The day began a little earlier today with three men converging upon a single bathroom, the result being that one did not make it to the morning meeting in time and had to slip in the back door after it had begun. (Suffice it to say, the bathroom schedule will need to be remedied.)
But after that morning meeting (which was about the internet and phone service on campus) I had several free hours, so I wandered around identifying buildings and looking for the locations of my classes. I found the library, and the main class buildings, and the music offices, and the sports center with the swimming pool. The pool is on the far side of the campus, about ten minutes walk from my dorm, but that is the farthest I'll have to go anywhere on campus. (One benefit of a small school.)
In the afternoon I had a meeting with my mentor to review the class schedule that we put together for me several months ago. I'll be starting with 17 credits, which is a lot: the minimum for a full-time student is 12. But I'm looking forward to my classes. Humanities is the backbone of the curriculum, and I've done so much literature that I have a headstart there. When I got my box of books for my courses I was pulling out the literature selections one by one and saying "Read that"--"Started that one"--"I did this last year". This semester it's mostly epic poetry like the Odyssey and the Aeneid and Beowulf.
After reviewing my schedule I went through registration, where I filled out a student profile, got my ID tagged, got a parking tag for my car, had my picture taken for the yearbook, and had my records checked one last time. Then I went to the music offices and worked out times for my music lessons. In the evening they were taking all the students to a water park which is just five minutes from our house (the college itself is about forty minutes away), so I went early by myself and came home for a while before I went to the water park. I was in the water for a while, watched a very silly synchronized swimming contest, and played some more volleyball. When they started breaking up I and a friend from my dorm went home in my car. (Yes, I said MY car. I didn't blog about that, did I? Bother.)
Before leaving the water park. It's a bit blurry because it was starting to get dark.And now I'm back, watching people run up and down the hall in our dorm, waiting for my roommate to get in and hoping to get an early start in the morning. For then school begins in earnest. MUSC 130/Applied Study (Music)/Accompanying--9:05 sharp.
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