first day...

college? o_o i seriously just had my first day of college...and made it out alive...it still is just not sinking in. anyway...
so i woke up at 7 something and was pretty sure i was going to be sick at any second, but just got ready and tried not to think about it. way too intimidating. when i got to campus and actually got out of the car to walk to my first class (after seeing a flood of people coming from all different directions), i just sort of pushed away any kind of feeling and kept walking--just trying not to think about what the hell i was actually doing, because if i did...panic attacks don't sound very fun lol. i don't know, it was just like a weird dream i was going through because i had to--walking down the pathway--not sinking in, walking into the building--not sinking in, walking down the hallway...finally finding the "exploring religion" room, where of course a sea of a hundred eyes stare at you as you enter the room. i found a seat toward the back, and tripped, as only i could do, trying to get to it.
the class itself went by pretty quickly and the professor was really cool and open-minded, and it'll be neat to learn about other religions like buddhism and hinduism. when class was over, i tried to stand up and walk, but because my leg had fallen asleep i practically fell over three or four times in the process. awesome. i handed the professor the reflection we did on spirituality vs. religion (on which i was able to get a lot of thoughts down on paper, but couldn't actually bring myself to volunteer any information), then headed down the hallway, where i tripped yet again. on a perfectly flat surface. not surprising, but not particularly awesome, either.
then ev called and it was pretty sweet because we walked around campus for a bit and she showed me her dorm, which is pretty freaking awesome. and air conditioned! oh, and she informed me that two creepers were already hanging out in the "commuter lounge." perfect. so i skipped that for today, at least.
after we watched some awesome never shout never myspace videos, i figured i should update the security department with my new cell #. apparantly that was the wrong place to do that, so i went to the next place they suggested. also the wrong place, so i finally found the right place, where the girl was really nice (she probably saw i was nervous as hell and took pity on me), and now that's all set, at least.
this was during the three freaking hour long break time i have between classes on monday, wednesday, and friday. not all that fun when you're the shy quiet person who doesn't know anyone. so i did some aimless wandering after i had already killed some of the time. i got a bottle of water which came in pretty handy at that point, and walked and walked until i found a secluded table by some trees, where i literally just started jotting down things to put in this blog. and texting some awesome people, who made the day significantly less freaky and awful.
when it was finally almost time for "freshman seminar," i decided i'd get another bottle of water. the machine only took $1 bills, and i was one quarter short. a little fml moment there. it was good, though--i think the first bottle hydrated me pretty well.
so freshman seminar at 1:30...really, really outgoing people in that class. i just sort of sat there and took it all in. the professor seems really neat--she was talking about music and played the song "sounds of silence" by simon and garfunkel (i probably spelled that wrong), which is now one of my favorite songs. but everyone was just really, really talkative and i don't know, i'm just not wired that way. oh well, i guess we'll see what happens.
then the only class i was actually interested in, russian, was at 6:00. it was funny because i find the room (after tripping in the hall, again), and everyone's just kind of standing or sitting and reading in the hallway, and it turns out there are only 7 of us in the class. everyone was quiet but seemed nice...it was the most comfortable i had felt there all day. the teacher is genuinely russian, so i was pretty freaked out that i would do absolutely horribly, but she seems so nice and actually not intimidating. she did start speaking in russian about a minute into class, though, and pointing at us to repeat and answer. so that was interesting and kind of scary, but it seems like it will hopefully be a pretty low-key class.
so, all in all...the first day is done. tomorrow will hopefully be a little better because i don't have quite as long of a break in between classes, and at least now i'll have some work to do in between =(
but yeah, that was my very boring account of pretty much what happened. still hasn't sunk in.