For the past couple of weeks, I reflected on how nervous and excited I was to come back to school. This past week was finally the week where I moved back to school with my friends, and even though we’ve only been back for a few days, it’s already been a blast. Move in day, the very first day back, was exciting and exhausting all the same. Moving all of my stuff (books, my printer and television, as well as a lot of other supplies) coupled with the ridiculous heat, was not a very fun combination. Besides the usual frustrations of move in day, the real jy was being able to see my friends again after 3 and a half month. Even though we all kept in regular contact throughout the summer, and getting to hang out with my roommate a couple of times, it was a real joy to see my buds together again. We even went out to pick up some last minute supplies that night, and though grocery shopping might not seem like the most exciting thing in the world, when it’s with these guys, anything and everything is an adventure.

The rest of the week went about as well as could be expected, meeting my new professors in new class environments. Once the initial anxieties were settled, I was happy to find out that all of my professors (so far) are all really nice. Two of the classes I was anxious about the most, the two business courses I’m taking for my minor, were actually pretty cool. Though the workload seems a bit much for my liking, the professors seem pretty nice, which always makes a class that much more enjoyable. In my opinion, having the right professor in any class makes any subject more fun to learn, so having met 4 of my 5 professors, it’s relieving to know that this semester should be pretty good. It also helps that, compared to past semesters, I have plenty of free time on my hands to take care of this workload. Even though I have other responsibilities on top of school, after the next few weeks, I’m sure that I’ll get the hang of my schedule, just like all of my buds are doing though.

One of the most jarring things to me, one that my roommate pointed out, is that now that all of us, my roommates and I, are all back living in the same room again it feels like business as usual. The minute my head hit my pillow move in night, it felt like any other school night. Being in my dorm with my buds is so natural in my mind, that it really feels like no time at all has past. Even though all of us had our own summer adventures, and each of us made some changes, just being together again almost makes it seem like the summer never really happened, and we just jumped from one semester to the next seamlessly. In any event, it has been a great start to a new school year, one that will hopefully be just as good as the years before it.