Today was my second first day of first semester. Meaning that today is my second first semester of college. Overall I think that it went pretty well. I have a nice schedule this year, starting every school day at 10:30, then ending the school day at 2:30. That leaves lots of time for lots of homework and studying (I have a feeling that I’ll have a lot of it this semester), and time for naps too. On the agenda of courses this semester is Accounting 255 (beginning accounting course), Math for the Behavioral Sciences (this one could be interesting?), Social dance (I’m looking forward to this one) Software Applications (how word and such work, along with basic computer info), and Introduction to Communication Studies. Talk about a potential heavy load. The homework for the weekend isn’t looking too heavy.. yet. We’ll see on that one tomorrow though.

Tonight was the wonderful outdoor (but really indoor) movie. The weather has been kinda crappy today, so rather than sitting out on the wet grass out by Prexie’s the movie was held indoors at Memorial. It was really cool to see the campus all together watching Toy Story 3 together. I had never seen it before, and I might have gotten a little teary eyed at the end (I didn’t cry. I swear). It was a good movie, and it was fun to watch it with all my friends.  So, here’s to a successful first day, and an even better second day!

Well, my last day of summer spent at home I spent with my boyfriend Josh, and my brother Joel. We went to the Great Minnesota Get Together – The State Fair. It’s one

Trying some Alligator on a stick for the first time

of my favorite places to go. You really can’t beat all the food you can eat, awesome people watching, and all the walking to burn off the calories that you’ve consumed. We were there for almost 9 hours, and had a blast the entire time we were there. A quick stop at the Concordia booth in the education building, a stop to say hello to my former bosses at two different food stands (oh how I miss the Brat stand!), and a foot long hot dog, our day was off to a start. We had so much fun while we were there, we probably could have easily spent a few more hours there. By the end though we were all tired, and ready to be sleeping in our beds.

Our messy and disorganized room.

Then, this morning bright and early, I headed out with my parents, little brother Joel, and a car full of my belongings to Moorhead, back to the land of Cobbers. The car ride was uneventful (I slept most the way…), and the 3 story climb up the stairs with all my heavy boxes and bins was a chore. We did it though, and managed to get all my things piled in my room. My roommate Dara and I both have a huge chore ahead of us to sort through all our things, and put everything away. But all things aside, the energy on campus today is awesome. Welcome to Concordia, Class of 2014. It’s great to have you all here!

If there’s one thing that I absolutely hate, it’s packing. If I could just move back to Concordia without having to pack a single thing, it would be pretty awesome. I think that I would probably love college more if I didn’t have to ever pack. Packing is one of those things that I typically leave for last minute. It’s pretty much the last thing on my list to do. My mom has been on my case to start packing for quite some time now, (I move in on Sunday) and I’ve only just begun. Hey, all the sweatshirts have made it into a bin! Still though, if I could do without the packing, I totally would.

My small stack of things semi packed to go.

So, since packing is one of those things that I like to put off (until the VERY last possible moment), I typically end up packing too much. Thank goodness for large dorm rooms! Anyways, It’s made me realize how many things in life I tend to put off. When I could easily do something, and get it done right then, I think, “Oh, I can just do that later.” I could check up on my financial aid stuff later, but then it could be way too late for it to count. I could help my one of my brothers or sisters with something later, rather than today. I could clean my room later too. The list can easily go on for miles I suppose. It’s crazy how we tend to want to find things that will shortcut how long it will take to do something, or just put it off until later when we “might” have more time. So, my goal for this school year? Do things right away, rather than putting things off until later. Well I suppose, I should probably get started on that packing…

I have a love/hate relationship with last minute plans.

Tia and I in the awesome antique shop we found.

Sometimes plans fall through last minute, and when that happens I hate it. But when something good turns up that I had wanted to do, and it works out that I can, then I love those last minute plans.

Example: Even though it had been semi planned all summer, Monday morning I joined my friends Tia, Miranda, and Cindy, and we took a day trip up to Duluth, MN. We packed our own lunches, made a quick run to the grocery store for some juice boxes, and headed up north. We had a minor turn around when we stopped to go to the bathroom, only to discover that the exit to get back on the freeway in the direction we wanted to go wasn’t open. Oops. It added an extra five minutes to the trip. Then there was the turn around when we were trying to figure out how to get to downtown Duluth. Then again (twice) driving out of Duluth. I can blame it all on road construction, right?

We had no agenda other than to get to Duluth and back when we got in the car Monday morning. It was super fun to just walk around Duluth, and enjoy the nice weather that was present. It’s something that we decided that we need to do at least once a summer. Just to take a day, and have a little fun.

Corn: Any numerous cultivated forms of a widely grown, usually tall annual cereal grass (Zea mays) bearing grains or kernels on large ears.

Cobber: Australian for Pal, or Buddy

Concordia Corn Feed: A time where Cobbers – past, present and future – join together for some time of chatting, eating corn, and having a great time.

This summer, there are 41 Cobber Corn Feeds that are happening around the States. Quite a few of them

My Brother Joel and I eating Corn

have already happened, and the anticipation of the rest of them is quickly building. On Sunday I had the opportunity to join my family in attending the Twin Cities Corn Feed. I had quite a bit of fun meeting new people, getting to see people that I haven’t seen all summer, and enjoying the time outside eating corn. I love the fact that I am able to join in on all of the traditions of the Concordia Family. It is definitely great to be able to build relationships with others in the Cobber family.

The Kernel sure is a Pal.

While at the Corn feed, I met Teresa Harland who is the new Vice President for Advancement, and with everything that I do with the Cobber Ambassadors, and the Advancement office, I’m sure that I’ll be working with her some this coming year. I also had the opportunity to meet the Interim President, Dr. Paul J. Dovre. He was the president of Concordia when my mom was a student 30 years ago, so she was really excited that he’s the interim president.