Week one of the adventure was orientation. Oh, and what a week it was. It's safe to say that the best part of that week is looking back on it.
The first chunk was the formalities. We had things like the swim test, giving us permission to take part in the lake activities, and laptop issuing. I started turning acquaintances into casual friends. Karl, a dorky sophomore who I shared laptop difficulties with, started hanging around with Dawn, Willow, Taylor, and I pretty quickly. My biggest fear of not making friends was being put to rest quicker than I ever thought.
There was one other major part of orientation, which was getting to know the campus and it's inhabitants. A huge scavenger hunt served this purpose well. We were paired in brother and sister wings. Loon wing was in cahoots up with Fox, a Mandel residence. Contrary to our senior-free wing, Fox seemed loaded. 5 of their 9 members were due to graduate in fall. Little freshman Lena (that's me) was shaking in her boots.
Without a second wasted, Joon Choi took charge. He looked at the list of things to do and items to get and divided us up. Most of the mini-challenges involved having a certain number of people take a picture at a specific spot, but I was paired up with Joonki Koh to seek out some insignificant this-or-that.
I tagged along behind him, wide-eyed and terrified. He asked teachers along the path to help figure out where we were headed. I said ten words, tops. It was terrible. When I got back, we were just waiting for the camera to return so we could send out the next group. I briefly chatted nervously with one of the other freshman from Fox- a possibly attractive boy named Thor- but mostly I just shut up and sat there. I was really, really good at that.
When finally the camera returned, I somehow got volunteered to go on the five-some person expadition to the archeolgical dig site that one of
The first chunk was the formalities. We had things like the swim test, giving us permission to take part in the lake activities, and laptop issuing. I started turning acquaintances into casual friends. Karl, a dorky sophomore who I shared laptop difficulties with, started hanging around with Dawn, Willow, Taylor, and I pretty quickly. My biggest fear of not making friends was being put to rest quicker than I ever thought.
There was one other major part of orientation, which was getting to know the campus and it's inhabitants. A huge scavenger hunt served this purpose well. We were paired in brother and sister wings. Loon wing was in cahoots up with Fox, a Mandel residence. Contrary to our senior-free wing, Fox seemed loaded. 5 of their 9 members were due to graduate in fall. Little freshman Lena (that's me) was shaking in her boots.
Without a second wasted, Joon Choi took charge. He looked at the list of things to do and items to get and divided us up. Most of the mini-challenges involved having a certain number of people take a picture at a specific spot, but I was paired up with Joonki Koh to seek out some insignificant this-or-that.
I tagged along behind him, wide-eyed and terrified. He asked teachers along the path to help figure out where we were headed. I said ten words, tops. It was terrible. When I got back, we were just waiting for the camera to return so we could send out the next group. I briefly chatted nervously with one of the other freshman from Fox- a possibly attractive boy named Thor- but mostly I just shut up and sat there. I was really, really good at that.
When finally the camera returned, I somehow got volunteered to go on the five-some person expadition to the archeolgical dig site that one of
