I heart Ohio...
Hello friends!
I miss you!!! I miss talking to you everyday and your smiling faces and your hugs and your laughs...
I'm adjusting to being back in Vandyland. Truth time: it was a lot harder to adjust to being back then I thought it would be...but I've heard that from a lot of other people too, which is comforting. My summer in Ohio was so comfortable...being with my family and my friends who know me so well and share a really similar background. There was even a moment when I first got here that I again questioned why I ended up here b/c I never imagined I would go to college here...but yet again I couldn't imagine myself going anywhere else. Things are better now since I've had a chance to see more people and hang out with them more. I have to readjust to sometimes being the only midwesterner/Ohioian around or the only one without many of designer items. I just needed a few days to be reminded that my friends love me for myself and don't care about these things and love me for these things. But I will admit...I'm not as strong as I'd like to be...I wish I feel more proud telling people that I am a Catholic or when I don't have a designer bag to carry (if I feel like a minority for being Catholic...I can't even imagine what it fells like to really be a minority at Vandy...we're getting more diverse every year...but we have a long way to go). I used to think that I could grow out of carrying what people think of me...especially of my appearance...but maybe it is really there with you throughtout your whole life. I feel like I'm giving a very bad image of Vanderbilt...it's just that I need to put my priorities in the right place...I need to stay focused on loving others, getting a good education, and building my leadership skills. It is sometimes easy here to get your priorities mixed up. I guess I just had to admit that to all of you b/c I need to get it out and move on and b/c you are my dearest friends and I have always been positive about Vandy b/c I DO love it here, but I know that it will continue to challenge my priorities sometimes.
Classes started yesterday and I'm still trying to figure out if I want to switch any of them. I'm excited about what I will learn, but it's going to be a VERY busy semester. One of the caterers called me back and gave us a really amazing deal for our Make a Wish fundraiser...which made me sooo happy...there are such good people in this world!! Founders Walk on Tuesday was super fun...we got to welcome all the freshman with lots of cheering and super loud cheering for our friends who are orientation leaders.
I'm sorry I'm such a horrible live journaler...I'll try to write more now...
I love you all,
Meghan
I miss you!!! I miss talking to you everyday and your smiling faces and your hugs and your laughs...
I'm adjusting to being back in Vandyland. Truth time: it was a lot harder to adjust to being back then I thought it would be...but I've heard that from a lot of other people too, which is comforting. My summer in Ohio was so comfortable...being with my family and my friends who know me so well and share a really similar background. There was even a moment when I first got here that I again questioned why I ended up here b/c I never imagined I would go to college here...but yet again I couldn't imagine myself going anywhere else. Things are better now since I've had a chance to see more people and hang out with them more. I have to readjust to sometimes being the only midwesterner/Ohioian around or the only one without many of designer items. I just needed a few days to be reminded that my friends love me for myself and don't care about these things and love me for these things. But I will admit...I'm not as strong as I'd like to be...I wish I feel more proud telling people that I am a Catholic or when I don't have a designer bag to carry (if I feel like a minority for being Catholic...I can't even imagine what it fells like to really be a minority at Vandy...we're getting more diverse every year...but we have a long way to go). I used to think that I could grow out of carrying what people think of me...especially of my appearance...but maybe it is really there with you throughtout your whole life. I feel like I'm giving a very bad image of Vanderbilt...it's just that I need to put my priorities in the right place...I need to stay focused on loving others, getting a good education, and building my leadership skills. It is sometimes easy here to get your priorities mixed up. I guess I just had to admit that to all of you b/c I need to get it out and move on and b/c you are my dearest friends and I have always been positive about Vandy b/c I DO love it here, but I know that it will continue to challenge my priorities sometimes.
Classes started yesterday and I'm still trying to figure out if I want to switch any of them. I'm excited about what I will learn, but it's going to be a VERY busy semester. One of the caterers called me back and gave us a really amazing deal for our Make a Wish fundraiser...which made me sooo happy...there are such good people in this world!! Founders Walk on Tuesday was super fun...we got to welcome all the freshman with lots of cheering and super loud cheering for our friends who are orientation leaders.
I'm sorry I'm such a horrible live journaler...I'll try to write more now...
I love you all,
Meghan