first day

As much as I find annoying about the first day back at school (crowded buses, obnoxious freshmen, long lines everywhere . . . ) there are also things that make me happy . . .

• This is one of the shortest class days I'll have all semester.
• Buying school supplies.
• Having been in a department long enough to know 90% of my classmates.
• Catching up with said classmates and the three months worth of (let's be honest here:) gossip we've lived through since we saw each other last.
• This is my last year as an undergrad.
• It's one of the few times of the year that you don't have to pay for a paper, because they beg you to take a "free" one.
  
• Hearing the bus driver announce that "This bus is NOT making any stops at the residence halls, including Russel or Brumby," and laughing along with the other older students and faculty also riding ORBIT . . . priceless.
• Oh, and explaining to the new Art professor how gamedays at home actually work, why it is dangerous to work in the studio on those saturdays, and how many there actually are this year.