Countdown to University

Throughout the entire week from the moment the calendar noted September 1st I am constantly thinking about heading back to University. It's bizarre if you think about it, I mean who in their right state of mind would want do to do that. I remember that always before I came to the University I would be savouring the last few days of summer, making the most of them as best as I can, taking often trips to the sea to swim and be completely care-free.

Instead, I'm sitting here as I am writing this entry with the thought of how this year will be, how it will be great to get working on my new projects. I think it may be time to bite the bullet and admit to myself I've lost it and admit myself to the nearest psychiatric facility. Just four days until it's my birthday. After the clock strikes midnight for the 16th of September and I am celebrating my birthday, I will have exactly one week until I am back in University.

I have applied for a position as a Hall Courier at the University. Basically a Hall Courier's responsibility is for the first week of the term is to play an integral role for the University in the first days where newly arrived residents are greeted and are shown around. Hall Couriers show the students around the campus, giving brief explanations of the campus facilities. I remember how helpful it was to me last year having someone to tell me about the University's facilities from a student's point of view and know where to go for anything I might need, like going to the laundry room to wash clothes, retrieving mail from the Campus Post Office facility, and so forth. I want the new students to have the same help I got.

I'm trying to excuse my reason for excitement by thinking it's probably because I miss my friends from University and not because I want to get back to studying. I can see a lot of things have changed since high school. I recall wanting at the very last moments of the summer to see all my friends, but that was then; not so soon before the end of summer!

I've got exciting news about this new year at University. I'm going to be getting a laptop for my studies. I've found a gorgeous Acer Aspire 5024WLMi that I absolutely adore, although I doubt my tutors would approve seeing as some of the programs we work on are solely for MAC computers. I don't have anything against MACs, seeing as I own an iPod and I work on a MAC at University, but I'm so more comfortable working with a PC that even though I did contemplate it once, I wouldn't get a MAC if I didn't absolutely need one.

If you are not interested in the technical side of my laptop you can skip this paragraph. The Acer Aspire 5024WLMi has 1GB of RAM, a AMD Turion ML-34 processor, an ATI Radeon X700 graphics card and Wi-Fi enabled so I can work from the University's cafeteria and connect to the internet and check my email while having a cup of coffee. I'm also thinking of buying a Creative Audigy 2 ZS PCMCIA to enhance my sound experience when watching movies from Blockbuster or listening to my CDs. The laptop also has a 6 in 1 card reader so I can slide in my xD card from my Olympus C770 Digital Camera without having to plug the camera in with a USB connection. I can't wait to take new shots with the camera and check them out on its screen.

The main reason I am getting a laptop is because last year I brought to the UK my own computer with the help from my dad, but when it was time to leave University I was on my own and I had to ask from my relatives to help me out. They were glad to help, but I don't want to have to ask them every time. I'd rather be calling them to see how they are than asking for help.

I'm not nervous about going to University this year. This time I know what to expect, and I'll settle in quickly without worrying and rushing around. A lot of hard work will follow, there will be moments of serious physical and mental exhaustion, but I am ready for it.