I did it! I successfully completed my fist day of college. Although it was so hard to leave my home in the morning time, by the end of the day I felt as though I might be able to create another home here. It all happened so quickly, it's hard to remember what to tell you all about! I guess I'll just start from the beginning. In the morning, mom and I packed up the car and set off for the two hour drive to Oakland. In the car, I felt very aware of the fact that when Mom would make the trip back, I wouldn't be coming with her. Luckily, family gets to stay an extra day so I'll darn well cross that darn bridge when it darn well comes! I had already gotten most of my tears out the day before, so I wasn't a complete wreck (but there's still time for that today). When we got to Mills, we were welcomed by cheering girls and a friendly security guard. As we moved through all the orientation steps, I met new people, learned names I'm never going to remember and tried not to be too weird or embarrassing. Something about the stress of meeting new people tends to make me twice as awkward and cheesy. I think it's because I feel the need to laugh at all my own jokes in order to prompt them as to when to laugh. This usually ends in the potential friend giving me a slightly confused and terrified look as they slowly try to inch their way further from my demonic laughter. Anyhow, after calming down, I did manage to meet a lot of great new people. Better yet, they happen to live on my same hall! Later in the day, my honorary little sister and my honorary second mom came to help me move in. By the end, a room which started out looking like an empty box turned into a posh bay area loft. After dinner with some new friends there was a scavenger hunt (which I may have seemed a little too excited for). When I got back to my new room, I could feel my eyes already closing. Goodnights came flashing across my screen from all of my wonderful friends and family and with that, the first day was done...
Disclamer: As I am now an independent college freshman, my mother will no longer be feeding me, housing me and more to the point... proof reading my blog posts. Prepare yourself for some typos. Also, this is not any of y'all's chance to become my new editor :p I would rather my only comments not be comma corrections.. (except for you Mom, you can still correct me) Thanks for reading:) Kerry <3
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Teresa
8/27/2017 08:29:39 am
Thanks for sharing your journey with us!
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Julie D Gorman
8/27/2017 06:03:01 pm
Hey Kerry, best wishes for a wonderful freshman year. I look forward to reading your posts and to seeing you when you return to the central valley. Hugs!
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AuthorHey, it's Kerry:) I have 2 older sisters and they both started a blogs... so naturally (being the little sister) I joined the bandwagon. So here I am! I hope you enjoy, if not... well go find something else to do. :) Archives
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