The day began with an alarming wake up at 7:45 (alarming
because of the alarm I set). Q stayed asleep, but I began the day, setting what
I now realize would be my morning routine for the next year, potentially
longer. Nourishment came in the form of a granola bar for breakfast, and I met
up with Weddle and Stu. A couple friends were moving in a quad over, so we went
to help them. We first found Elie, a Tech God and fellow Eagle Scout, along
with his family. We made short work of his things, and stampeded down the
stairs to the lobby, detouring the hectic and sporadic behavior of the Move-In
Day Elevators. Quickly finding Tim, a good man for a joke, and his kin. Once
again to work we went, wasting no time in our brief foray as a moving crew. As
we waited for Kev, the last of the Triple of La Plata, a somewhat passionate
conversation struck up on the topic of the video games we’ve missed playing in
the short time we’ve been gone from Home. Unfortunately for Kev, the move in
window closed, and so we took our leave of the Ellicott Quad, returning home
briefly to watch Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe (a valuable reminder of why we
needed to stay in college), and preparing for the day’s Adventure: Classroom
Scouting. It didn’t take long, and we didn’t have much trouble in finding our
way around. Not much to tell really on this Adventure, except that President
Loh’s parking job was… a little off kilter, but to me rang as an important
reminder: all the staff here are people, fallible and imperfect, and therefore
easier to approach than I may think.
Speaking
of Dr. Loh, he gave an absolutely amazing and inspiring speech at today’s New
Student Welcome. I keep finding myself more and more pumped for the start of
classes, because I am so ready for the learning and discovery that this place
is going to offer me. After the Welcome, Weddle, Elie, Kev, and I returned to
their room for a few games of Smash, where I began to get into the swing of
using Marth, my old stand-by in the Smash series. At 23:00, we went to The
Stamp to watch Avengers 2®. On the walk home, Weddle and I talked with old
friends turned to new again.
I don’t have as many stories to
tell tonight, and I kind of want to get some measure of rest tonight, so I’ll
think I’ll wrap this up here.
See y'all later
DFTBA
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