My First Day in St. John's and in Residence

So I made it!!!  I got no sleep whatsoever on the plane and so by the time six o'clock hit (and I'm speaking in Newfoundland time) I was about to pass out!!! 

To start at the beginning, I landed in St. John's an hour later than expected as there had been a thunderstorm in Calgary and so my plane had to wait for a gate to be available.  The flight itself was very long and boring, mostly because I couldn't sleep but was surrounded by people who could.  Thankfully it was eventually over and I made my way to baggage claim.  The only reason I even knew what direction to go was because there was no one else in the airport and so I followed the rest of the passengers.  After I got my bags, which were there and in near perfect condition, I made my way toward the pay phones.  After calling my parents (which made me cry) I went to the font door to see if there was any way for me to get a taxi.  After standing for what seemed like an eternity, I saw that there was a taxi waiting right outside!!  As soon as I walked outside the taxi driver asked me if I needed a ride and right after I said yes he took my bags and put them in the trunk for me.

He then drove me to the wrong side of the building I needed to go to because instead of reading the directions on the paper I gave him he insisted on looking at a map.  This ended up being a good thing because the dorm staff took pity on me and allowed me to put my stuff in my room, they even carried it there for me!  After that I got to stand in line for over an hour just so I could stand in another line and be done the actual process in under five minutes.  That was not fun, but I did get to meet some girls and we had a nice chat.  All of that was just so I could get my student ID and my food card. 

After that I attempted to have a nap but I was really tired and so I cried for a good ten minutes until I got bored of that and decided to unpack some stuff so I could have a nap with a blanket.  First of all, there was a lot of unpacking which took about a half hour (because I couldn't just leave the suitcase on the floor half empty I had to finish it) .  Second, the blanket was a bad idea because I am in a room which does not get a breeze.  Every other room that I have gone into gets a breeze, but mine doesn't. 

Oh, and just in case you are wondering, I do not have a room mate.  I'm not sure why, but I am alone in a doubles room.  This is both good and bad at the same time.  It's good because I don't have to worry about compromising with another person, but bad because I was all alone for the first half of the day.  In the first half of the day I tried several times to have a nap but always got too hot or nervous to sleep, so instead I went shopping.  Now the only reason that I felt confident enough to do this was because the girl that escorted me to my room told me that there was a shoppers drug mart just a few minutes away.  I actually found it with no problems!  Also, I discovered that here the cross walks don't just flash a walk sign, they show a walk sign and then a timer which starts from 45 seconds, and you do not have to push a button just swipe your hand in front of a sensor.

So I bought a few things like shampoo, conditioner, facial tissues, water, cereal, eye drops, some m&m's, face scrub, some more pads(they were on sale and that way I don't have to worry for a few months), toothpaste, and band aids.  This all brought me to a grand total of $55.21.  The cool thing is that about half the things were on sale!!!  God is good!!  I also got a medium mocha ice capp from Tim Hortons because I had some small change and it sounded good.

After my little shopping trip I tried once again to sleep.  That didn't work so I unpacked the rest of my stuff.  I tried to spread my stuff out so the room didn't look so empty.  Unfortunately I don't have much stuff so it didn't really work out as well as I had originally hoped.

One creepy lookin' bunny.

The best part of the day yesterday was definitely the first years night house meeting.  It was during this meeting that I met a few girls that I can see myself one day calling friends.  In fact I discovered that there is a girl in my dorm, on my floor that also does not have a room mate and is going for bio-chemistry.  I think I may have found a good study buddy!!!  Later in the meeting we learned the house cheer, and we were told that we had to have house spirit.  Maybe I should get some of my friends to call and tell them that I show my spirit in other ways, because I doubt that they would believe me.  Oh well.  Of course, I think that I am going to like this house because the people are nice and we are the "Burke Bunnies"!!!  Ya, this used to be an all girl dorm, but that was a few years ago now.  We even got a shirt!!

There was a whole lot more, including a raffle where one guy got next semesters residence for free!!!  (My number was not called)  I could go on and on about what happened but I need to get ready for orientation soon!!  Thankfully for today's orientation the whole house is going together so I wont get lost!!!  Bye for now, I'll write more later!!!