No pictures... don't yell at me!

I haven't taken any. I feel like I should have by now, but I don't want to look like some strange Gambier/Kenyon tourist who whips out her camera at every opprotune or non-opprotune moment. It hasn't seemed appropriate, I guess.

First day of classes today - it's more tiring than it sounds. Even though you're just sitting in a classroom for five hours and writing, it's exhausting. And hunger-inducing. I think I've eaten more today than I have in the past week.

Okay, I have to talk about the food. I know there's people here who have to "adjust" to it or whatever, but it is really good. I was not expecting it to have this much variety or amazingness. The area to get your food is shining and clean - six or seven stations with different foods like "desserts," "deli," "international," "comfort," etc.

It's so easy to understand the freshman fifteen now. Man.

But really. For breakfast, they had eggs and cereal and delicious pancakes and hash browns and bagels and toast and peanut butter (the peanut butter has its own station at every meal, Lord knows why) and every type of juice imaginable plus milk and chocolate milk and oh my goodness it was like a feast.

Plus we ate in the "great hall." Our program director referred to it as the "Gryffindor hall" because literally, and I am so not joking, it looks like the Hogwarts great hall. I swear I'll take a picture sometime this week because I feel like I'm in Hogwarts with my delicious food.

In workshops it was kind of introductory. I like my group, and there are a couple girls who I've already *bonded* with almost immediately. I won't judge anyone yet, so I'm not complaining. Yet. But there are a couple people who made me ask myself, "why are you guys here?" But I think they may just have a bit of trouble opening up - so we'll see how the workshops work out.

I'm excited for day two.

Quotes of the day:
"Don't make the self-depricating writers angry with your hotness."
"I see you guys go into the bookstore and grab ice cream. That is not water. Drink WATER. Learn the difference."