First Days

Hello!

So, as promised, here is how yesterday turned out.

The day started at about 4 in the morning when my ma woke me up to go the airport. Apparently it is not a good thing to have only an hour and a half of sleep. My ma asked me if I wanted one of the Starbucks frappacino and I said okeys. I did not realize it until I drank about half of it on the way to DIA. Sadly, this meant that I was awake for the entirety of the plane ride. But I was also too jittery to read my book for class. Instead I watched the inflight movie: The Back-up Plan. Twas interesting, but was predictable (as are most chick-flicks). I arrived early to Washington Dulles, so I took my time getting to the gate for the plane to Albany. I found the gate and waited for boarding. Unfortunately, when it was time to get on the plane, there were mechanical problems and the flight was delayed. I panicked because I needed to catch a bus from Albany to Saratoga. As it turned out, we made it to Albany and I was able to get the bus. A Skidmore professor was also taking the bus and she helped me a great deal.

When I got to the bus station in Saratoga, Kendra, the NSE coordinator for Skidmore came to pick me up and take me to campus. Upon arrival, we went to the card office and I received my Skidmore ID card. It is like any other student ID in that it gets me into the dorm and it gets me food. After that, we walked more around campus to get my key for the room. We had to go to a couple places to get the key, but finally success. So we went the dorm to find my room. When we were going to the dorm, I met my RA and he helped us find the room. Then, Kendra and I retrieved my luggage and used the dumb waiter to get it up to my room. Afterwards we went to Kendra's office and I got more of a tour of the campus. By the time we got her office, it was about 5 NYT (New York Time a.k.a. EST). So, I was hungry and we went to a nice restaurant called Hattie's. It is a Southern food restaurant which is known for its fried chicken. Naturally I got the fried chicken and, true to its word, it was really good. Along the way, I got the see some of the city and all the pretty Victorian houses. The entire city has a cozy feeling and I am anxious for a weekend when I can go downtown and explore some more.

After that, I was about to collapse, so Kendra brought me back to the dorm and I tried to unpack my luggage. I got about half way when I decided to call home to let everyone know that I was alright. After some phone calls, I went back to unpacking. After a while I decided to take a shower and go to bed. The shower was an interesting experience. Hopefully when I get pictures up on the site it will be clearer, but the way the suite is set up is that there is a hallway the comes off the main corridor in the dorm. At the end of the smaller hallway there are the doors to the rooms. There is a storage closet and the suite bathroom has a door that goes into the sink area, another door for the toilet, and another door for the shower. However, the shower door is made of glass. But it is the glass that is warp-y, so that was some comfort. However, it was really weird to take a shower because the shower is elevated and you can see over the door leading into the hallway. From the other side, you cannot see anything if the door is closed, which is good. Anyway, there was no hot water last time, so needless to say, I took a really quick shower. Hopefully tonight will be better.

After taking the shower, I pretty much fell asleep.

So in all, yesterday was just a lot of traveling, but it was worth every second to be able to come to Skidmore and to New York.

So today's adventures are probably more exciting to read than yesterdays.

I woke up around 11:30 NYT and got dressed. I was to meet up with Kendra at 1, so I decided to look around campus some more and to see the academic buildings. I found the buildings I have classes in, but I only found one of the actual classrooms. I am hoping that on Sunday I will be able to get some help in finding the rooms and seeing if I will be able to make it to all of the classes on time. I took some pictures and will now have to learn how to put them on the blog. The campus is really pretty and everything is very green. I am excited to see all the colors of the fall. Colorado is pretty, but things mostly turn yellow and then die or they are green year round (evergreens). Anyway, after looking around for a little bit, I went to the dining hall and ate my first meal at Skidmore. It consisted of vegetables, a meatball, mac and cheese, a chicken quesadilla, and a glass of Dr. Pepper. Twas rather good. The dining hall is really nice too. There are all of these different stations that have food and you mostly serve yourself as much as you want. with this being said, I am really going to have to watch myself and go exercise regularly.

After eating, I had to go meet with Kendra and we went over some final concerns and questions before school starts Tuesday.

When our meeting was done, I went to the school store and bought my books for the semester. As I told the cashier, I am glad that I am seeing the campus now because for the next 16 weeks, I will have my nose in a book everywhere I go. >.<

After shopping for books, I went back to the dorm and finished putting up posters and getting everything in place. I can now say that I have officially moved into my room! \^o^/

After getting all of that together, I went to dinner, where I had pizza, other pasta, fruit, and a chocolate mousse dessert.

Finally, I returned to the dorm and have been reading Robinson Crusoe and talking to my RA. As it turns out, he and I share a similar interest of Audrey Hepburn. So we talked about her films and other facts about her life. It was a very nice introductory meeting with my RA.


Well, I have said most of all that needs to be said about my first two days here at Skidmore...less more room descriptions and how the campus is. But that will be tomorrow's posting along with the first day of orientation. Tomorrow shall be busy; I have things from 10am NYT to 10pm NYT that I should go to. None of it is really required, but I am going to it, if nothing else, for the opportunity to meet other people and figure out the campus.

Well, until next time,

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" ~Tao Te Ching