is this real life??

hey everybody!!
i miss you more than life! life around here is dastardly. and quite strange. i've been keeping in touch with a few of you (gillies girls special love!) and just though i'd share with all of you. eloise wrote a really lovely narrative of her first day of school so i thought i might try the same.
the morning began quite odd, i lept out of bed at the sound of my alarm, thinking it was the bomb and i would have to run to katie's bed to stop the impending destruction of my eardrums. then i realized it wouldnt get louder and furthermore i didnt have a morning gather (to be late to, despite my best efforts) and so i felt quite dejected and unmotivated and went back to bed.
so eventually after getting up and driving to school i found myself wandering around the halls of a building. and the mere fact that there were halls, and bright un-sustainable lights on everywhere and metal confused me so much! where are the worn flintstones and the weathered planks of the bridge? where are the adirondacks and white pines? where is the wind or rain or snow that greets me walking between classes in the allen or wallace center? this isnt what school is like!
the confusion just got progressively worse over the course of the day. despite having gone to the same school since fifth grade i was the quintessential n00b, not knowing where any of the rooms are or where to go in the new dining hall. everything was a hectic mess all over the place with people rushing all around me knowing something i dont (i.e. where the fuck to go). 45 minute classes rush by and the "Mr."s and"Mrs."s of NCDS are telling me "see you tomorrow!" before the thought "i need toast/tea" even crossed my mind. everyones so busy rushing around under so much pressure i feel like i havent had one legit conversation yet. especially in classes. it feels like no one, particularly teachers, takes the time to listen what others contribute and i hate it. so guess who's stuck in the office of Mr. Blanchard for sass? laura is. apparently "the man" doesn't like it when you question his authority in front of your classmates. thank goodness for book club and the ability to eloquently deplore the evils of institutionalized education, so i got out of that one! im not sure how your schools are going but i highly recommend kicking the asses of people who try to put you down. we learned a lot from chewonki and you should show it. the NCDS faculty is currently reevaluating its treatment of class participation (a victory for introverts everywhere!) and teaching to the test, at least in AP english lit.
as much fun as i am having being "that funny/pain in the ass hippie chick" its just not the same as being where i belong with semester 45. i truly appreciate how much it meant to me being surrounded by caring, intelligent people who could think for themselves. stay awesome.
xoxo laura