could someone please save us college kids.

Oh Lord, where to even begin. Let me tell you, first week of college and no internet to blog with equals lots of fail. And untold stories. Anyways, I'm not going to be one of those people who's all "OMG I LOVE COLLEGE!!!1!" because let's face it, it's not all that it's cracked up to be. Well, at least that's what I'm figuring out. Don't get me wrong, I love being at a new place and am doing a lot of fun things and meeting many awesome and interesting people, but still. I hate being away from home. I'm glad to have a new setting, but I miss my friends and family (and pets) like crazy. I wish I could just steal them all and take them with me to college. They'd all fit in my apartment, that's for sure. Ha. I realize I may be sounding pessimistic right now, and I'm sure my view of college will change with time. But for right now, I'm still getting used to the whole thing.

As for the apartment, it is amazing. It's spacious, clean (after three days of hard labor and no shower), quiet (minus the abusive screaming couple living next door. Oh, and the idiots above us who can't possibly hold off on their two-in-the-morning home improvement activities until the morning) but most of all, it's not a dorm. There's a good and bad side to this, I've learned. It's nice having so much more freedom, privacy and space than those living in a dorm, but I've found it's going to be a lot harder to meet people when I'm not around them constantly. I'm not worried about making friends, seeing as I've already made some, but still.

Today was my first day of classes. I only had one class this morning and it went very well. I went around campus yesterday with my roommate to find all our classes and make sure we wouldn't get lost. While we were in one of my buildings, we stopped by the bathroom where I engaged in a discussion with a random lady about how pointless it is to put nice chairs in public bathrooms. Turns out that was my professor.

Also, Sasha (my roommate) lost her Student ID card last night, so we walked around Richmond on these dark sketchy streets looking for it. Good news is, we found it. Bad news is, we got hit on by several frightening drunk men, got lost (thank goodness for iPhone GPS systems), and got water balloons thrown at us by some morons on our apartment building's roof. But it was all worth it - we got free T-shirts at the new gym. Word.

I will be constantly updating my blog with my many adventures in Richmond now that I have been blessed once again with the gift of internet. Until then, I'm going to go eat some disgusting college food.