I had my first grad student orientation on Monday (two more to go... who knew it would be so hard to orient to being a graduate student?). The day reminded me of my first day as an undergraduate. We had the same sort of opening remarks assembly (make the most of your time in school), break out sessions, and the same chaotic resource fair. I attended three sessions, one session with the Love Doctor who was hilarious and also inspiring, and then two more sessions that freaked me out over taxes and financial aid. Overall it was a successful day. I met all except one of my classmates. Everyone is so nice and many are just like me, in a brand new city, looking for friends.
After the orientation, some of us decided to meet up for a free day at the aquarium.
It was fun to get to know some of the girls better. We had a great time at the aquarium and having desserts after. Tomorrow we have another orientation and then we are going to head to a Sox game (I got free tickets at the Jazz Festival). My friend, Nichole whom I met in Europe a few summers ago, is going to visit and stay with me in Chicago for a few days, too. Overall, my move here has been filled with lots of love, friendship, and fun. I'm so lucky.
We got some of our course syllabus today, and I noticed that we've already been assigned reading - lots of reading. I've started to read some of them today (in addition to my scholarship project research). Boy, I think my eyes are going to pop out. I probably did a good solid 8 hrs+ of reading today! The good news is I'm almost done! One more chapter to go, and I'll be ready for the first week of class. It finally feels like school has started.
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