August 21st, 2009

So instead of responding to all of your texts asking how my first day went individually, I thought I’d just post a blog about it :).

I got up here around 12:00 and we had lunch in Blacksburg first thing. It’s still a little bit warmer than is entirely comfortable, but definitely more pleasant than it is in Williamsburg (though I can’t say the same for the dorms, which are sweltering). After lunch we went to move in- West A.J. is beautiful on the outside and really close to everything that matters, like the best dining halls, the football stadium, and, of course, Slusher, Reed’s dorm. I’m on the sixth floor, which has a girls’ wing and a boys’ wing, down the main hall of the girls’ wing and then down another hall that shoots off of the main hall, at the very end. I love being not actually on the main hall (much quieter, plus our little “sub-hall” is a much more manageable sized group of girls to try to get to know).

It was a pain getting everything up here and even more so a pain trying to assemble the loft, but they make the frat boys and football players do most of the heavy lifting for you :D. My room is definitely shaping up, but it’s not all put together yet. Still, I think it’ll be really cute! We lofted my bed and left Fariha’s low to the ground, but the layout is good because we both have considerable space and privacy, and everything’s easily accessible. It’ll look nicer once I put up my posters and we get a rug in here though. We have a big mirror and a great view of campus and tons, I mean TONS of storage space, so I had no trouble finding somewhere convenient for everything I brought.

Fariha and I set up and chatted a bit and she seems really nice, though I don’t know how much I see it being a serious friendship, which is a bit of a downer :/. It’s just that, first of all, she came to college with a bunch of her high school friends, so it seems like it’d be awkward to impose myself on that already established clique, you know? And secondly, the friends she came with from high school seem to be Asian, so… you guys know what I mean :P. Anyway, that’s a bummer, and I feel bad because I didn’t get around to really talking to any of the other girls on my sub-hall, so I’m definitely still stressing out about the whole “making friends” thing. Still, it’s Friday night and you could definitely tell that everyone was looking for a party, so I think that sort of mentality will be good for meeting people. Like, people were just walking down the hall and stopping at all the doors and to be like “You coming out tonight?” Reed and I are definitely going to be doing the party scene tomorrow I think… to be honest, it’s not something I’m especially psyched about at this point. But whatever, I’ll go just to meet people.

At any rate, back to today, so one of Fariha’s friends came by and hung out for a bit and then Reed came over and they left and he helped me unpack some more, and then we went over to his room and I met “V.J.”, his roommate, who seems totally normal and cute and actually a lot like Reed in temperament. They showed me their room, gave me some of their snacks, and then Reed and I went out to dinner with our families, like all together. I’m glad our families get on so well, they all really hit it off. I was about ready to collapse by the end of dinner, so Reed and I left (I already love the fact that he has a car- not only is it convenient for getting places, it’s a great back-up plan when we want to have sex and can’t get any alone time :P). We went back to his room to get the Office and then back to my room to watch it (Fariha was already out at some shin-dig… we didn’t get to break in my new bed though, on account of T.O.M. and this little challenge we’ve given ourselves to not do anything sexual for a week- no oral, no masturbating, basically no cumming-… it’s three days in and I’m going crazy, by the way).

When Fariha got back, Reed went back to his dorm, and I was so freaking sweaty from, literally, just sitting around in these dorms that I decided I could not possibly sleep without having a shower (I like to shower in the morning, you see). No one else was in the showers when I was there, which took some of the pressure off, but… it’s weird. Our showering facility is just a room off of the bathroom with really shallow stalls all along the walls, like bathroom stalls that don’t go to the floor or ceiling, but instead of a door into the stall there’s just a shower curtain, and drains in the floor. It’s not horrible… the water took a long time to warm up and there wasn’t much room, but the water pressure was good and I had a little stool in there to put stuff on and help me maneuver. So it’s never going to be a luxurious experience or anything but it definitely wasn’t traumatic and won’t be hard to get used to.

Now I’m back at the dorm… one thing I can see now is that I’m not going to get as much sleep as I’m used to here :S. Between staying up late, to be social and get alone time with Reed and whatnot (plus the fact that Fariha seems to stay up really late), and having all morning classes, I’ll have to find time for afternoon naps or something I guess.

As for the rest of my weekend, tomorrow is when I’ll get the rest of my dorm stuff set up, pick up my books and school supplies, and say goodbye to my parents. There’s also a football scrimmage, so we’ll be tailgating before that and then heading on over to the stadium. I’m PSYCHED! The only bad part is that Tyler will be there… I’m never in my life going to pretend I like that kid again. But after the game Reed’s parents will leave and then we’ll try to actually be social and not like a boring old married couple, just staying in and watching movies on the weekends :P. David’s apparently been drunk since he got here, so we’ll ask him what’s up. Sunday I have a bunch of meetings, like for my residence hall, Honors College, major, etc, and I’m going to walk my classes in preparation for Monday. So that’s basically the plan!

I officially totally feel like I could get used to this college thing. Besides the friends issue, all of my fears about dorm life have been totally assuaged! I have space for all my stuff, my bed is super comfy, and I think my lack of modesty will definitely come in handy here. Also… I really love being at college with Reed :). I look at all these girls here who are desperate to meet guys in the hopes that one of them will actually be decent enough to date and then I look at myself, on my first day at college, with this hot college boy in my bed kissing on me and I can’t help but to be incredibly glad for the time being to have escaped the college dating scene… and more importantly, just glad to have found the love of my life. I knew by the time Reed left tonight that I have never made a better decision than my decision to come to Tech, for him. So I’m feeling pretty good right now :D.

That’s my first day people, now I wanna hear all about yours! Keep me posted and I’ll do the same for you.