Made It!

Orientation is over!! This has been such a long and exhausting and crazy week. But fun. So much fun...for the most part. Between being on the activities committee, being an orientation leader, and not knowing how to say the word "no," I had zero chill time this week. I came home late at night, slept, got up early, and was gone until late the next night. Probably classes starting will seem like a nice break after this week. The good news is that the football team had the whole team with them at the game tonight....a couple of them were almost lost at the hands of their orientation leader. I never want to have an 18-year-old son. They were fun but didn't understand when was a good time to be fun and when was a good time to shut up. Probably they are better to be friends with than to have responsibility over. There were a couple of fun girls in my group though, and I will probably hang out with them some more.

Last night, after a very long day, we had a dance. It wasn't anything to write home about (oh wait, that's kind of what I'm doing). I wasn't really in a dance/party/energetic mood. Can you blame me? If I'm not in the right mood, dances aren't super fun. Plus they didn't do an awesome job with the music. Plus the majority of the people at the dance were the awkward freshmen who are just trying to impress each other. We ended up leaving early. I did dance one slow dance though with a kid I had never met before....I think his name was Andrew? Everyone's name is Andrew these days. I have met sooo many people this week it's hard for me to keep track. Anyway, he was nice but pretty awkward and weird. Probably that one dance will be the extent of our relationship. Right before we left the dance, Melissa and I were standing in the back talking to our friend Tyler. Then these 3 freshmen girls who were in his orientation group came over and started flirting up a storm. Tyler is pretty cute and Melissa and I decided these girls must have been smitten with him from day one. They stopped us mid-conversation so they could flirt with him. That irritated me. It took about 5 seconds after they had gotten there before Melissa leaned over to me and whispered that she couldn't handle the flirting anymore. I agreed and we decided to leave that little circle of fun. Flirting is something that really makes me crazy. Everyone does it to some degree, but some people do it so incredibly obnoxiously! I really prefer real conversations over flirtatious ones. Maybe that's why I have yet to have a boyfriend. I just feel like there is so much fakeness involved in flirting. I don't understand why people have to be fake and obnoxious when they talk to members of the opposite sex. It makes me crazy. Just be real and talk to them like you would anyone else. I like to think that's what I do. Sometimes being flirty is fun. And sometimes it's fun when someone else is flirty to you. But really, be real. Okay, that's the end of that spiel.

Today we had some orientation stuff in the morning and then we were DONE! It was so nice to have the entire afternoon to myself. I got my laundry done, cleaned my room, and made myself a beautiful picture wall. We went to the football game tonight and watched SVU get beat...for those of you who know, SVU football is painfully similar to BHS football. Nuts. After the game, our housing complex had a bonfire and s'mores. Love those little guys.

Just for everyone's reassurance, the hurricane didn't do much where I am. We are on the west side of the state, so we aren't in any real danger. Today the skies were dark and it was pretty rainy. The wind picked up for a minute once in a while. That's about all the excitement that I have to report. Sorry. I have been touched by how many people have expressed their concern for my safety the last few days. I feel like all of my friends and family know more about the hurricane than I do. I'm just hanging out and wishing the rain and humidity would go away so my hair could calm down (it was super crazy today). Anyway, I'm fine. Don't stress. And, with any luck, I will be able to go on a little service trip to provide relief to the people that Irene did hit hard. I have always wanted to be a part of something like that. Though, with even more luck, there won't be enough damage caused that they even need any help. Keep the people on the coast in your prayers.

Well, I have more I could say but this is long enough. My days have been so crazy which means A) I have lots to write about and B) I don't have time to write about any of it. I will work on it. For now I am going to bed.