anticipation!

So I've been in the States for a while it seems.... Got here June 10 and have been doing nothing but traveling! Phoenix, AZ; San Luis Obispo & Bakersfield, California; NYC; Greenwich, CT; upstate NY--the Adirondacks; Boston, Rockport, Wenham, Beverly, and Magnolia, MA; Greenville, SC; Biloxi & Gulfport, MS; Baton Rouge, LA; Nashville & Murfreesboro, TN;
and now I'm in CT again at my aunt's. Am I tired of traveling yet? YES! I'd like to go back to MA tomorrow and start getting settled where I'm gonna be living the next 4 years... but I have to wait til the 15 or 16th to head up to Mass. I'm gonna need to shop for winter clothes, take some driving lessons, get my wisdom teeth taken out on the 17th, get my eyes checked, and other stuff.
I'll hopefully be getting a job (if it works out) from my great aunt who is 4 miles away from campus and i can't wait for that... I'll probably be doing stuff like yard work, which is great.
I've registered for my classes and it looks like i have to have 16 credit hours for first semester. I'm not exactly happy about that! Seems like a Lot of work and i don't know how i'm gonna do all that studying and still be able to hang out & have fun. --But I'll try to figure it out! It always works out in the end. So far it looks like i'm taking an Old Testament class, a class called Christianity, Character and Culture, a philosophy class, a writing & rhetoric class, and a French class. 5 classes. Hopefully I won't have to have class every day of the week. And I want to be able to take my classes in the morning.
I was told I would be in a triple (2 roommates) at first, but thankfully that got changed! Now I am only sharing with one girl who's from Georgia, and I'm very excited to meet her- -- she seems like she'll be pretty cool! ..... I just want to get it started! I feel like this summer has been dragging on and on... I'm not really sure why. The fun I've had didn't last long enough. Like my week in California and my 3 days in SC--WAY too short! Didn't get to spend near enough time with my friends. --But at least I got to see some of them. It's amazing how much traveling my family has done this summer. Last week we were at my uncle's lake house in TN and all of my brothers and sisters got to come there and at least spend a night. My WHOLE family was only really together for like 4 hours, but I got to spend quite a lot of time with each of them. My neice, Valerie Jane is the CUTEST kid! Loved seeing her... she calls me "Aunt Viva" (she's just learning how to talk, it's so adorable) and knows the names of all my other brothers & sisters too! I don't know how she keeps us all straight. She'll be 2 in another week.

I now know quite a few people going to Gordon since I went on La Vida at the end of June. Met a lot of incoming freshmen who got me even more excited about going to Gordon. I really feel like it's the right place for me to go. It's a gorgeous campus, has a great history, is in a nice part of MA, 10 mins from the beach (i know, it'll be FRIGID, but who cares...it's cool to say i'll be so close!), there are loads of ppl who told me they love it... i have relatives very close by... I'M EXCITED and I THINK I'M READY! Bring it!

Only 10 more days before I get to move into my dorm!!!!