So my adventure really began about a year ago when I decide to become a Knight. I was so excited throughout my senior year to go to college. When my sister, Hannah, moved into her dorm at Luther a week before I moved in, it was an exciting experience for me. I helped her unpack and organize things. Her dorm was big and sunny and the campus was spacious and beautiful. Her roommate and her automatically became best friends. I saw the exciting new life of college I had been waiting for.
When I arrived at Wartburg on September 7, I had been anticipating the same kind of feeling I had gotten when I helped move Hannah in. I did, really, but there was a little let down. When I walked into my dorm room for the first time I was disappointed. It seemed like a jail cell. Then, when I met my roommate I knew we were not going to be best friends. That was disappointment number two. Disappointment number three was the activities of orientation. I did not realize that I would have so much free time. This gave me time to think about friends.
I was hoping I would automatically make friends like my sister seemed to do. In the months anticipating college I thought a lot about how life is going to be. I will hang out with my friends every night and we will go out and do things together. Well, of course, this friendship would take some time. I just did not like the idea of having to wait for friends. This waiting has taught me to just be yourself, meet new people, and that important things take time.
Today, I have a lot better, more positive attitude towards Wartburg. I have a dorm room that is spacious and bright, just the way I like it. I have a good group of friends who I can talk to and trust. I think if I had the chance to do the past week and a half over again I would. I would have walked onto campus with a better attitude and a more positive way of thinking towards everything. But, of course, I can not go back in time, so I will just appreciate what I have and live everyday to its fullest.
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