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