{"id":10,"date":"2008-08-21T16:31:22","date_gmt":"2008-08-22T00:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jenayala\/?p=10"},"modified":"2008-10-21T11:58:26","modified_gmt":"2008-10-21T18:58:26","slug":"pre-ubc-feelings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jenayala\/2008\/08\/21\/pre-ubc-feelings\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-UBC Feelings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Here\u2019s to my FIRST BLOG POST! Yay!<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Right now it\u2019s T-minus 5 days and I am freaking out! My thoughts are so jumbled it\u2019s not even funny, so I guess the best way to explain my pre-UBC feelings is through bullet points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">I\u2019ve been involved in an      epic battle of wits with my room for a few days now, and so far my room is      winning. I had no idea I was such a packrat! A couple days ago I found      notes I had written with friends from freshman year, and earlier today I      uncovered my first pair of shoes (ever). I\u2019m a bit worried about the      contents of my closet&#8230;with my luck a small Russian man will jump out and      say that he\u2019s been lost in there for several years.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">With my time slowly but      surely running out, I\u2019ve started to realize how much <em>stuff<\/em> I still need. Is it bad that I have yet to go clothes      shopping? Theoretically I could convince myself that I\u2019ll do the bulk of      my shopping when I actually get to Vancouver, but I stress far too much to      let myself slide with that. Speaking of which, how in the world will I be      able to fit everything I do have into my luggage! I\u2019m pretty good at      Tetris, but this will be the ultimate test!<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">I\u2019m a bit worried about      the culture shock of college. The different sleep patterns, classes at      crazy times on different days, dorm food, Canada in general! Mostly I\u2019m      stressing out about the weather. On Facebook someone mentioned Vancouver\u2019s      summer highs, and after I did the Celsius-Fahrenheit conversion thing it      translated to Southern California\u2019s winter lows. HA!<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">This is pretty lame, but      I\u2019m concerned that I\u2019ll miss my favorite shows on TV. <strong>Date My Ex: Jo and Slade<\/strong> is getting pretty intense, and I\u2019ve      been patiently awaiting the return of <strong>Greek<\/strong> all summer! Hopefully they\u2019ll pop up on Youtube or something; otherwise      I\u2019ll find myself convincing my friends to TiVo it for me.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Speaking of my friends,      only now is it dawning on me that I won\u2019t see any of my friends until      mid-December. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever gone more than a couple of weeks      without seeing at least one of my friends, and suddenly we\u2019ll all be apart      for 3 \u00bd months! As I type one of my friends may be on a plane on his way to      his college in Virginia, and the day after I leave another will fly out to      Texas! I haven\u2019t really allowed myself to get sad before this, but now I      find myself thinking of everything I do with friends as \u201cthe last\u201d. I know      without a doubt that we\u2019ll all see each other again, but I know that it      won\u2019t ever be exactly the same as it is right now. In a way it\u2019s thrilling      that we\u2019re all setting off to start our own lives, but at the same time      it\u2019s terrifying because we\u2019ll be doing it miles away from each other.<span> <\/span>I\u2019m already mentally preparing myself      for the inevitable best-friend-withdrawals. *sigh*<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Sadness aside, I am SO      EXCITED to start UBC!! Every time I even glance at my new dorm sheets or      see my UBC sweatshirt I get so incredibly thrilled that I wish I were      already there. And it\u2019s funny because never in my wildest dreams did I      ever imagine I\u2019d end up going to UBC. I had first heard about the place      around the beginning of my junior year through one of those      college-matchmaker services, and I remember I really liked it. I just let      myself forget about it though; who leaves the country for college! Flash      forward to near the end of February of this year, and I\u2019m feeling pretty      good about my college applications. I had already sent everything in, and      was in that odd limbo where you\u2019re waiting to hear if you got in anywhere.      I found myself back on the college-matchmaker site, and before I knew it I      was filling out UBC\u2019s application and asking the counselor to print out my      transcript to send in. When I was actually accepted, even then I almost      didn\u2019t choose UBC, but once I did I absolutely knew without a doubt that I      had made the right choice. Now, looking at old pieces of mail from the other      colleges I considered, I can\u2019t even imagine myself anywhere other than      UBC! Perhaps it was fate that I stumbled upon UBC again mere days before      the application was due!<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">I\u2019m already starting to      miss my cat. Every time I see him I get a bit teary-eyed and pick him up.      It\u2019s really hard leaving the dogs too; Cookie and Bear just had two little      puppies (we really need to name them\u2026), and they\u2019re SO FREAKING ADORABLE      I\u2019m considering getting a puppy-agent so they can be in K9 Advantix      commercials or something (you know, the one with the puppy singing at      camp).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The next time I write a post it will probably be from my dorm room (Kwakiutl in Totem Park, in case you\u2019re curious). By then hopefully these UBC blogs will be all set up so I can put pictures in as well. Until then, wish me luck with packing and saying goodbye to the United States! Vancouver here I come!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s to my FIRST BLOG POST! Yay! Right now it\u2019s T-minus 5 days and I am freaking out! My thoughts are so jumbled it\u2019s not even funny, so I guess the best way to explain my pre-UBC feelings is through bullet points. 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