Move In
Today Katie moved into her dorm (Katie is my sister). She is in Chadbourne on the sixth floor. By the time I arrived to help, she, my mom, and Mark had already gotten everything up into her room. I helped set up the computer and other electronics, but otherwise mostly stayed out of the way. Her setup seemed to go a lot faster than mine and Anthony’s ever did. I always felt like we would be setting up until 9 or 10 at night when we would finally collapse everything connected and running. I’m not sure this memory is entirely accurate, but she was done by 10 AM or so. Amazing.
Her roommate got there around 10:30. She seems really nice and cool. Katie was worried because she does drink. I tried to reassure her that that does not mean she loses all sense of herself. 99.9% of people on campus drink, or nearly that anyway. Some of them do drink irresponsibly, true. But at the same time, most are very regulated, and do not become idiots when consumming alcohol. I think the biggest mistake Katie can make is not just accepting that her roommate drinks. The ideal attitude to have, I think, is one of tolerance. I feel that a drinker should accept mine (and I think her) choice not to drink, and I should accept their choice. Unless one of us becomes wreckless in our activity of choice, there should be no friction. And I think you know who your real friends are when you say, hey I don’t drink, and they say, oh that’s cool. Woodie and Dan drink and they totally accept Anthony and me. We do the same for them and it all works out.
Anyway, tomorrow Katie, her roommate, Dan, Anthony, and I are all going book-shopping. I am excited to buy my books, as I am every year. It’s always a lot of fun and gives you a clue into what the instructor is like, especially for literature classes. I think this is going to be a really good semester.
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