Long overdue update.
Still trying to balance everything. I'm going to look back and kick myself for not writing stuff down more. I've made so many great memories already. I've gotten to know my students a lot more and my fellow dons.
A few weeks ago I was playing cards with a bunch of guys from the third floor. They wanted there to be a dare for the loser. I suggested the dare be that they had to knock on one of the girls' doors and talk to them. They were saying how they didn't know any of the girls so I thought it'd be a good way of getting them to interact. The guy that ended up losing was extremely nervous about it at first but after a while he suddenly became stricken with confidence and knocked on one of the girl's doors. Everyone's name is on their door and there was one girl that he really wanted to meet because her last name was Japanese and he wanted to meet someone that was Japanese for some reason. They ended up talking for a good chunk of time and they've gotten pretty close since that. Not sure if I've started some weird cheesy romance here or if they're just going to end up remaining friends, but I still think its sweet either way and I'm glad I got to play some part in it.
When the term started my school planned a bunch of free events for Welcome Week. The ones I really enjoyed were the "Colour Me Waterloo" event (basically just a large paint party) and a big outdoor concert featuring the bands the Arkells and Mother Mother and some other Canadian bands. The things I hate about concerts though are the drunk people, the crowd surfers, and the mosh-pitters. Other than that it was a really great show.
I'm really happy with the way things have been turning out. It's not all fun and games though. I'm exhausted a lot of the time and I hardly have any time to myself. Even though I'm surrounded by a lot of wonderful and supportive people, I still have those times where I feel really lonely and insecure. There are also a lot of people that I wish I could spend more time with. It's hard to maintain old friendships when you have all these new ones forming. Still trying to work out all the kinks.
A few weeks ago I was playing cards with a bunch of guys from the third floor. They wanted there to be a dare for the loser. I suggested the dare be that they had to knock on one of the girls' doors and talk to them. They were saying how they didn't know any of the girls so I thought it'd be a good way of getting them to interact. The guy that ended up losing was extremely nervous about it at first but after a while he suddenly became stricken with confidence and knocked on one of the girl's doors. Everyone's name is on their door and there was one girl that he really wanted to meet because her last name was Japanese and he wanted to meet someone that was Japanese for some reason. They ended up talking for a good chunk of time and they've gotten pretty close since that. Not sure if I've started some weird cheesy romance here or if they're just going to end up remaining friends, but I still think its sweet either way and I'm glad I got to play some part in it.
When the term started my school planned a bunch of free events for Welcome Week. The ones I really enjoyed were the "Colour Me Waterloo" event (basically just a large paint party) and a big outdoor concert featuring the bands the Arkells and Mother Mother and some other Canadian bands. The things I hate about concerts though are the drunk people, the crowd surfers, and the mosh-pitters. Other than that it was a really great show.
I'm really happy with the way things have been turning out. It's not all fun and games though. I'm exhausted a lot of the time and I hardly have any time to myself. Even though I'm surrounded by a lot of wonderful and supportive people, I still have those times where I feel really lonely and insecure. There are also a lot of people that I wish I could spend more time with. It's hard to maintain old friendships when you have all these new ones forming. Still trying to work out all the kinks.