Last First Day (#1)

Right, so tonight was my last first day of school, at least the first one. I count two because I only had one class tonight, and there are still three more to get through tomorrow.

I'm really excited to be almost done, and I really feel like I've been at that school WAY too long. I notice too many subtle differences in the buildings (they finally finished the drop ceiling in the business building basement...no more hanging wires and light fixtures), landscape (there is something going on AGAIN near the "lakes" and the place looks more and more like a golf course), the scenery along the metrolink route (burnt out buildings next to Wellston are STILL there, some new graffiti to look at, new signs at the cemeteries, etc.), hell, even that we apparently switched from being a Coke school to a Pepsi one.

Well, that last one is kind of a big deal, since it means all new vending machines (that hopefully won't rip you off so freely), and Aquafina water, instead of Dasani. This is great, because Coke puts salt in Dasani. Not quite so refreshing, when it's dehydrating you as you drink it. Also, it means Gatorade, instead of Powerade, and that is wonderful because a nice red Gatorade is my hangover cure, and with a 9:30 class two days a week, I might need it.

But there are always the things that stay the same. Like the super majorly dorky guy with bad breath who approached me after class to ask if I was in "Budsky's" class last semester. What? I mean, I was exactly sure who this kid was, but I played dumb and pretended like I had no clue what he was talking about. "Budsky", he said. "Bud Banis's class". Right. Dr. Bud Banis...the Operations Mgt. prof. whose class I nearly failed, but pulled off a B in. I confirmed his suspicions then quickly whipped out my iPod headphones and booked it to the computer lab (to print my resume so I can update it for career services), and luckily lost the dork on my way to the mac section.

We'll see how tomorrow goes. Three classes, one hour-ish break, and work pretty much right after class until close. Looking forward to it, really.

But first I need some of this deliciousness for dinner, and then a nice cold drink of some sort, and I'll just pretend like summer isn't really over until tomorrow.