Solamente nuevo.

Right now I'm writing this at Betsy's apartment, Penny eating something at my feet (dare I see what it is?) Oh, it's just her rawhide bone, or what's left of it anyway. I just got back from walking her around the apartment complex. Got my new laptop this morning. I also got my textbooks, but that I'm not so excited for! Carried all 50 million pounds of them ALL the way back to my dorm room in the million and one degree heat. That was fun. Did I mention how large the Alabama campus is? But I sound like I'm hating college, which is definitely not true. I'm actually having the time of my life. I LOVE college life! I've barely had time to breathe since Saturday. Last night I went to the Baptist Campus Ministries kickoff event. After, of course, getting lost on the way there (we've gotten lost for at least ten minutes on the way to EVERY place we've gone to.) I immediately proceeded to fall in love with everything about the BCM, probably since I've been community-deprived since the middle of July. Really not that long, but it seems like a very long time ago. I met so many lovely people there. :) Afterwards I went to Student Night at the Tuscaloosa Target at 11 pm with some new friends. LOL. That's all I have to say about that!

Classes start tomorrow. :/ My first class, Biology 114, has 273 people. Yowza.

Apparently the side entrance to my dorm (and coincidentally the easiest and fastest way to our apartment) is the decided hangout for anyone needing to smoke, finish their booze, or....relieve themselves. Yeah, someone actually thought it was a good idea to use the stairwell floor as his own personal toilet. I assume (and really really hope) that alcohol was a prime motivator for that piece of genius. Because I really hope that a sober person would never. Ever. Do that.

I think I'll leave this post at that. Just to reassure you guys, I really love college and UA. Gross stairwells and all. :)