5 of my 7 suitemates, including my roommate, are gone for the weekend, as well as most of my friends. Instead of using this time by myself to be productive and study, I'm going to blog and watch friends. Also, I'm going to try posting one day at a time, so that they go in better order. Sorry, Jessie, this is going to clog up your google reader a little bit haha.
Friday
More H. I really love this little boy and you will be seeing lots of pictures of him because I'll be watching him a lot. I babysat him on Saturday night. Here he is eating about the only thing that he will- macaroni and cheese. After dinner, we went to Local Yogurt and had some yummy ice cream! It's so cute when he eats ice cream. He'll take a scoop of it, but its like he's not expecting it to be cold and when he bites into it he makes this face like he's in pain (which he might be I guess, from the cold) or like it tastes nasty. He's way too adorable!!
I'm a little behind, so this is a long post, sorry! I'm going to try to post every couple of days, but last week was pretty busy so I never got the chance to blog.
Friday
This day is pretty much for my sister, K, unless the rest of you guys are really desperate to know what my room looks like haha. Nothing terribly exciting happened last Friday, so I thought I would put up the first picture of my room.
This is my bed, desk and comfy chair (where I'm sitting right now). Last year we had a futon, but this year our room is much smaller and it wouldn't fit haha. But we're loving being in Morrison and have made our room very cozy and homey. I have another picture coming later (probably a couple more haha).
Saturday
This year, I will be working a lot with International Friends, which is a part of the larger group, Campus Crusade, but focuses on reaching international students. Saturday was our first big outing and we all piled into four vans and drove to Topsail island to spend the day at the beach. It was the perfect way to relax after classes began and also meet some fun new friends and get to know people better.
We stopped at Smithfield's Chicken and BBQ on the way back for dinner. These are the fun people that I sat with at dinner. You'll be seeing lots of pictures of them, I'm sure. I don't eat pork, but after smelling that BBQ, I may have to start haha.
Sunday
Another day where nothing too exciting happened- mainly did homework and stuff haha- and so, another picture of my room!! K, do you recognize the curtains?? haha, they look great in our room.
This is my dresser and my roommates bed. I know, such an exciting picture.
Monday
I picked up my really great parking spot that I applied for. The parking lot is like 3 minutes away from my dorm, SO convenient. Last year I had to walk 30 minutes to get to my car, but now I have it so close which means that I can babysit and do all sorts of fun stuff that require leaving campus.
Tuesday
Another International Friends event. Did you know that the majority of students who come to study in the United States will never be invited into an American families home? This is something that we want the students to be able to experience, to see what a home is like here. Last week and this week, several awesome families opened their homes to allow the students to come and eat and spend a meal in their home. This is the group that I was able to join.
Wednesday
We also planned an Amazing Race Scavenger hunt around UNC's campus for the international students to help them learn the campus in addition to having a great time.
One task was to look up a book in Davis library. The book was To Hate Like this is to be Happy Forever, clearly we are not just trying to teach them about the school, but also the very important hatred of the other blue.
Thursday
This is my best friend, H. I babysat for him over the summer several times a week and had been suffering severe withdrawal from not being able to see him for a couple of weeks because of school. But, since I got my parking permit, I'm going to be able to babysit for him at least once a week, if not more. He's almost 2 and absolutely precious! This is him dragging around his favorite stuffed animal, Roo-Roo, which is stuffed Kangaroo that is about a foot taller than he is haha. I'm sure I will have many more pictures of this cutey as the year goes by.
Friday
Another goal for this year I think is to be a little bit more of a college student haha. I didn't go out very much last year and it's really not my thing to like go out with huge groups of people or go to parties and stuff, but I would like to be a little more social this year haha. Most people have gone home for the weekend, but my parents are out of town, so there isn't much point so I'm going to be sticking around campus. Tonight I went to dinner and dancing with my friends K and G and their apartment mate and some of her friends. We went salsa dancing at the Spice Street restaurant in Chapel Hill. It was so much fun! Lots of people and loud music, but still fun. For some reason, they let us go up to the VIP room, where there was food and water and stuff.
That was my week. In between all the fun I read a ridiculous amount about India and Latin America and wrote my first paper of my sophomore year (I know, the second week of school and I already had a paper- what a bummer). So far I really like my classes and, although they require a lot more work, I'm enjoying the topics a lot more than the ones I took last year. I'll see you guys next week!
Unfortunately, I'm not going to Carolina just to hang out with my friends- I'm actually here to learn. (How awesome would that be though!) Classes began this week and, although I'm really excited about what I'm taking and think that this semester is going to be really great, I'm already a little bogged down with reading and work haha. So, I decided to take a study break and blog a little bit.
Monday
Our last day before classes started. I spent Monday hanging out with more great friends and finishing up decorating my room. (I have just a few final touches and then I'll have lots of pictures!) That night, my friends and I went to the Sunset Serenade, where all the different acapella groups come and sing a couple of songs to showcase their group. One great thing about Carolina is all the different musical groups that there are on campus to go see and this is such a fun way to see all of them at once.
I tried to take a picture of the Lorelais (the all-girl group) but we were sitting too far away and my camera couldn't focus haha. The whole of the lower quad in front of Wilson Library was jam packed with students.
Tuesday
Classes started Tuesday and like the good Carolina student that I am, I went and got a drink from the Old Well before heading to Drama 115 in hopes that it will help me make A's this semester. Didn't do so bad last year, so maybe it does help. Guess we'll see.
Wednesday
This is for you K!
Krispy Kreme has come to Franklin St. and with it the average weight of the Carolina student has increased by several pounds. However, I only took a picture of it for my sister haha, I didn't actually eat there. Maybe I'll weight till K returns in November and we can go together. Maybe. I love you, K!
Thursday
Today, I went back to Durham to be with my family while my dad had surgery. Thanks to all of you who were praying, everything went well and he's doing well. I didn't have a very exciting day- I thought I was going to have to use a picture from Local Yogurt (I'm telling you, I'm addicted- its bad), but instead I have this...
My very sweet boyfriend came to pick me up and bring me back to Chapel Hill and had bought me flowers for our 5 month anniversary. We're both pretty busy with studying (especially him with organic chem and all sorts of crazy classes) so we weren't able to do anything else tonight, but I really appreciated the flowers. They are the same ones he got for me for our 1 month. Oh, and I'm a college student without a vase in my dorm room, so, yes, that is a travel coffee mug that the flowers are in haha. I thinks its kinda cute- and totally me, I'm like addicted to coffee so why not use the mugs in cute decorating? Anyway, thanks so much, Chris! They add a lot to my tiny Morrison dorm room.
I should have some fun pictures for you guys next week. Saturday I'm going to the beach with a group of international students here at UNC. It should be so much fun! 3 hour bus rides always are!!
I'm back in Chapel Thrill!! I packed up my room and drove the whole 9 miles from Durham to Chapel Hill. I'm still in the process of organizing and decorating my room in Morrison, so pictures will come later. That night I reunited with some of my very dear friends from last year, who I missed so much over the summer! This summer, I became absolutely addicted to frozen yogurt- even more so than before, so of course the first thing that I had to do in Chapel Hill was try out the new fro-yo shop on Franklin Street. Good, but not quite good enough to replace the favorites- Local Yogurt and, of course, Yo-Po (Yogurt Pump, for non-Tar Heels). (note- we LOVE to abbreviate haha)
Frozen yogurt with fresh fruit is my newest obsession, thanks to Local Yogurt in Durham. I think I went there at least once a week, if not more, over the summer
Friday
This year, I will be living on South Campus once again, while nearly all of my friends moved up to their fancy, North Campus dorms, like Kenan (which is beautiful and they all have futons for me to sleep on when I'm too lazy to walk back). However, a few of my friends from high school decided to stay out in the boonies like me. We are already planning our South Campus parties. KJ has also been given the task of turning me into a true Carolina sports fan. I try really hard, but I just struggle to really get into things like basketball, which is life around here. I think that she is up for this task, because this is whats in her room.
Maybe we will see a similar DTH in our next three years here. One can only hope, right?
Saturday
Saturday was a very exciting day and I think deserves two pictures.In the morning, I returned home to pick up a final load of stuff for my room and my car, because I was driving to Raleigh for a concert that night. I loaded all my stuff in and got in my car and attempted to start it- nothing. Luckily, I had received a pair of jumper cables for Christmas last year (wrapped and under the tree, thanks, Mom), so I went and got my dad and after a little while we got it going and I drove to Chapel Hill. I parked in front of Morrison, unloaded my stuff and I tried to turn my car on- dead once again. Thankfully, people here are very friendly, especially all the parents dropping their kids off. A nice family helped me jump my car again (making use of my Christmas present for the second time that day/ever) and I went to find an Advanced Auto to get a new battery. I finally found one and got a brand new shiny battery for my car.
By this time I was running a little bit late to pick up my friends for the concert, but we had planned on leaving really early, so it was alright. So all-in-all, my battery deciding that the one day I really needed my car was a really good day to die didn't turn out as bad as it could have. We arrived at Walnut Creek in plenty of time and found really good seats on the lawn and chilled out waiting for Jack Johnson, who was AMAZING by the way.
Sunday
FALL FEST!!
Pretty much every UNC student crowds onto South Rd to sign up for various organizations and groups to be involved in during the year. All the student organizations set up tables and signs and attract people with the promise of free stuff- especially food. I restrained myself and didn't sign up for any listserves- I'm still getting e-mails from groups that I don't want to be in from last year, when in true freshie form, I signed up for just about everything. PS- I totally felt like a freshman taking that picture.
So that was my first week on the Hill. I'm so excited for this year! Classes start tomorrow, which I'm not so excited for, but it is kinda the reason that I'm here, not just to hang out with amazing people. I'll be posting pictures from this week on Sunday probably.
I know that's not a real thing, but I'm making it up. I never do New Year's Resolutions, but I wanted to try to do something different for this school year. Tomorrow begins my sophomore year at the greatest university North Carolina has to offer. I had a fabulous year at UNC- Chapel Hill, but I realized that I have about 10 pictures documenting my freshman year, which is totally unacceptable. So this year I am going to change that. I'm resolving to take at least one picture a day. I'm not a great photographer and I'm not a great writer, but I'm going to try my hand at this whole blogging thing. My life isn't always the most interesting- there may a few days where the only picture I have to share will be of Davis Library, but that's my life, welcome to it!
