Miss My Sis

Our first tastes of real food in 2 weeks!

Lunch at Panera

Tori's first time pumping gas!

Sunday was one of the best days I had at Fairfield since arriving here. My sister, Tori, came to spend the day with me. My day got off to an early start; I went for a run while half the campus was still asleep. By time I got back and showered, Tori was waiting for me. We went straight to the mall where we shopped for hours. It was so nice to finally be reunited with my sister after spending the past two weeks apart. We stopped for a quick lunch break at Panera, just to refuel ourselves before our trip to Target. There we got everything I needed, more notebooks, index cards, a vacuum,  and groceries. The highlight of my day was when my mom called us on our way home. After texting us nonstop, begging to send her pictures, she asked why we were spending so much money.  She told us that her credit card company had called to double-check that it was not fraud. My sister and I were hysterically laughing because we were alternating which one of my mom’s credit cards we would use so she didn’t notice. My mom couldn’t even get mad at us because it was the happiest both of us been since leaving for school. I mean, I did buy some pointless things, but for the most part I got everything that I spent the past two weeks living without. After we got back from the mall we took a little power nap then decided to go to dinner. We drove around for a half hour looking for a restaurant with good food. Any kind of food would be better than both our dining halls combined, but we wanted to make sure it was satisfying. On the search for a restaurant, Tori said she needed gas. We pulled up to the gas station and rolled down the window. We sat there for a couple minutes before we realized we were in Connecticut… we have to pump our own gas. Tori and I could not stop laughing. We live in New Jersey, we have never encountered this before. We both got out and tried to maneuver the pump and figure out how to do it. I guess it's true, you learn something new everyday. We went to Joe’s for dinner, finally real food! It was so nice to sit and be silly with my sister, something I didn’t realize how much I missed. When it came time to say goodbye I got really upset. I spent the day laughing with someone that I actually knew; now she had to leave. As she pulled away, I realized I was back at Fairfield alone. There is no one here that I know as well as my sister.  

Coming off of my great day yesterday, today sucked. My morning started off terrible by getting woken up by a jackhammer outside my window at 7:49 am… when I didn’t have class till 9:30. Being that I was up late doing homework, I was not happy. I rolled out of bed with a slight headache. I was dreading today before it even happened. After I got ready for my day, I realized my Kurieg was not working, as it hasn’t been for a whole day and a half now (that’s a big deal for me because I drink four cups, if not more a day). I sprinted to Einstein’s on campus in the wake of its rush. I waited in line for about 6-7 minutes, only to be served average hot coffee, nothing special. On my way back to my dorm I splashed coffee on my creamed colored shirt which left behind 3 huge stains on my sleeve. When I arrived back a Jouges, I had to fumble for my stag card to get inside. Once I was back at my room I had to use Tide-To-Go on my stain, luckily it sort of came it. I rushed to eat my breakfast (if you consider stale Cheerios breakfast). I ran to Cansisus when I had English, followed by Chemistry. My classes were not bad, but I was a bit overwhelmed from this morning still. Around noon I arrived back at my room and did homework for four hours straight… I don’t even know how. I went to my last class of the day, Spanish, where I had a quiz and got out 20 minutes early (at least that was good). Then I went to Barone and had my typical dinner… yogurt with blueberries, so filling (not). Now I will sit in my room and do homework for the rest of the night, only breaking to go to the gym.

Today made me realize how much I miss having someone that actually know around. I have friends at Fairfield, but no one that I am completely comfortable with. I can only hope that next weekend I will have someone from home visit me and cheer me up. I know eventually that I will find people on campus that will do this, but as of right now I must to rely on people from home. Tomorrow is a fresh start, and I know I will have a much better day.