Saturday, August 25, 2007

Aloha from Akron (now that's a great aliteration)

I been in Akron 2 days now so I figured it was time for an update. On Friday I got moved into my dorm room. Then I attended my floor meeting and met my resident assistants Eric and Kate. They both remember my name already. Eric remembers my name because we are both political science majors, and Kate remembers my name because she is in charge of Hall Government and I turned in my application to her about 1/2 hour after she gave it to me. Elections for Hall Government will be early next month, so we'll see how that goes. On friday I also went to see the comedian that they had performing because we are encouraged to participate in welcome weekend activities, but she was terrible. I'll remember that for next time. Here is what my room looks like.



Today (saturday) I went bowling. I also signed up for the AK Rowdies club. They go to home games and cheer on the team. I think it will be fun, and it gets me involved on campus. It also gives me an excuse to go to the soccer games. It amazes me that even though I only played for 1 season, I still really miss it. The first soccer game is tomorrow at 5pm, so I'm looking forward to that.

Tonight they had an event at the National Inventers Hall of Fame, which is down the street from campus. They started off with the resident assistants from each dorm do a little lip syncing performance. That was entertaining. Then afterward it was a casino themed event. They gave us tokens and raffle tickets, but that didn't help me much because I don't know how to play the gambling card games. Instead I put my tokens in the slot machine to get rid of them, but I kept winning more. I finally got rid of them. My ticket got pulled for the raffle and I won a $25 gift card to Olive Garden.

Tomorrow is the big welcome assembly where they will have all of the information about clubs and such. I will probably update tomorrow about what I join. Until then, I miss you all. Keep praying for me. I will see you soon and update even sooner.

7 comments:

palmtreefanatic said...

wow! looks good! sounds like you are adjusting well there! congrats on the OG gift card! that is too cool!

cinnamon said...

sounds like you had fun. we missed you at church they told us your new address and e-mail so we can send you stuff.

have a great day

cinnamon
:)

ShaggaBear (Linda) said...

Cool room! You should have let me get you that thing for your wall-- they look kinda bare. OR you should bring that big sign we made. OR those poster boards you made for your graduation party. Hmmm. :)

Glad you're doing good! Can that $25 gift certificate be used at Red Lobster, too? You could get lots of Lobster Bisque. Yummy!

love you!

Anonymous said...

you mean you actually signed up to show SCHOOL SPIRIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW

Rachel said...

Wow! I'm bordering on jealousy! It sounds very exciting and fun. I'm surprised Tina didn't offer to visit and go out to Olive Garden with you. We're praying for you. Enjoy the game and cheer loud like your mom! :)

Karen said...

Congratulations, dearie. We sure DO miss you. Life is just not the same, but you are on your Great Adventure and I'm so happy for you. :) Thanks for keeping us updated on your great blog.
LOVE YOU

Anonymous said...

Your so persuasive, see if you can be the comedian. I bet they'd let you.