I think that this is a good post about my day at Royal West.

It was orientation day today for the Arts and Science Transition Program. I found it very useful and informative, I took fourteen pages of notes. I believe I was the only person taking notes, and I imagine the average person will forget most of what was said today. I feel good about coming completely unprompted with a notebook and pen, simply wanting to absorb as much information as possible. It makes me feel like I have the right attitude.

A great deal of the students there looked rather bumly. The young men especially: Moping, hoods up, cellphones popping and out of their bags. Cellphones are a safety net, you know. I am glad that I can go there by myself with my shirt tucked into my pants, confident in my adulthood, goals in mind, and with no insecure need to find someone to sit beside.

One professor warned us not to party too hard, as we need to manage our workload and get healthy amounts of sleep. I imagine that a great deal of first years strive to fit in by attending as many keggars and pubcrawls as they are invited to, getting quite drunk, getting excited about alcohol culture, and thus bonding with eachother. I am very glad to have a large amount of friends who are intelligent, responsible, and encouraging. I say "I must go home and study," they say "better get on that." I really don't feel the need to meet anyone new at the transition program, except for note buddies.

Classes begin tomorrow. I have History 121 and Philosophy 133 back-to-back in the afternoon. Everyday but Friday I have two classes back-to-back in the afternoon. I plan to, almost each day, bike straight from work (boys and girls club before-school care) to school, arriving between 9.15 and 9.45. Once there I will do homework and read. I plan to make this a routine with only occasional exceptions (e.g., morning or lunch date, no work to be done). I guess tomorrow I will have nothing to do if I get there early, so I might stop in at home first and bath or nap or watch a movie or something nice.