DAY 3

I was so tired today! But Anna (a new friend of mine who lives next door to me) and I went to Safeway to buy some yummy, delicious fruit and trail mix - but this was after our 30+ minute barge to find this copy store that carries a reader that I need for my Political Science 2 class (which was EIGHTY DOLLARSSSS!!!) Man, books are expensivo, but on average, I would say that readers will set you back about $20, $30, MAYBE $50... but never would I imagine it to be $80... oh goodness... I feel my hard earned Seascape Resort money going to bound copy paper! yiiiikes. (but I guess that my hard-earned money is going into my education and brain, therefore is a wise investment, but you get what I mean!)

I've been eating too much! This whole summer I've been really good about working out with my mom and eating healthy even while I was working at the restaurant, but now - it's a whole new ball game! eating has become a great social thing, and now I go eat "breakfast", "lunch", and "dinner" at their respective times during the day even if i'm not hungry and feeling a bit pudgy. I heard that Santa Clara is one of the most fit universities in the country, but I checked out the gym, and honestly, the weight room was nothing to really brag about. The equipment felt rickety and TOTALLY like a Catholic high school facility (if you've gone through Catholic school, I think you would know what I mean). So the gym is kinda awkward and I'm not really fully acquainted with it yet.

Homework is a funny thing - one day I'm feeling completely ahead and can sit back and meet new people, and the next I feel loaded and a little behind! isn't that weird? (well.. I actually have only had two days of school, so maybe I"m not permitted to make those sort of generalizations yet).

So RUSH for sororities and fraternities is coming up, and over the summer I was pretty positive that I was going to go for it, but now I'm not so sure. The girls who have their Alpha Phi, Delta Gamma, Kappa Kappa Gamma, etc. shirts on seem pretty homogenous in personality, and I'm not sure I share the same social and professional goals as them. I've heard that rushing is a pretty good way to meet people, but it also sounds like a lot of pressure that is not associated to education or my future career when I should be focusing on my studies at this time in my life.

I'm really liking my chemistry class and professor - he reminds me of a Mr. Mimmack who is really in tune to his audience and teaches really well. My English teacher is - wow- passionate, to put it lightly; I'm looking forward to going to her class tomorrow, she's a kick. My Spanish teacher is really cool too, she reminds me of a Snra. Maciel, animated, uses basic Spanish so we can all understand, and really nice. And my Poli Sci professor seems a little nervous; yesterday was his first day at Santa Clara, so nerves got the best of him, but I think he'll turn out to be a good teacher.

Until later,
Briana