The bad: I am getting nowhere on this preview! I have called and e-mailed the coach, left messages asking for an appointment or phone interview, looked up the captains in the directory, e-mailed them, and I haven't gotten a single response. I have until Monday at 5 p.m, but I'm still stressed, because it is a holiday weekend.
Yesterday was quite interesting. I had my first dining hall duty, and it wasn't that bad! The staff was great and the pace was hurried, and because I was so busy the time went by quickly. I'm not saying I will ever like the hats, but it could have very easily been worse. I was also able to change my shift to Thursdays from 10 to 1, which fits my schedule better because Thursday is a light day and now my game attendance won't be under any stress from my job duties. I have a lot of reading this weekend, but I'm steadily getting it done.
Last night a couple of people from my dorm and I went over to the Cornell welcome fair and we benefitted from free giveaways of food and games for the incoming Cornell freshman. We explored the gigantic campus a little, and concluded we were all so glad that we didn't go there. It's a bit like a small city, with streets and traffic lights and even it's students aren't exactly sure how to get anywhere. And, on the weekend, it's really really loud. Getting back to campus was terrible, because despite Ithaca's obsession with the merits of public transportation, the T-CAT sucks. We got to the stop ten minutes early and it came an hour late. And it was cold. It definitely did not feel like August last night. More like mid-November.
We decided we are just going to stay on campus from now on. You can walk anywhere at IC in fifteen minutes or less. There's just a lot of steps.
