I'm a Johnnie!

It's official! I am now matriculated into St. John's College of Santa Fe. It really doesn't feel that different yet mostly because orientation isn't over and my parents haven't left yet. It feels more like summer camp where the games are "Get a job now!" and "Paperwork! Lose it and you lose!" But come Monday I'll be crying for summer camp and not college. I'm actually on my way to my first real class but I think it's the only one this week. It's seminar so I had to speed reread (try saying that five times fast!) the first six chapters of the Illiad so I can go talk with my fellow classmates about some terribly important question regarding the text. I'm not sure what yet but it's going to be something like "Is pride a virtue?" or "Is vengeance just?" but those will probably come up when we get further in the book.

You know what's even worse than packing to make you feel like the person with the most stuff on earth? Unpacking into a dorm room. I looked at my six 66 quart tubs (seems like a bad omen doesn't it?) and back at my room. There was no way I could fit everything I brought into all of the nifty storage. Which was true. I have two tubs still mostly full serving as my bedside table and my parents took back about half of a tub. But it worked out fairly well and with the help of my parents I managed to squeeze a fridge into a corner of the room. But I have very few complaints about my room, even the size. The small size encourages me to stay tidy and I don't spend that much time in here anyways. A fan makes up nicely for the lack of air conditioning and I could've brought way more books than I did, I barely filled one shelf. Which is nice I suppose because I got all that extra storage space I didn't plan on.

It's pretty quiet so far but I'll let you know as more comes up.

Random facts:

I am somehow amicably sharing a shower with 7 other girls. This is a mystery to all of us but I like to think it's because we're all very polite people.

St. John's has resident dogs that I can pet! I miss my boyos so this makes me very happy!

Food here is good but I'm going to wait and see as the parents trickle out how it subtly changes. But I have high hopes. I'm a very hopeful person these days.

I got a job! I don't know if I've lost any paperwork yet though...

Every time you see a sign telling you to drink water (which seem to be posted every five feet) you really should take a gulp. Altitude sickness + summer heat = Fainting Californians. Even I got dehydrated and I live in a very similar climate.


Hopefully next time there will be more interesting things going on once classes get started. I'll let you know!