Dorm Life

First of all a few more strange things I have noticed, there are air conditioner vents in the bathrooms!

Last Wednesday I moved into my dorm. Four other international students moved in with me too and we all share a little apartment. There are two GRSP girls, one from Sweeden and one from Colombia, and two girls from Brazil. There is also a GRSP boy from Colombia in another dorm.

The room is quite a good size, but the bed is quite high. Later on the next day a group of us all lowered mine and another girls bed. It was quite the team exercise! We share a bathroom between two, and have a living area with a TV and a kitchenette.

We got pizza for lunch, and pre-ordered meals for dinner as the dining hall wasn't open yet.

On Thursday we had international orientation, where I had looked up a lot of the information already. We were very well looked after though.

There was an event in the afternoon called a CLAWnival which had lots of little stalls and a March Through The Arch which is a tradition for the college. We got free lunch and diner too.

Friday was Bear Essentials which was long and I did know some of the information from other university orientations. We managed to finish early though.

Friday night I went to The Heroes Ball which was a function for military, police and firefighters in the area.

 It was at the Braselton-Stover house, a very fancy building built in 1916. It was a nice evening with lots of drinks and dancing.

On Saturday some international students went to The Mall of Georgia and Super Target. There were so many really nerdy shops, and a really cool hat shop which took all my strength not to buy anything! I also spent $200AUD at Target! Just on hair and shower products, so that should keep me going for a while.

There was also a party organised for students on Saturday. There was some food, loud music and a big inflatable water slide.

Today a group of international students were taken to Fort Yargo for canoeing. The lake was about 40 minutes from the college. It was a long day, we went paddling, swimming and had burgers and hot dogs for lunch. The water wasn't cold at all, and it looked like a stereotypical canoeing lake that you see in movies!The shopping and canoeing was organised for us by the college.

We have had a few issues with the dining hall not being open when we go as they have limited opening hours before classes start, and connecting with the wifi at the college, but hopefully these issues get ironed out once classes start tomorrow. The last girl to move into our dorm also moved in today, she is a local student.