Before the Chaos.

I have not posted in a long time and thus feel as though I am not contributing my part in this blog. You guys are all hard at work (except for kenny cause he talks to me every single second on msn) while I am just sitting at home doing nothing. But the truth is, you are all just far too young (Okay maybe all of you minus Veronica). Back in July when you youngins were joyfully going about your summer lives and attending kevin's birthday party, I was at my orientation! It seems like it was a long time ago cause I am reading all of your stories and think back to mine and Im like. wow. i went through this already. So when I get the chance, I shall jot down some notes and conjure up a short entry about my orientation at UCI.

Now on to what I wanted to say. I'll try to keep this short cause I need to wake up early tomorrow to get ready for my move-in. As I was packing all my stuff the last couple of weeks, I realized how hard it really is to move your home from your home home to a new foreign residence home. I am sure most people experience the same thing but wow. I couldn't sleep at night because my mind was just filled with, "Should I bring (insert any object)? Should I not bring it? Or should I buy it when I get there? Or maybe I can live without it?" I tried to answer these questions for every object I could possibly think of. And thats the second part. Trying to think of what I need to bring so that I dont forget to bring what I really need. As I said, I'm pretty sure most of you probably experienced the same problems. BUT...I needed to fit my stuff in a reasonable amount of luggages as I need to bring back everything at the end of school. I cant just say "Hey, Ill just make a couple of trips if I cant fit everything the first time."

So yea thats pretty much my packing problems. But with those problems also came many realizations. One of which is this. College is a new thing. A new experience. A new journey. A new place. A new life. And that goes for all the entering freshman. Sure we bring lots of stuff that we are used to into our dorms so that we can get more comfortable and make them feel more like home, but there is a certain limit to all that. Its a time to see who you are. Your family wont be there. Most of your close friends probably wont be there. So for some of you and especially myself, its pretty easy to try tons of new activities. No one knows who you are. Or at least, 99% of the people at your university dont know who you are. I strongly remember Kenny's dad giving us the speech at his barbeque, saying that the years we spend in college will be unforgettable and most likely be the best years of our lives. But thats only true if you are willing to put the effort into making your time at college worthwhile. Its not easy with all the work. But its not too hard either. Thats it for now.

PS. lol My post is like all of veronica's posts. I started off by saying that its gonna be short and then...you know. It goes on. and on. and on. haha =] I understand how that happens now.