The day after orientation, I woke up to a fb invite to befriend a sorority. Kappa Theta Nu. I spoke to a girl yesterday who invited me to the meeting and said I could already be a sister by the time school started. I guess she saw my name tag and looked me up on fb. I'm actually interested about how to become a sister. In general, the orientation went ok. We went on a tour outside and we hung out at the Prominade for a bit. The view of Manhatten is beautiful. I also met a few people. George, Erin, and Ally. Erin and Ally were the ones I spoke to the most. I got Erin's number. I figured I would text her soon to see if we have any classes together. I got my schedule. I'm taking Gen Psych, Discrete Math (no idea..), Writing in the Public Sphere, Music in the Western Culture and then I'm meeting with a counselor once a week to keep me on track. The guy who gave me my schedule said that I did amazing on my placement exams and that I was able to skip both introductory math and english. Go me. My earliest classes begins at 11:10 and my latest class ends at 2:55. Everyday I'll be out of school by 3, and I won't have to wake up early. I'll probly wake up at 8:30. Its a 1hr 45min commute give or take a few mins. My midterm exams happen 5 or 6 weeks into school. Scary. But in order to keep a scholarship which I was awarded, I only need to maintain a 3.0 GPA. That shudnt be too hard, but we'll see. They have a free tutoring place somewhere in the building. I'll be taking full advantage of that when it comes to math. I also ordered 3/4 books that I need for my classes. Amazon gave me free 2-day shipping because I'm a student. I just got them today maybe an hour ago. I can't stop going through the psych book. The total was only $207, which isn't bad for 3 college books. My mom gave me $300 to spend on books, so I'm within the budget. I'm kinda excited to start college. Still nervous, just slightly more excited.
Anywho, I apologize for not updating sooner. I've been absent for almost 2 days. The orientation took a lot out of me, so I was tired. But toward the end of orientation I got a text from Kyle. Remember him? He's like my brother who I've known since Kindergarden. His father has stage 4 lung cancer. During my orientation, he was admitted into the hospital in pretty bad shape. We all knew this was coming, but we never expected it to actually happen. Kyle told me that he was in the hospital and his condition was declining rapidly. I felt awful. I wanted to stop by the hospital but I was stuck at orientation. Kyle and his family stayed overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday then Kyle left to get some air and positive energy. I made to offer them whatever they needed. My mom and I were willing to bring over food and whatever else they needed. They insisted that they were ok. Wednesday night is when he finally passed. It was expected but still a shock. It makes me so sad to know that he's not alive anymore. He's been battling cancer for about 3yrs now. It's been an emotional, physical and financial drain for the whole family. My mom can identify with Kyle. She lost her father to pancreatic cancer when she was Kyle's age (18). The funeral/wake is tomorrow. Of course I'm upset but it hasn't fully hit me yet. It'll probably hit me tomorrow when I see Kyle and his family. Even in the deaths of my own grandparents, it took a while to hit me. I guess it's just a state of shock.
Where ever your soul may lie, know I will always love you and appreciate all you have done for me. I'll never forget all the weird and crazy stories you told me, and how you let me sleep over almost every other week. You were like a crazy uncle that I loved so much. You held your family together and raised your children well. Now there is no more pain for you, only peace. I'll never forget you Mr. D <3
RIP - Walter D.
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