Being back in Bloomington has to no surprise, reassured me that Bloomington is truly a home away from home. After a week long road trip across the country with Tamara, stopping in Lake Tahoe, Las Vegas, Albuquerque and Ft. Smith, arriving in Indiana completed a laugh filled and successful first road trip. I can definitely say that I'm excited to return to Las Vegas for my 21st birthday and that I can't wait to head back to Ft. Smith for more time with my southern family :)
I am now completely moved into my apartment - living with 3 of my closest friends at IU, and we're only a block and a half off of campus - an ideal location for being close enough to classes and still having a neighborhood feel. Today, we had our first waffle Sunday, a plan in the making ever since last Christmas. Our place smells of waffles and fresh fruit and all of us are thoroughly stoked about being able to cook our own meals this year. Other than the smell of a home cooked meal, our place is constantly buzzing and we completed our living room decor with some excellent 70's inspired couches - looks aside, they are quite comfortable.
This week I have been busy with on-campus recruiting for the rowing team. As a co-captain this year, I have a lot of involvement with team happenings - practices, meetings, being a liaison between the rowers and the coaches, etc. It's been fun (an a little exhausting :)) to get tall, unsuspecting girls on campus, (like me last year!) excited about rowing and possibly joining the team. I've seen some girls multiple times and most have assured me they're coming to check out the call-out meeting next week. Our first team practice is tomorrow and on Tuesday we'll be out on the lake!
Classes also begin tomorrow and I've already packed my bag with books for my first day. As nerdy as this may sound, I love cracking open a new textbook and meeting my professors and fellow class mates. Tomorrow's classes are reporting and editing in Journalism and Spanish. My other classes this semester include micro-economics, a literature/intensive writing course about food (how perfect!!) and a literature class on works from the 1900's to the present (a class with a professor I truly admire).
I'm off to gather up my first load of laundry from downstairs (the first of many, many loads) and then to the athlete sports compliance meeting. After that, my roomies and I are going to look at some shoes and then head on over to the athlete pool party! May the best cannon ball win!
I'll be sure to update with some pictures from the end of the summer in Portland as well as some picks from the beginning of the school year here in Bloomington.
Wishing everyone a great Sunday and sending you all of my love!
