Man it’s been a busy week! From freshmen moving in on Sunday and already shaking up campus with their confusion/ enthusiasm, to the start of classes on Wednesday, to the first official weekend of the school year and the first football game for most students, it’s been nuts, pardon the pun. I spent a ridiculous mount of money on textbooks. Like seriously, a ridiculous amount. Usually I can find used books on Amazon and save a ton of money. Winter quarter, I think I spent a total of 100 dollars on books. This quarter, such was not the case. All of my classes required specific editions of the texts, and the materials for French alone cost 200 dollars. Ouch. Math 151 already sucks, but I think that’s mostly because the last time I took a math class was last fall. Everything else is cool. I only have two hours of class a day. I’m back to working a million hours at Mirror Lake Café, and it’s so much fun. I don’t know why. It was a little chaotic this first week as the new students had yet to figure out exactly how to work the meal plan system. But it’s refreshing to see a bunch of new faces and a bunch of old friends back at work. Plus I get to eat for free, a nice perk when I’m actually paying for groceries this year.

The most fun I’ve had in about a month, though, was yesterday. I had football tickets last year, but knowing no one coming to school, I didn’t a have a group to sit with. So I ended up going to all the games by myself and sitting next to a very nice alumni couple. It was fun, but it wasn’t as fun as yesterday. I have Block O tickets this year, and let me tell you, IT WAS A BLAST! My friends and I got to the stadium just past 10 and sat in the second row. They had both sat there before and such was old news, but I was freaking out. I didn’t know all the cheers or all the words to the songs at first, but I’m a fast learner. I loved standing and dancing around and doing card stunts and being able to go crazy etc. I never felt happier to be going to THE Ohio State University than when I was surrounded yesterday afternoon by all the joy and excitement. It was awesome. I wish it wasn’t another two weeks until our next home game. I CAN’T WAIT!

But in the meantime, I have to do a lot of homework already, work a lot, try to get into a more regular sleep cycle, and go to a Ryan Adams concert. Woo! So I hope everyone had an awesome first week back! Now it finally feels like college is in full swing again.

GO BUCKS!