Let the Countdown Begin!!!

Hello again.

Well, school starts in one week. \^o^/ I am really excited to start school. Most of my friends have already started their school terms, so I have spent much of my time helping family and trying to get things ready to fly out to school. For the most part, I have been able to fit my things into two large suitcases, a carry-on, and my backpack. This shall be interesting when it comes time to get my luggage from the baggage claim to the bus station, onto the bus, and up to my room at school. Based on the room number, I will be on the second floor of the dorm, which is nothing too different from UNC.

After arriving, I will be trying to figure out the school layout and where all of my classes are located. I created a schedule of my classes and it shall be interesting to see if I can manage to get from one building to another in the time alloted. o.O I hope so. If anything, I will be getting an awesome cardiovascular workout every Wednesday and Friday. Carrying books will also be interesting on those days. Perhaps if I take my carry-on and just use that as a backpack it will be much easier.

Since I leave Thursday for New York, these last few days have been used to pack (of course), say goodbye to friends, and spend as much time with family as possible. Thankfully, there is Skype, email, and Facebook to hopefully keep in contact with everyone.

On the note of emails, I now have three emails. o.O One is my personal email, the other two are for UNC and Skidmore. I also have two Blackboards that I should check regularly (one more than the other) and two "ursa" type web pages. For those who do not know, Blackboard is an academic portal site that is used to distribute homework, submit assignments, and post readings and other homeworks that are necessary for the classes. It helps to keep both the professors and students organized and so that there are fewer complications in distributing or collecting assignments as well as keeping communications open between teachers and students. Ursa is the UNC student site that has all of our academic stuff. It has links to finance and other aids for attending the school. Skidmore has the same type of thing, but I have no idea what it is actually called. UNC's mascot is the bear, hence the Ursa title for the site. Maybe I should look up a horse constellation and consider calling the Skidmore site by that name...at least until i find out the proper name for the site. >.< Hopefully though, I will be able to keep up with all of them and keep them separated from each other.

As things progress, I hope to be able to keep this blog updated and keep everyone informed of what is going on at Skidmore. Come this Thursday, I am sure there will be plenty to write about and after orientation this weekend, there will be more intriguing postings.

Until next time,

"The greatest achievements were at first, and for some time, dreams." ~ James Allen

Happy News!

Finally...after waiting for most of the summer...I have been given my room assignment!!! \^o^/ I am living in the dorm and the room type for which I asked and am truly grateful for it. The dorm is fairly close the the buildings in which I have classes and is just a short walk away from the dining hall. However, it is on the other side of campus from the recreation center...Perhaps it will motivate me to get more exercise...just like being in Decker motivated me to go over to West Campus to exercise... <.<

In other news, I have made reservations to fly out to school and to take the train from Albany up to Saratoga Springs. That will be a most interesting experience. Being a native Coloradoan, I drive everywhere, so taking a train and becoming familiar with mass transit will be very intriguing.

Until next time,

"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library" Jorge Luis Borges (Thanks Kate-chan n_n)

Syllubi

Well, things have begun to pick up as far as classes are concerned. I have received my syllabi for three of the classes and have looked over the reading requirements.

I think my nose will henceforth be stuck in a book or printout pages from Blackboard.

Early on in the summer my British history professor sent out his syllabus in order for us students to order our books and possibly start reading.

I had all the intention of reading Robinson Crusoe over the summer...perhaps in the next week I can read a majority of it. >.<

Anyway, I have two classes with the same professor. From the syllabi she seems like a good professor who knows her history. In her Medieval history class I get to watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail! That should be interesting and very fun.

A bit of nervous news. I still have not heard where I am to live this year. With two weeks left of summer, this is very daunting. But perhaps this week I will hear something and will no longer have to worry about where to live.

Until next time!


"It's just a flesh wound!" ~Black Knight

Delays in Plans

Hello! Long time no talk...

So, life has thrown some interesting curve balls at me, which has proven both frustrating and comforting (kinda).

Originally, my plans were to head out to NY today (16 August) with friends and stay with them until school started and I could move into my own dorm.

Unfortunately, complications arose and I will now be staying home for another couple weeks until I can go out the NY and move right into the dorms.

There are both positive and negative sides to this, none of it really easy to deal with at the moment.

But, onto happy, bubbly thoughts.

I received an email from the Skidmore coordinator who provided an outline for the orientation I shall attend the weekend before school starts. It looks like a lot of fun, but I wondered, "When am I supposed to set up my room?" Possibly at nighttime, after all the orientation programs are finished. That, or Labor Day, right before school starts the next day. But, this is speculation, we see what happens. I have to get out there first. n_n

So, things are moving, not in the manner I thought they would, but still, they are moving forward.

Well, until next time,

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind" ~Dr. Seuss