About a month ago I was standing in line to pick up my student card the week before classes started, sandwiched between two frosh groups. Everyone was wearing a bright yellow orientation t-shirt, indicating their place in arts and science. I shouldn't have been surprised by the huge line up, but I was. I was unimpressed with having to wait so long, standing on the sidewalk for over an hour in the scorching sun. I was wishing I had applied sunscreen. I felt rather out of place being the only person not wearing that silly yellow t-shirt. But I also felt relieved to not be participating in frosh week. From my observations, it looked like a bad mix of something like summer camp meets high school. The enthusiasm, the school spirit and the endless screaming of cheers were almost nauseating. I'm too old for all that silliness. I know, I know. I'm only five years older than most first years. And I realize that five years is not really that much. Somehow it is though. At least it feels like it is. Five years of being not in school and doing other stuff in the "real world". And now I'm sounding (and feeling) pretentious. I'm such a jerk. But actually, my little sundress and sparkly sequined shoes were a whole lot cuter than those yellow t-shirts anyway.

The one thing with frosh week is that it would have made it easier to meet people. I'm not much into extra curricular, and with not living in residence, it's difficult to meet people in classes of hundreds of people. But I am so glad I am not living in residence. I really like living with Rachel and Jason and the kids. I like my tiny room on the third floor. I like watching treetops and rooftops and sunsets out my window. I like walking and biking to school. It's nice that my car mostly just sits in the driveway, waiting until my next trip home.

I've been enjoying my classes. They are mostly pretty interesting, and I've been given lots to think about, though I have little time to sit and think. There's a lot of reading. I knew that there would be, it's what everyone always says about university. I feel like I'm always a little behind in the readings. Whenever I'm doing anything that's not reading, I'm always thinking about how I should probably be reading. Like right now, I should be reading. Actually, no. I should be sleeping. It's 2am.