After our show prep meeting I headed straight to the mall to find some last minute items such as a hoodie for our PCD video. I am on day 2 of protein only and as much water as I can drink. If it’s growling it means its working and by that I mean my stomach. I am so hungry and all I can think about is sweets. Yesterday I was out and about all day trying to keep my mind off my hunger. The mall wasn’t the biggest success because no one is selling black long sleeve hoodies. Shanon needed one and I told her I would go get it for her. Thankfully I realized I have 2 at home so problem solved and time to leave the mall. It is about 2:30 by this time so instead of taking that nap I was hoping to sneak in, I headed north to my old stomping grounds. I love to drive around sometimes just to find new places around town I have never seen before. I mentioned my old stomping grounds and that is the greatness of UNT. University of North Texas holds so many memories and looking back I don’t regret any of them. I had the whole experience from living in the gross dorms to joining Kappa. I was pretty involved up there with other organizations like Gamma which is Greeks Advocating the Mature Management of Alcohol.

Yesterday, I wanted to ask some students up there some trivia questions to test there knowledge of politics, pop culture, and beer pong. When I got there I realized they were in the middle of freshman orientation. Jackpot! I talked to new students and there parents about going off to school and there worries, what they will miss, and advice parents have given there kids. Then I went around to the different organizations that were set up outside of the coliseum. I noticed the girls were all pretty much dressed up and it made me smile because I was the same way at orientation. I think it took me 1 week of actual college life to adopt the uniform which is flip flops and t-shirt. I really appreciated now that I don’t go there all the different organizations that I never realized existed. There is this group called NORML and they are all about legalizing pot. I talked to the feminist group and listened to Natalia talk about the Vagina Monologues. The Christian sororities, the Jewish advocates, the student government, I mean there were so many. I think it’s really cool when people get involved. There are so many opportunities to stay connected and fit in. I respect that and feel like there is no way you can lose sight of what your trying to do in school and finding yourself as young adults. You have so many outlets to be creative and to surround yourself with people that you are comfortable opening up to.

I was taking the long walk across campus back to my car praying I didn’t have a ticket on it because I knew my meter had run out. One of my favorite memories was in Micro Economics my freshman year. My parents were out of town and my youngest brother Tyler was only 13. I had to watch him for a few days so I thought he would have loved to sit in on my class. I drove him up there and we sat in the back. The class had about 70 students so I didn’t think he would be noticed. I remember when it started he looked over at me and said what the heck is this class? I shrugged and said that I wasn’t sure yet but he should take notes. Tyler and I were so lost we took the notes I had him copy down and looked over them at lunch. It has been almost 4 years since that memory and I don’t think I could explain Micro Economics.