Party on floor two

I live on the second floor of our living center, and according to everyone else, we are the only floor that is actually social with each other. There is never a dull moment on floor two. At this very moment I have eleven people in my dorm room, and Krista isn't even in here! We are in the midst of making t-shirts that will uniform us for special occasions.

Yesterday, we all recuperated from our late night and relaxed, until it was time for a sort of freshman orientation. We all gathered in the field house and played silly games to get to know each other. It was fun for about a half hour, but then it just got ridiculous.

Let me take a moment to tell you about the food here. I come from a home where meals provided is a mere concept. Here, I can just show them my ID, and I have my choice of burgers, wraps, salads, waffles, pizza, chinese, sandwiches, pasta and so much more. There will be a longing for this variety and tangibility when I go home.

After we got home from Meijer, I made grilled cheese for me and some of my neighbors. The sandwich was excellent. The cheese to bread ratio was perfect, and the crispiness was just right to balance out the creamy kraft singles melted into a delicious warm form of cheesiness. By this point, it was nearing midnight and I was quite tired, but my friend Johnny and Kyle invited me in for some pizza. Triple meat digiorno, with crust baked to perfection. After that I finally surrendered to sleep..

...Only to be rudely awakened this morning. This morning there was an activity, and I would have wanted to go but it began at nine am, so I opted out. Even though it's optional, clearly, it's not an option. The first knock comes softly, Krista and I lie there hoping the intruder will leave, the second knock is a little harder, and I groan with utter disappointment. The third knock sounds like raging bull running full speed at our door, only to be stopped by a thick block of wood. The sound resonates throughout our small dorm as we sit up full of shock and bitterness. The door creaks open, and a quiet voice asks "Ladies, wake up!" Our friend Joe was assigned by Jenna (our RA) to come wake all the lazy kids up on our end of the hall. Krista and I grudgingly got out of bed and within two minutes of the rude awakening we were walking down to the early morning activities.

After we sat through everything, everyone came back to our dorm to hang out. We made lunch, I made more grilled cheese, with tomato soup this time. Everyone was making food at our place, of course it was a lot of fun.

Then I went to eat some some people while up and ambitious Krista worked out with Peter. Apparently they had quite the workout, I'm gonna have to start joining them. After dinner, Keegan played his guitar while a couple of us hung out in his dorm and sang a long, it was quite the treat for the neighbors when we broke into our exaggerated version of James Blunt. We are now all hangin' out and watching the tigers game, ready to have a fun night.