Hello everyone! :)
I've been wanting to write a new post since I arrived
but two things got in my way: The Wi-Fi at TU hasn't been too reliable and TU
had us exchange students busy every day from the morning until the evening. I
will tell you all about it now.
Let me start by telling you about how I got here.
Sunday morning I said goodbye to my family and my boyfriend, swallowed down my
tears and got on a plane to Atlanta. I had a really nice couple from Bonn sitting
next to me whom I chatted with once in a while. Other than that I tried to
enjoy a few movies (sadly the movies would keep breaking off and you'd have to
forward to where you were) and did my best to sleep a little. In Atlanta I had
an immense layover of I think EIGHT hours. It got really lonely by the end. I
also was really tired by the end of the layover because it has been a really
long day so far. My last flight from Atlanta to Tulsa however was rather quick
and I really enjoyed it. Since we were flying east we were chasing the sunset
on the horizon. Flying at night has this beauty to it - seeing the lights of
the cities sparkle. Another beautiful to watch bonus in that flight was that we
flew right by a thunderstorm and you could watch the lightning within the
clouds. Since the sun hadn't set completely yet the clouds also had a beautiful
red-orange-purple color. I'm pretty sure though that I was the only who noticed
that spectacle.
At Tulsa airport
Once in Tulsa my new roomie came and picked me up, I
actually unpacked the same evening and then fell into my new queen size bed and
passed out. Monday was full of running around campus. Getting checked in with
the Center of Global Education (CGE), finding something to eat, shopping at
target for bedding and all the other stuff one needs, arranging our rooms and
finally we free dinner on campus. After that I was seriously exhausted and went
to bed early. There wasn't too much time to rest though! Tuesday our "New
to the US Orientation" started. Tuesday and Wednesday were full with long
talks and a billion information (important stuff like how to shake hands ;),
but also some fun activities like a scavenger hunt. And then finally we were
integrated into the "normal" orientation for all the new students coming
to TU - the freshmen.
Shopping for my room :)
Let me just tell you about the craziest
part: the play fair. OMG! This was the craziest thing ever. All the new
students were waiting in the entrance hall of the Collins Fitness Center when
the Orientaion Leaders (OLs) started screaming and yelling to get excited.
Eventually we were let onto the basketball court where the first needed to line
up left and right and high five the people who were coming after. My arm hurt
after all the people went by. After that we played crazy games where we needed
to form groups, sort ourselves according to number of siblings and other stuff.
We switched groups a thousand times at least and had to do all sorts of silly
games. It was a lot of fun though. After that we had a glow in the dark scavenger
hunt. I really enjoyed the glow sticks.
Friday I went for formal sorority recruitment but I
will tell you all about it in my next post. :)
Thank you for reading!
Jenny Sch.
P.S.: Let me just tell you real quick: You get SO many free shirts at orientation. I love it. :)
P.S.: Let me just tell you real quick: You get SO many free shirts at orientation. I love it. :)
