So the seemingly distant day approached where I found myself loading up the car and headed to Columbus to kick off another school year, my last one. Moving into the residence halls was no big problem for me this year since I am a regular old pro and feel like I've been doing it forever. I actually got a pretty nice sized room this time for South campus, and even though there was talk that the CP (Close Proximity) Parking passes were running out, I was still able to get one. And despite all the hassle moving in all my clothes, TV, radio, printer, fan and so on, it was also fun to get a clean slate to start decorating.

It also seemed like with each day more events got packed on. I had to be at the Involvement Fair again this year, with a table set up for New Salem's College ministry. The most exciting part about the fair is getting to meet all the new people. You can easily tell who's a freshman, and it's nice to see fresh faces, hear about where they're from, and what they might want to major in. I also spot out a lot my friends at the fair because everyone's there trying to rack up on all the free giveaways at all the hundreds of tables. Even though I'm glad my group got blessed to have a table in the shade this year, it seemed like we got the most congested section too or there were just more people out this year because it was a lot of slow moving traffic, and pretty tough for people to make their way to all the tables trying to learn about the different student organizations.

Me and the other Bible Study teacher, Aquita in front of our board.

Me and my friend Sie'ara amidst the intense Involvement Fair crowd

And although I was about to take the longest nap imaginable after the full 12-4pm shift at the Fair, my friends urged me to go to the Step Show, which was help at the Browning Amphitheater by Mirror Lake. This was another great opportunity to reunite with old friends because a lot of people came out and it was in a good, open location.

But I did finally get some shut eye because I had to be up bright and early the next day to take part in the Community Commitment event. I was a site leader this year for the school's largest single day of community service. The projects ranged from going to shelters, reading to kids at schools and hospitals, and volunteering downtown at the COSI center. My group got stuck with project "Keep Columbus Beautiful" aka Campus Clean-up, where we picked up a whole lot of trash in the off-campus community. But after the cleaning, a lot of us went to the RPAC for the Buck-I-Frenzy Fest, where there were tons of more giveaways. This is the 1st year, they've had the event I think, and I guess it's a way that all types of businesses can advertise their products. I racked up cotton candy, popcorn, t-shirts, bags and pens. Looks like I'll be set for the school year!