AND THE ADVENTURE BEGINS!!

Well it's day 2 in Oxford...sorry new computer and being not so tech savy kept me from writing sooner, that and the Miami folks have been keeping us busy doing stupid freshman activities. I swear this place must be social happy...there has been one both nights I've been here, not so fun for a not so social person.

Okay so move in day started kind of rough...I cried A LOT, more than I care to admit but whatever. It's always been hard for me to say good bye but this was especially rough. I cried over the dog, who comforted me with many kisses, the night before I left. The next morning started with me crying over the cats/kittens. Then crying over my petite elan (Emily for those who don't know). Then I was okay once we got going, got moved in (sorta still have a lot to do), picked up my books, and bought a computer. VERY BUSY!! Then I had to leave Mommy and Poppy...needless to say I started crying again, this time so did mom and dad got a little teary eyed apparently (mom said he was a little emotional on the ride home).

I have to say though, I think now that its finally here I'm doing better than I thought I would be. I'm homesick but not miserable (a little choked up from writing the previous paragraph but other than that). I'm just ready for all this stupid freshman crap to be done and to start my classes.

Today was the Convocation (or however that's spelled), which is like a reverse graduation. The best part, to my surprise, was the guest speaker Taylor Mali. He is the author/poet of the book of poetry "What Learning Leaves", which was our summer reading book. To be honest when I saw it was a book of poetry I more or less blew it off, but after hearing him speak I feel bad and really really want to read it now. Something I found to be kind of interesting about the poems he recited today was he censored them...in his book, there were several poems (that I read beforehand, only about half of them) that had some cuss words in them. I was kind of surprised he censored them and can't help but wonder why...hhhmmm, food for thought I guess.


POSITIVE TIME: well to begin, I HAVE THE AWESOMEST ROOM EVER!! It is HUGE and it has, get this, A BAY WINDOW!! I will post pictures eventually (once I learn how to on this new puter). I met my roomie a couple of weeks before school started, so thats good. Her name is Rachel. We get along really well and she's very nice. She's very social and helping me get involved and meet new people. Another positive, Angela being around has helped A LOT. She's been putting up with me and letting me hang out with her, she's already taken me on a Walmart run and helped me set up my computer (saved me a trip to the IT people).

Well praise God for the grace He's showing me. And for the daily hugs He gives when I feel homesick and for a big sister to help me. O and for technology to keep me connected to my parents and sister. Prayer requests: continued grace and adjusting to new surroundings and for just help dealing with new classes and schedule, o and for a job...heehee lots of requests but y'all can handle it. O and another two requests, not for me so much but for my cousin and her boyfriend...pray that Beth's gall bladder surgery goes well and that she'd be pain and fear free and pray that her boyfriend Dan gets a job so they can pay for the rent. Okay I'm done :)

Well definitely more later...I'm tired and still getting adjusted to my new surrounds so asta la pasta, which is me for see ya later.