My FiRsT dAyS!!!!!

ThUrSdAy...

After driving for a total of eleven and a half hours I finally arrived on Thursday in order to pick up my
student ID, unpack and move in... I was tired. After meeting and greeting all of the "need to knows" in the School of Education it was finally time for me to go home and get some rest. I live on campus in the faculty housing (which scares me) and the apartment is HUGE!!! My roommate is "the WoNdErFuL tOrShEtA bOwEnS" who I am very happy to have (due to the fact that we seem to be "clicking" really well). The first night I ate dinner with Crystal Stewart (who I know from the Ole Miss track team) at Obys, then Torsheta and I hung out with Keila (an MTC grad) and had a pretty good time. We ended up getting back to the room kinda late and both of us were very tired (we didn't even finish unpacking before going to bed).

FrIdAy & SaTuRdAy

Well on Friday my day started out pretty early (7:30am) but I was plenty excited...and kinda nervous. I started by getting a grand tour of Guyton Hall (The School of Education) and ended with the key TO MY VERY OWN OFFICE (yesss!!!). Then he fun began....copies, meetings, copies, class, copies, lunch, goggle docs, copies, home, unpack, sleep, unpack, office (1 pm), copies, meeting, minutes, google docs, copies, assignment, home ;) So as you can tell my first couple of days were filled with lots and lots of fun! lol! OH I forgot about the brand spankn' new computer that i get to use this summer (complements of Sam, thank you very much). I think that its pretty snifty and personally I think that the camera makes the whole thing... to cool. I have been taking pictures and disfiguring them since i figured out i could...FuN!

SuNdAy

This was my day to finish doing whatever i needed to get accomplished at home and buy food for the house...UNSUCCESSFUL! I was so lazy!!! All that I basically did was eat, sleep and bother my roomie :)

MoNdAy &TuEsDaY

All of the first years arrived on Monday and the second years came on Tuesday. I believe that by now I have introduced myself so much that I have my intro memorized..."Hi my name is Lauryn Smith I and a rising junior at Vanderbilt University in Nashville Tennessee, I am majoring in The Communication of Science and Technology & Engineering Management, I am on the track and field team and I run anything under a 400 and also do the long jump" :) During this time period I met Molly (the intern from last year who is now a first year) who let me know that if I need anything to just let her know (whew, thank goodness), she is a really sweet girl. Monday I also went on my first trip to Holly Springs to "flyer" the city. Torsheta, Elizabeth, Jake, Joel, Chimaobi, Jassmin and I took the summer school flyers to Holly Springs, split up into groups and basically papered the city!!! Our summer school goal is 300 students but there is a rumor that if 400 students attend then all administrators get a free computer (oooooo). The rest of my work day was spent back at Guyton getting information and documents ready for this summer. On Tuesday I did the "normal" office work stuff then after work everyone went to the park to play UlTiMATe FrIsBeE (which I offically suck at...but its okay). I chose to be on the team with the second years and we lost, but thats okay because it was still fun!

WeDnEsDaY & ThUrSdAy

Wednesday was spent making sure that all of the registration forms were completed and that all of the first years information was in. I also made a few more copies, created a couple of spreadsheets and formed an address book. Oh and i got off work an hour early!!!! Everyone met up at the park again to play but this time I when I played I chose to stay with the first years, but we lost. So i figure that maybe it's just me, I am probably the "not so good" luck charm. :)! Today is Thursday and everything has been pretty normal so far. I met a MTC alum named MoNiCa who will be on the staff in July. She teaches at Holly Springs so she seemed pretty excited! Welp, I can't really write about the rest of the day because I cant see in the future, but if anything CrAzY happens i'll tell.

As FoR nOw...GoOdByE!!!