Tomorrow, I (hopefully) will begin a new chapter in my life. I am leaving for the Big Apple, the City that never sleeps to live, work, and play in College Part II: the Later Years. I am both terribly excited and nervous as I begin this next phase in my life.
I am moving into a dorm room, something that I have only had a taste of from visiting my best friend over the past few semesters. Last year, she (and subsequently, I) benefited from having a single. No one to step over in the morning (well, me on the air-mattress) or having to label your orange juice. It was easy! This year, she’s in an apartment style housing with 3 great roommates, but it is definitely different than just being on your own. I found out the other week that I got my first choice in housing (yay!) and have 7 roommates.
Now, having grown up in a houseful of women, I feel like I am adequately prepared for my role as one of the 8 roommates and look forward to getting to know everyone!
College itself is not going to be a cakewalk and I wouldn’t expect it to be. It’s going to be a whole new routine that I have to learn. From caliber of school work to the general lay of the land, I will have to get it down and get it down quick. I fear that if I don’t, I’ll be right back to where I started and that cannot happen. Until I know a little bit more about what this is all about, I will just have to trust my instincts, go with the flow, and savor every second.
“So many fail because they don’t get started-they don’t go. They don’t overcome inertia. They don’t begin.”-W. Clement Stone (Author and founder of Combined Insurance Co.; 1902-2002)
Setting a fresh path,
mimi
2 Comments
January 14, 2009 at 5:14 AM
Mimi, I wish you the very best in your new exciting path. May you find satisfaction.
January 17, 2009 at 8:15 AM
Mimi,
I don’t know which part of the US you are from. I hope you are keeping yourself warm. I just knew you have moved to the Big Apple.
http://novice101.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/calling-all-my-friends-in-america-canada-and-europe/