Fun Fact about Lauren: She is a lime-aholic; she always has limes in her refrigerator for drinks plus a full stock of lime Tostitos chips
The Loose Ends
January 23, 2006
After I received my acceptance notice, it feels like all I have been engaged in is 'tying up the loose ends.'
What seems like an endless cycle of paying out cash for college has begun. A couple hundred on this date, a couple more the next week. Thrills. But the one thing I have gotten to do that I liked was to pick housing. Since I am going with a few of my closest friends, it wasn't impossible to find somebody I could stand to live with for prolonged periods of time, and I requested a roommate for summer and a roommate for fall. The debates for dorms were fun as usual: which got first priority? Individual bedrooms, suite style rooms with their own kitchen, a suite bathroom you share with 4 people instead of the notorious floor bathrooms. The possibilities seemed endless. However, I made my selections, sent them in along with more money, and am now greeted with the following words whenever I sign onto the website:
"Congratulations on your admission to the University of Florida's 2006 Summer B freshman class! At this time, your admission to UF is complete. You are officially a part of the Florida Gator family, and we await your arrival on campus."
It is the best feeling to know where I am going to college, to practically know where I am staying. I sign up for classes later this spring but I am anxiously pondering my options in that category too.
With the formalities taken care of, there was only one other loose end to tie up: I have no University of Florida Gators things. In Florida, there is a rivalry at the very core of people, between the University of Florida and Florida State University. Ironically, of course, I was raised an FSU Seminole fan and have a room overwhelmed with garnet & gold. That was definitely something I had to address. After Christmas, I went on a bit of a spree (I figured it was a college kid's prerogative... oh, how I love saying "college kid" in reference to myself) and came out with Gator blankets & pillows, sweatshirts, belts, ribbons, folders, binders, shirts, and dorm accessories. It was probably the most fun loose end I have ever tied. I love knowing that I will soon be a part of something so amazing and new.
The only things that remain are classes and scholarships... oh, and of course, graduation!