Back to Work

Although yesterday was the first day of classes, I went to my first class today. Yes - I skipped the first day of classes - but it was for a good cause - the first-year orientation. It was, by far, better than my first-year orientation. I was completely lost that day, hated my group leader, was bored, wanted to go home, and constantly wondered why I'd decided to go to this particular university. First year, like that orientation, was horrible. I made a couple of good friends (thankfully), but I went to school and then came home. I'd hang out with people from high school - and that was it.


Second year, was much better, but I think I became who I am right now during my third year. I got more involved and I started doing better in school - much better. Well, my average during my second year is my highest yet, but the third-year one was just a couple of percent lower - but still in the same letter grade. During last year, I started falling in love with my university - with the beautiful campus, with the work that I was doing, with my friends (you know what I mean), and with the squirrels of course.

I took courses over the summer, so it's not like I haven't been on campus for the past 4 months. But yesterday, I still felt like I was a fish that had been put back into water after having been taken out. There's something special about being with your friends, running into people you haven't seen in months, sitting outside in the sun, and feeling like you belong.

I'm definitely looking forward to this year - to the social stuff of course (which will be so much better now that I'm not taking a full course load), to the academic stuff and to the extra-curric stuff. Now, back to my Sanskrit translations