Ridin' the G-Town-Train : Flyin' like a G- (town?)

Disclaimer: I promise this is not meant to make you miss life back at G-Town. But I'm not going to say it won't. Life here is pretty freaking cool (but then again so are your lives).

So the sophs, juniors and our awesome class are back, the frosh have moved in, and life on the hilltop is in full swing. After 2 weeks straight of training for Residence Life, I was basically left for dead for the helicopter parents and nervous freshmen to pick at during move-in. It got a little dicey there for a bit, but the staff pulled through and now all my froshies are all settled. Which means: I LIVE WITH 319 freshmen. As a 4th-year native to Darnall, watching watching them in their new habitat is pretty hilarious. Last night I wandered into my common room, already somewhat "phased" from my earlier trip to Tombs (a new environment to be described later) and they were literally having an 'Alcohol Edu' party. Ah, gotta love 'em.

But yes, the Tombs. The Georgetown watering-hole. Such great memories from the past two years working; it is an entirely different animal now that our entire class has invaded. I'm now a guest almost as often as an employee. Totally crazy mixing and mingling with other c/o '13-ers. Which, consequently, I realized senior night last week that I know only a very small percentage of our actual class. Hopefully Wednesday $3 Vodka nights for seniors will help change that :) And country-night Mondays! (yep. that happened) facebook/events

And next, not to be too all over the place (but how can you not be in week 1 of an entirely sleep-deprived, high-frosh concentration week?): our lovely profs. Have already had a chat with McGreeves. He misses you all "terribly" but knows "it will be so good for [you]". He wishes you all well if I ever get the chance to say hi. So a big Hi! From WPM. Dr. Liese is really stoked for all of you to get going on your projects. He trusts that Calvin is treating you well and keeping good tabs (#jokes) and has been spending much of his free time with the international travel office making sure that nothing falls apart for his program this year or next. Don't worry, he's totally on the job. Haven't heard anything from Tania, Maggie, Juang or Willie, but I'm sure we'll run into each other at some point.

I could go on, but....I don't want to. Plus, who wants to read more ramblings? I'll just leave you with the blog post that's been circulating all over these days what with all the new frosh, but I think really is something for us to remember as seniors: A Love Letter to College Freshmen. Enjoy!

Miss you all! Keep your posts coming!

-- Maura