On Guys and Making Friends
It's really weird going to a woman's college affiliated with a larger coed university. It feels almost like being in a woman's dorm on a normal college campus. Coming from a family with my sister as the only other young person in our household, I don't find myself missing the presence of a brother or another male in my dorm space. I do miss all of my guy friends, though. My closest guy friend is probably the person I miss most. I haven't called him that often, but I think that's because I'm scared to remind myself what's happening to him. He's in the National Guard, and his signal core training is almost over. After he graduates, he'll have a few months to get his things together before he's shipped off to Afghanistan with the rest of his unit. I want to talk to him, but I know talking to him will just remind me that he's leaving.
I've met a few nice guys here on campus. It's hard to bond with guys considering how only three of my five classes has any in them. That might sound like a good number, but in Calculus no one really has any time to talk because we're all straining to understand what's being filtered through the professor's Ukrainian accent. It's my Earth Science course which allows me to actually interact with guys on a normal basis. It's a lecture class, but we also have to work together for labs. Cristina can give her stamp of approval on the Earth Science guy- although he's a bit weather-crazy (which I can definately be at times too), he's nice and just so happens to be insanely smart, which is a plus during our lab sessions.
So, in general, I need to make an effort to go out and meet some guys. Not because I'm looking for a relationship, but because girl friends aren't the same as guy friends (although some can come pretty close to the line at times). Since I won't contact my good guy friend from home, I'll need to find someone on the Columbia campus. You can't meet people without any effort.
It shouldn't be too hard...right?