springtime at stanford

the sun is shining. FINALLY. after an unprecedented amount of rain in the bay area, the weather has chosen to take a turn towards normalcy and i am beginning to feel like it is actually spring quarter. returning from italy, unpacking and repacking while home for 3 days, moving into a new room with a random roommate and being thrown head first into the brick wall that is rush can be quite harrying. but i've survived and declared a minor in political science to boot! and now the million dollar question: what is it like to be back? let me start off by saying that "being back" is not the right way to describe it. i am living in a random dorm with a girl i met three weeks ago. i know approximately five people in the entire dorm. none of my friends live nearby, let alone the down the hall. i eat at a dining hall (sometimes). i do not have a bike. so basically, give me a red folder and a nametag...i am a profro! clearly "being back" is inaccurate because my life thus far has been basically opposite of what my previous two years at stanford have been like. now that that is out of the way, i can be direct. IT IS GLORIOUS. despite the aforementioned technicalities, i am BACK and springtime has never looked so good. i can walk down the street without being accosted in a foreign language (and in a skirt no less!). i can interact with more than the same 30 people. i recognize people as i walk to class and they greet me warmly. contrary to my worst fears, people remember me! i am in three classes that i chose out of hundreds and i am fully engaged and motivated in all three. i have thirteen hours of class a week and the rest of the time is free to spend as i chose. it is baseball season. i have more then 10 outfit combinations to choose from. the weather is beautiful. i have seen various friends at various hours of the day. i played my first game of beirut since december. i am going to see ben harper this afternoon. and have i mentioned that the sun is shining?!