I can feel the pressure, it's getting closer now...
In one month, I will be officially starting the next six years of my life! A new adventure of living with strangers and meeting all too many people who will impact my life in one or another. I will be across the country, thousands of miles away from sunny San Diego, my home for the past 17 years of my life. But right now, there's no other place I can imagine myself. Boston calls for me, and I"m listening to all the happiness bubbling inside of me. New places to explore, new people to meet, new foods to eat, new class to attend (and having no classes on Tuesday and only one on Friday), and just a time of huge changes. Orientation was just a small sampling of what is to come as a new student at NU studying pharmacy. I'm learning what it is to be a husky. Intense pride, love of red and black, being involved in learning in and out of class, and finding where true happiness lies are key. 111th graduating class of Northeastern University! Yay!
Orientation was fabulous. It reminded me that life is not so bleak and empty as I often think of it as. Summer hasn't been that great, but I know that the fall will be awesome if I come in with optimism. I adore the campus and Boston. My schedule doesn't seem too bad. I met some cool people. I have more of an idea of what living on campus will be like. I passed by my future resident hall. I am now wearing my "Diehard Dogs" t-shirt which is far too big (an XL, because I signed out way late...), but I loveee it. I also now have a guidebook of Boston, because I am the person who came from farthest away (or at least, in the states, obviously international people live even farther away).
I need to do productive things with my days. I'm addicted to packrat on facebook right now. At least, I read some of Three Cups of Tea today. A summer reading book that I'm actually enjoying! But I need to make a list of things to buy for my room and college. Ahh.