The start of a dream; the start of a new beginning.

Can I just start by saying how sorry I am? It’s been over a week since I’ve updated my blog, and during one of the most exciting times of the year to boot. As you can imagine, the past 9 days have been nothing short of insanity.

Here’s a little rundown on the trouble I’ve been getting myself into.

Moved into Totem. This night may have been a bit crazier then I wanted it to be. The totem partying hype was lived up to, and by that, I mean to say it was a blast; from what I can remember. Moral of that story? Don’t mix drinks. The nausea isn’t worth it in the morning. I spent the day at my sister’s recovering.

Then there was the AMS events week. They were selling these manly blue glittery bracelets for 20 dollars, its supposed to get you into a bunch of the events that were being hosted. I bought this band, I wore it for an entire week. Did I make use of a single event that was planned? Of course not. Take note; cooler stuff happens.

Among other mini parties, I met TONS of people. You’ve heard your parents tell you: “Don’t worry about making friends ! Everyone is in the same boat, so it’ll be no problem at all”. I can’t deny though, that remembering everyone’s name is extremely difficult. You’re meeting hundreds of students a day, and most of the time, (don’t hate me for this), I forgot the person’s name by the time we finished our conversation. It made me so sad ! Good news is though, a lot of people’s names stuck. And for the most part, I hang around a lot of these people. Both my floor and our sister floor are amazing.

My RA, Dylan Denault, is really good at what he does. He’s so chill and down to earth. Even when we’re caught making too much noise in our rooms, or having a rave party in another at midnight, he doesn’t yell, actually, I don’t even think speaks. He kinda walks in, nods or smiles at the person, and walks off. Our floor and him have this mutual understanding, he has to do his job, and we don’t want to get him in trouble. It’s usually the people that randomly take over our common’s room from vanier that do the most damage. Someone stole our TV’s cable for crying out loud! Ces’t la vie.

OH, and the roommate !! This was a HUGE deal. After all, we’re living together for the next 8 months. His name is Kurtus, and he’s going into engineering. He’s a pretty cool guy. We agree on pretty much everything, and neither of us have done anything to really annoy each other. Unless you count me forgetting my keys at 3 in the morning and having to wake him up so he can open the door for me (still sorry about that budd!). We had roommate boot camp two nights ago, and we dominated together. Me and Kurt got an official paper with a star and cartoon (the works) with the “Most likely to survive eachother” award. I dunno, I was pretty excited. So I’m glad how that part is working out.

CLASSES. I’ve basically attended all my classes once already. I’m not proud that I’m falling behind on the reading, but I plan on doing all that this week. This isn’t high school after all. Classes I’m currently taking are:

PSYC100 – The teacher was intimidating, and seems a bit unapproachable. But his humour is starting to grow on me. Really interesting stuff!

SOCI100 – Tons of reading ! Between chapters in the textbook, to the random articles we have to print out for our discussions. It’s quite a bit. The profs seem really interactive with the students though, so that’s a huge plus.

ANTH100 – Probably my most confusing class. We have quite a bit reading due though, so maybe once I get started on the textbook and the two ethnographies we’re reading, I’ll get a vague idea on what anthropology is about. I’m worried about this class, but I’m going to try and stay optimistic.

ASTU150 – Arts English ! This class seems pretty fun, for an English course that is. Our teacher is very down to earth, and even encourages us to call her by her first name. Our main topic of studying has something to do with gender and sexuality? Needless to say interesting.

BIOL155 – The damn anatomy class. I LOVE anatomy, and I LOVE biology. What I don’t love, is how there is only one time slot. It’s on Tuesday and Thursday’s from 3:30 – 5:00. Meaning, I have a four hour gap after my psych lecture. The gap right now actually ! I guess during this giant space of time I can head to the gym or go back to Dene and get some homework in.

There’s so much more to write, but before I save the rest for tomorrow’s blog (hopefully), I have to mention about my dear friend, and fellow blogger Erica Baker ! This girl is like a little piece of walking home. We’re both from Ontario, so we both know what we’re feeling. We can open up to each other in deep meaningful conversation or we can joke around, like in her latest blog; she’s modeling the blackhead strips I let her try! Fun times. But you guys will be seeing a lot of Mark and Erica Blogs. We have plans in the making, and you know they will be spoken of, with pictures taken of course.

More updates within the next three days, promise ! I’m thinking about making a fun fact Friday, or even fitness Friday? Just a separate blogging day of the week. Let me know what you guys think!

Aaaaaaaand a quick shout out to some people back home ! I miss you guys, phone calls with you all make it so much easier!

K seriously, I’m off to get ready for anatomy, and then our brother sister floor dinner ! We’re going to the mongolie grill or something like that? Needless to say, I’m pumped for some good food and fun times.