."
So, I am now a Golden Gopher. I am in the place where even Mother Nature lets the trees turn Maroon & Gold. I am in the place where I can rightfully say "We are...Minnesota!"
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