sorry. i meant to post yesterday, but it was rainy and we were all tired. kate and i (she's one of my suitemates) took a nap on our carpet. we both had only one class so we got some homework done, and then were too tired to keep going after a while. so we slept for an hour and a half. it was a good day.
but today it's super hot. and it will be tomorrow, too. ugh.
anyway, since i last updated you, some exciting things have been going on. during truman week, they had major day, which was a time set aside in the afternoon/evening to meet some upperclassmen and the faculty of the department you're majoring in. so we had some question-and-answer with the upperclassmen while the professors went to get some food, and once they brought it back, we just kinda mingled about while we ate. and i got to talk with the amish/menonite (i don't know if i spelled that right) and women's studies professor. he has an amish beard. and he's pretty nice. i felt right at home with the history department :) although, they did say that we write more papers than the english department does...i'm not a huge fan of paper-writing.
on another note, there is this one building that is REALLY far away from all the others. i think i may have already mentioned it. but i have two different classes there, so i have to go there every day. and with all that walking, i get pretty tired. i think i'm getting used to it now, but the first few days were ridiculous. my legs started hurting. but they're better now :)
my only tuesday/thursday class starts at ten thirty. so the first day that i had it, i didn't really know what to do with myself until then. because i'd gotten used to waking up around eight, but what was i supposed to do for two whole hours before i had to go to class? i ended up reading a book and lurking on facebook. but it was a strange feeling, not having to be anywhere till halfway through the morning.
i clean a lot more here. i shed a lot, and at home, it's only me in my room, so it didn't really bother me to have hair all over the floor. but here, there's me and danielle and kate and brittany and we've been having friends over a lot and i've been swiffering about. also, i cleaned the bathroom sink on my own accord. and i've been cleaning the shower. and washing dishes. and i did laundry once already, too. it's ridiculous. but please do not expect this behavior when i come home. going home is going to be like vacation, and who cleans on vacation?
speaking of having friends over, we've* been making friends with people in our section of the hallway. we're friends with our SA, clay; left-handed daniel (he has a dry erase board on his door and left fun facts about himself before we actually met him, left-handed being the first one, hence the prefix to his name) and his roommate anthony; and sam who lives next to daniel and anthony. he plays guitar and ukelele and is also in my history class. he used to be a walmart greeter. we've also been known to hang out with kate's friend allison, and brittany's friends duncan and autumn. we hung out with my friends kayla and cortney and their neighbor alyssa once, too.
and speaking of kayla! on saturday, she and i went to the farmer's market. it was the cutest thing ever. we didn't buy anything, just scoped it out for future reference, as we'll be going back. and then we went to this place downtown called pickler's famous, and it's like an old-timey-ish ice cream shop, but they also have burgers and hot dogs. and upstairs they have a little lounge area with board games and whatnot, and upstairs from that is a little theater where they show movies on the weekends. it is the cutest place ever. if and when you come visit me, we have to go there.
anyway, i think that's all i have for now. i'll update again next week :)
*in reference to anything related to making and/or hanging out with friends, the term "we" will generally refer to kate, brittany, danielle, and i, unless otherwise specified.
