Week Over

So that may have been the longest week of my life. College is different. I have a lot of free time but that free time is consumed by homework. After I get through classes on Wednesday my week is really easy. I cruised through classes Thursday and that night headed to the Union for an activities fair.

The activities fair was so overwhelming. The entire ballroom was lined with different clubs from running club to swing dance club to different christian organizations. I tried to get a feel for the different clubs and grabbed lots of free stuff which is always nice. I have a bad full of goodies, so exciting. I talked to every Christian organization on campus, like all 20 of them and I was really excited to try them out. So excited that I did that night. Other clubs I found were different leadership groups I can apply for, study abroad, college of education ambassadors, and some singing groups. As soon as that was over I met up with some friends and we went to Student Mobilization (stumo) for a worship service.

I really enjoyed stumo. 600 students were all packed in one room and it was so cool to see that many students come together to worship. Another cool thing they do is a special bible study for freshman. It is called freshman connection and it sounds like a great way to meet people. I liked it a lot, but still need to check a few more groups out.

Friday flew by considering I only had one class and it was geography. He finished 20 minutes early, I was so happy. So I worked on homework the rest of the afternoon. First week is finally over. Lots of work to do this weekend, then it is on to week 2. All next week I will be looking forward to the opening football game. I am so excited to see the legend return!

A New Adventure

I first want to thank you all for joining this adventure with me. Many of my friends started a blog when they went to college and a couple kept them going the whole year. I felt like it was a great way to communicate what is going on in my life with all of you.

I moved in on Saturday, which started the new journey in my life called college. Knowing it is a great journey ahead of me, I looked forward to my first day at Kansas State. Moving in wasn’t too bad and matt and I made our room look pretty good if I do say so myself. Our room is nice and cozy and I believe is reserved for handicapped folk. Here are a few pictures. I don’t have a picture of the bathroom, but it is huge!

Saturday night went on uneventful and Sunday came after a good sleep. I woke up and went to University Christian Church with Alex and Jordan Carney. It was ok. I plan on shopping for a church and a christian organization on campus for a while. Sunday night K-State had a huge pep rally at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The band went over how game days will work and we went over the traditions. I love the traditions here and I feel right at home. Hearing the band and being in the student section made me feel right at home. I can’t wait for September 5th, when we open our season against UMASS. Some coaches spoke and Willie tackled some KU nerds, but best of all Coach Bill Snyder arrived at the stadium. I got chills I was so excited to see him. A feeling of hope is what Bill Snyder has brought back to campus and it is refreshing to see. After the pep rally some guys on our floor ordered Pizza Shuttle and hung out.

Today I started classes. My first hour in class at Kansas State I was not allowed to speak English. I only heard spanish and only spoke spanish. It will be really tough, but is a great thing to learn. Then I headed to my Geography class. I found the room and saw that it said auditorium and an auditorium it was. My class has 300 students in it but I sat near the front and couldn’t tell it was that big. The class doesn’t seem to challenging, it just requires some reading. The highlight of my day came in Calculus 2. That class also has 300+ students in it for the lecture. He wrote on 6 different chalk boards and at one point hit a switch and the bottom chalkboard and top chalkboard switched. It was so cool, but I looked the only person in class that thought that. My last class was Orientation to Education. I found my suite mate and we sat together. It was fairly boring but involved things I needed to know.

Sorry for the long post, I promise they will get shorter. It is now time for me to go study some spanish vocab! I will keep the posts coming as long as you keep reading.

Kyle