Yeah this week has been pretty average I’d say. I got sick a few days ago which is really annoying. I’ve been popping Echinacea pills every now and then but I really, truly believe that it’s not doing anything.
On Tuesday, all new students (with the exception of those who slept in) took part in Community Building Day, which was about as fun as it sounds. It was dumb because we had to wake up soooo early to make it to our first-year seminar groups at 8. We all hopped onto our buses, and there were a lot of buses. It was about a 15 minute drive, and I think the driver got lost twice which is kind of embarrassing, and then we got dropped off in some random alley in a slightly-less-than-upper-middle-class part of town. Someone said we were “going to some sketch place to pick up trash” and that was about one eighth a true statement.
This cowboy dude who I’m just going to call “Doc” was there to tell us what to do. There were about 40 or so on our bus and we split into groups of four-ish and took different roads off the main street, along with short segments of Main Street. We were to pick up trash and generally clean up the roads and sidewalks.
My group took a road, and we started sweeping leaves and dirt off the curb. I was like, seriously?! We’re sweeping dirt off the ground!?? But whatever, I did it with a cheesy, fake smile on my face. Actually I was probably scowling because I was tired and sick.
The roads were actually pretty clean to begin with. The area, called Hillyard, had received a $17 million grant that they used to redo the streets and sidewalks so it was all in all a pretty nice area. There was still a fair amount of litter though, and as we walked down Main Street, we found this alley with like a billion cigarette butts, and we picked up all of those butts. Hopefully the hooligans that smoke in that alley will note the err of their ways after seeing this new cleanliness and will stop tossing their butts where they please. But that probably won’t happen.
Doc stopped by our group twice in all of his cowboy glamour, and gave us donuts and muffins and water and stories. He’s basically like the sheriff and self-proclaimed town dude who gives kids lollipops and makes small talk to every resident. He has a Ferris wheel. And a really old building.
After that, I had swimming and lab. Wednesday was boring, except that we made banana bread for the first time. Aaron drove us to the store to get ingredients, oh and I also replenished my snack stock. When we made the bread, it was gone in one minute within taking it out of the oven. I was like what the heck. It wasn’t that good anyways, so I think that next time (tonight), we’re going to add one more banana and cook it for less time. I’m pretty excited.
Another interesting thing was “fake out make out”, which was the prime time event. There were a few sheets of plexiglass, and the RAs would spread peanut butter or nutella on either side, and two people would have to lovingly eat it off of there. I was forced into it twice, and it was extremely awkward. So awkward. Wow. Tasty though, and fun to watch. But wow.
Today we have a set at practice that is called all kinds of pain. Fun. I have a lab right now. Tomorrow the freshmen swim boys are getting hazed. Sweet. Ta ta for now (TTFN).
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