Day 2 - Sleepy

Good evening, or should I say morning? (It's 12:17am as of right now)

I'm actually going to make this quick, unlike yesterday. I am really lacking in some good sleep. Not that the bed is bad or anything, though the pillow is flat and has no plump to it. This morning I had a very early start. I got the time zones mixed up and set my phone and computer to mountain time because some "smart" fellow Shad told me...so much for smart. Anyway, I woke up an hour early, went to breakfast an hour early, and the cook told me to leave because breakfast wasn't going to be served for another half hour...luckily no one else was awake to see this.

After breakfast we sat down in the common room of the first year rez @ UBC. We spend huge amounts of time here. We did this secret ceremony thing where we each wrote on a piece of paper what our deepest fear of being here was. It was nice to see a lot of people shared common perspectives and ideas. It made me feel not soo, alone I guess? Corny, I know. Anyway, after that we went outside on the grass and played a whole bunch of ice breakers. I came in second out of all 52 UBC Shads in rock paper scissors. Let me tell you, there is strategy involved and I have it! After we had lunch consisting of pizza, beans, and other stuff. They have tons of variety. I always have chocolate milk-yummm. After lunch we watched some business video that was aired on ABC television from back in the 1990s. It was about this business called 'Inovate' or 'Ideas', one of the two anyway, and it was about this company who would take various products and make them better. The segment was about a grocery cart and how they made it and yaaaaaa...kay i'm really tired all of a sudden, so I'm going to just go really fast here. After the video we learned of our project houses (which I'll explain when I'm not soo tired) and had a competition to see who could make the best newspaper house. Ours came in last, we won an award for best effort though. We named it the "Love Shack"...though it looked more like a long house. (the picture is of my group's attempt at this, I know it's blurry, but it's the only one on fb I could find! also, i'm the one in the pink shirt and brown shorts) We then had dinner. I went to Shopper's later with a bunch of people after realizing the bookstore closes @ 5pm everyday. Bought a bunch of pretty vancouver postcards! Anyways, now I'm in bed and it's 12:31...so much for a quick post. I know you mom like to know every single detail so I'm only doing this for you...that's right, be thankful! But it's good in a way. I will definitely look back in the future and thank you dad for getting me on blogger, that's for sure. The showers are good. I'm impressed with the water pressure, it's fantastic. You can change the the setting too! Unfortunately however, they do not soften the water...errrr, my skin is drying up. The weather today was cool, but when you walk around a tee and shorts are fine. I only brought 1 sweater, should have brought another. I'm hoping to run to the bookstore and buy a campus sweater. I'm desperate.

Okay, I really have to go. Once again miss you ALL. Good luck tomorrow Nick!

-Carolyn

P.S. You can check out the experiences of Shad students from all over Canada on the Shad Valley 2010 blog. I will be contributing an entry tomorrow, but it won't be posted till Wednesday. You lucky followers can get a sneak peek! I think my blog here however is a lot prettier than theirs! shhhh.