"Who’s up for some college FOOTBALL? I sure am! GOOOOOO GAITERS!"

Hey, it’s been a while, ain’t it?

I’ve been extremely busy lately, moving out of my parents’ place and moving into my new life, as a Bishop’s University student living in residence. I have now added a blip on the map where Lennoxville is, which is the town I now live in (which has been merged with the city of Sherbrooke in 2003) and where Bishop’s University is located.

I took some pictures to show you what moving into residence meant for me. You’ll also get to see my room as it looks now, and the surroundings of my campus residence:

This is pretty much all of my stuff, piled up downstairs in my parents’ home the night before I moved out.

That’s the trunk of my car with some of my stuff in it, the morning I left. I doubted everything would fit in my car, but I still tried to pack it up as much as possible.

So yeah, my car WAS pretty full, as you can see. And unfortunately, it became painfully clear that one car would not be enough because I had a lot of stuff left.

So we loaded up my mom’s Aveo as well. (I have to mention, however, that some of the stuff in the trunk of that car was my parents’ and not mine, but the most part is…)

Both cars loaded and ready to hit the road! (It’s a 5 and a half hour drive, by the way.)

This is what Bishop’s "New Side" residences look like.

Inside. Pretty spacious, and well laid-out.

The view outside, with the edge of my bed, my toaster and my XM Satellite Radio antenna set-up.

My stereo, XM Satellite Radio, TV, VCR/DVD player and my book, movie and CD collections. (I later bought an antenna at The Source and I only get the CBC! Arrrghhh!)

And, most importantly, my fridge, my microwave oven and my computer, from which this blog is published right now.

So yeah, all in all, I’m very well set-up. I have nothing to complain about. I eat at the school cafeteria. We can’t do any real cooking in "New Side" residences at Bishop’s. But on the plus side, I don’t have to cook at all.

I’ve only started studying there (classes started on Sept. 6th) and already I’ve met people from all over the country. I’ve even met some from the United States, and also from Europe. This is so cool. I’m majoring in Political Science, but the University encourages students to pursue diversified studies, so I have an introductory Spanish course and a History course as well. Here are the courses I’m taking this semester:

Politics-related:

Constitutional Law & The Canadian Gov’t, Introduction to International Relations and Introduction to American Politics.

Non-politics-related:

Spanish I, and The United States Since 1945 (History).

I might be getting involved with the Bishop’s University Debating Club pretty soon, as well as the Conservative Club, but we’ll see how my time gets laid out. I’m now also working part-time as well for 10-12 hours a week at the University Bookstore for another week or so. Pretty cool. After that, I will switch over to the Centennial Theater to work as an usher for the remaining of the semester. I won’t have too much time on my hands, so I’ll be most likely blogging on weekends or so. Unfortunately, I think it must be that way.

Everything seems to be going great right now. I got new friends, a new environment, I have great classes, I have fun, so yeah, this is looking out to be a great year here at one of the smallest universities in Canada!

Will keep you guys posted! Wish me luck!