Day #1

Ready or not here it is!  About the last week or so before classes, in that break between my summer class and the start of fall classes, I started to get antsy.  I'm ready to go!  I see the future before me, the change in the air, and I'm getting excited!!  Then it arrives.  Day 1.  I wake up at 5:30 with a start and jump out of bed.  I was so excited (like a child) that I didn't really sleep well, but I never noticed that.  I get ready, pull all my stuff together, perform all my checklists to ensure I haven't forgotten anything, and leave the house.  I get to the interstate and realize I've left my phone at home.  If I were going to work, I'd just forget it, but I was going to be an hour away from home, and on the first day?  I needed my phone.  Luckily I had left early, so I had time.  I went back home, got my phone, and set out again.  I danced in my car the whole drive down, which was not that bad, I might add.  It certainly didn't feel like an hour.  


I arrive on campus, and I had it all set out where I was going to park, I get to that parking lot around 7:30.  And it's FULL.  (mini-short-lived-panic).  I have no idea how to get around campus.  Luckily, I had a handy parking map and a GPS.  So, while sitting in traffic, I plot a new place to park and program the GPS.  I get out of traffic with little event, and arrive a few minutes later at an almost empty parking lot.  WOOT!  I park in it, and celebrate my victory, until I realize the time: 7:50.  I have all of 10 minutes to make a bit of a hike.  I put my tunes in and power walked all the way to class.  Make it in the nick of time, sweating like I've just run a mile.  :)


First class goes well, and I'm energized.  I go to the lab for the class, and it's simple stuff, just an introduction really, then I go to the library, and am in awe.  It's so big!  I wander up to the third or fourth floor, and pick out a nice table next to a window and set up my computer and start working on a few things.  Time passes quickly, and it's time for my trek to lunch and my second class.  I decided I had enough time to drop off a few things at my car to lighten my load, so I start off towards my car.  I get on the sidewalk on the main road, and I'm walking along, enjoying the weather, people, and watching the traffic and scenery, when suddenly, the sidewalk comes up and meets my face.  I've tripped on a raised section of sidewalk, and the momentum propelled my backpack into the back of my head, and I hit it on the sidewalk.  A very nice student helped me up, and I continued on.   My pride was bruised a little, and my knees, elbows, and head scuffed up a little, but I was fine.  I dropped the stuff off at my car, went to the restroom to clean myself up a little, and went to class.  After class, I went over to the health center and procured a band aid for my knee, and proceeded back to the library.


I stayed at the library doing my homework until after 5, then made the trek home.


It's rejuvenating being in the campus atmosphere, makes my brain feel empowered.


Happy Studying!
:)