I got up early this morning to straighten my hair, so yeah I was a few minutes late getting to Registration today. oops! I started out at the reception for the incoming Freshman before I was redirected to the Transfer Student Orientation. I walked up to the sign-in table and the woman/girl looks at me funny and says "Are you a transfer student?" Yes. "Well,this is the Freshman registration. The Transfers are meeting at the Nursing Hall." SO, uhmm... how do you think she knew I wasn't a freshman? Could it be all my gray hairs gave me away?
Can I just say one thing here? I was prepared for all those teenagers to look like Nicole, my step-daughter (17). But I was not prepared for them to like Zoe-13!!! Those freshman looked like they should be in middle school-no kidding. whoo-am I too old for this? God help me!
Well I finally made it over to the old people (I mean "transfer" student) registration, but of course I was 10 minutes late. So I sign-in, pick up my packet and notice that there aren't any seats left unless I wanted to do the movie-theater-slide across 10 people to get to the middle of the auditorium. No thanks! So, I stand there for a few minutes listening to some man at a podium reading info from a slide show in a terribly painful monotonous voice about the different types of degrees offered at CSU and the different departments, blah-blah-blah, etc.
My chest tightened and I could barely breathe. I turned to the sign-in assistant and asked what was next on the agenda. She pointed out that it was listed in the packet she had just given me. Well, the next part of the day's schedule didn't start until 10am. I asked her, "Does this last an entire hour?" Yes.
OH HECK NO!! I was not going to stay in that auditorium for an hour listening to the teacher from Ferris Bueller. I had to get out of there! So, I went to my car and looked thru the packet, tried to get myself calmed down, and mapped out my game plan. It was only about 15 minutes before people started coming out of the auditorium so I guess I didn't miss much.
So long story short... I had my meltdown early, got over it, and finished the day like the rockstar that I am! :) heeeheee
Met w/ my advisor, got my schedule, got my CSU id (pictured above-whoohoo) Had lunch in the CSU cafeteria, shopped at the bookstore, and checked a book out at the library just cuz I could. Registered for my parking decal and met w/ my financial aid advisor... who by the way said I was being offered the biggest package she had ever seen. sweet!!
update cha later :)
