Labor Day

It seems very surreal that tomorrow is labor day. For the past 14 years I have always attended my great aunt Sylvia's labor day picnic. Usually, the event marks the official end of summer and the beginning of back to school for me. This year it is rather odd. I won't be going to the picnic and I am not in grade school anymore. It actually puts perspective onto the time I have spent thus far at E-town. So far college has seemed like; first a volleyball camp and second a summer camp. I have been rushing around from practice to orientation events in a manner that makes time seem irrelevant. I guess labor day puts it into perspective that this is where I am now. I am not one to go home every weekend. Don't get me wrong my family and my home are the greatest physical connection I have. I feel though now is a time for me. College is where one can figure out who they are with no other influence. I plan on using this time accordingly to figure out who I am and what I want to do with my life. I thought I would have broke down by now but I am running on a different path than I thought I would be. I like to think and plan everything out and then I normally get pissed when things don't go the way I want them to. However, college has gone differently than I expected and I am going with the changes surprisingly well. So I hope I have a fun but different labor day tomorrow.

First Volleyball Game

Yesterday I had my first two volleyball games at Etown. We traveled 45 minutes to York College in York, PA. York has a brand new athletic complex which is amazing. We got our own visitor locker room which had its own sound system. We played Swarthmore first. I played rightside the third game out of the match. I was pretty excited to finally get to play again. I haven't played in a real match since spring. We beat Swarthmore pretty soundly in three games. Then I got to hang out with my family which I haven't seen since I left on the 17th. It was really nice to be able to hang out with them. My mom, dad, brother, grandmother, grandfather, great aunt, and other great aunt came to watch me play. It worked out well because York is actually closer to my house then the school is. I got to spend about about 45 minutes with them. Then we played York which is a much better team than Swarthmore and we ended up losing to them in four games. I played some of the last game. It was really hard to be on the bench as a freshmen. The transition from being a senior in high school to a freshmen in college is pretty hard. I went from playing every minute of the game to sitting the bench most of the time. I guess I will just have to prove myself in practice to be able to get more playing time in the games. So we ended up splitting our opening tournament which isn't too bad. I am excited that I get a little break from practice today so I can rest a little. Our next game is this Tuesday at Franklin and Marshall. Unfortunately, I will miss the activities fair. So I am pretty bummed that I won't get to sign up for things. I know I am applying to join S.W.E.E.T, but I don't really know what else is out there. I guess I will have to figure it out on my own.

Shopping addiction

I honestly have no main idea or theme for this blog. Thus, each post I am simply going to write about whatever topic or issue that comes to mind at the time. Right now I am going through shopping withdrawal. I have only been at college for two weeks and I feel like I need to go out and buy things. Normally, I go to a mall at least once a week and combined I most likely go to some type of retail center every two days. However, at college I have no car and I really don't have time to go out and shop for fun. I have been in the bookstore and bought my books and a notebook but that is hardly satisfying. (Especially because books are such a rip off.) Anyway, I wanted to buy a sweatshirt today but of course they don't have my size in any of the one's I want. Thus, I came back to my room and decided to do some Internet shopping. I didn't really feel like using my credit card account because I haven't used it online yet. So my only other option is my itunes account, which just so happens to be linked to my fathers credit card. :) So I ended up buying some music. Now I am happily listening to my new purchase. It is amazing how a little purchase can bring me some entertainment for the morning. I am not going to lie I enjoy shopping but money doesn't buy happiness. I am fully aware of that however I am away from my family and friends in a foreign place. Thus, for me buying some songs provides a want that I can myself satisfy.