Back in the Swing...

So classes have been underway for a little over a week. I have mixed feelings. Summer is amazing, I mean the weather, the lack of responsibility…the weather…Yes it is true the weather is starting to turn; the low last night was something crazy like 55 degrees. It’s time to pull the fleece out L. On the other hand, my classes are phenomenal. Aside from being a lot of reading (I had to read at 250-page book last week for one class), my professors and subject matters are great. This semester is the first time I am taking five classes. Five classes is definitely a bit of an adjustment from previously having four, but it’s not impossible. If one of my majors was something like math that didn’t require tons of reading, it would be easier. Unfortunately, I am just way more interested in politics and communications!
The first few weeks of Penn is also full of kick-off events. Between meetings for organization and actual events, it is a great way to get eased into the school year. For example, coming up this weekend is one of the greatest events at Penn. I guess I am a little biased seeing as I am a part of the organization that puts it on, but, oh well. No Place Like Penn (NPLP) is an event that SPEC (Social Planning and Events Committee) puts on every September. The Friday night of NPLP has a performance by a hypnotist—it is ridiculously funny to watch people get hypnotized and make total fools of themselves—and a DJ Party in Wynn Commons. Saturday has a fair on college green with free food and carnival games followed by the first home football game of the year. Unfortunately, NPLP falls over Rosh Hashanah weekend, so I, like a ton of Penn people, am at home.
I’ll be back in a few days though, and I was lucky enough to secure a parking spot this year. Last weekend was my first time driving down alone, and…I survived! It’s so nice having a car at school, I have to admit, I can definitely see in the winter driving down to a “far” class (far is in quotes because nothing at Penn is really that far!) I’m off to do some more reading…