all over the place

Whenever I return to campus after a night (or multiple nights) away from Dobby, I without fail feel all over the place. I feel like I don't belong, I never see anyone I know walking to the dorm, and my things always end up all over the room. I'm never settled until all my belongings have been put away, I check my mail (email and snail), and make a to-do list.

Today when I got back from Clemson (see below), I threw my bag on my bed, grabbed a snack, made a cup of tea and grabbed my keys to head to WPI for KKs track meet! Dad was meeting me there so we could leave separately if need be. Sharpay clearly had different plans and refused to shift out of first gear (luckily reverse still worked!). I made it half a block before I realized that 10mph was my max speed, so I turned right back into the parking garage. Tomorrow I'll try driving her again (apparently these things can fix themselves?) and if no dice, I'll be adventuring to Auburn to have a Volkswagen dealer look at it. Auburn is about 7 miles away, sooo at 10 mph... it will be quite the drive :)

Since I was then stranded at Clark, with no means to get to KKs meet, and an extra feeling of all over the place due to Sharpay crapping out on me, I decided to go to the gym to kill time. I powered through thirty minutes on the elliptical and came back to Dobby to stretch! Going to the gym settled me, thank god, but halfway through stretching on the floor I determined that I desperately needed to vacuum. Regardless, now I have exercised, the floor is clean AND I've unpacked everything from the last few days....

The last few days have been a whirlwind, and a positive one at that. I just got back from visiting Clemson in South Carolina, and I have to say, the idea of being a tiger next year excites me very much. This means decking myself out in solid orange and purple and adopting a Southern accent, but I think I can handle it. I'm excited about going, the feeling of family I got, the feeling of safety, and that everyone there just seems happy. This feeling of excitement that I have, I imagine its what I was supposed to be feeling last year at this time, and I've decided that I like it.