I am officially scared about starting school. The trigger was hearing NPR’s summer segment, “You Must Read This.” I was amazed to realize that I used to listen to that piece when I was driving to work every day - part of the rat race, wearing button-down shirts, and working in a cube farm. Now I’m a student again, wearing t-shirts with funny things on them, and walking around campus. I can’t believe my life has changed so radically! Normally I would expect it to change on the order of the year-long Climate Connections series, not the months-long You Must Read This series.

Today was New Student Orientation. The drama surrounding Honors was carried a little further, but I did get caught up on most things - I got my ID, my parking sticker, and so forth. There was a bit of confusion regarding whether or not I’d taken a placement test, but it got straightened out when the right person was finally contacted.

Tomorrow, stuff starts at 9am. There’s a GLBT ice cream social in the evening so I’m planning on staying at least that late. I still have to visit the business office so I can promise to pay for stuff, but I think other than that I am mostly set. Hopefully I’ll get to speak with my academic advisor tomorrow too.