1. Why is a family already here at 8 A.M?
When working a freshmen orientation, it's about 8:30 in the morning and as peer mentors you are about to start set up for the day. But a family is already standing in the lobby ready to check-in for orientation to begin.
2. You just can't help but take a photo of the balloons.
Because who can not help but smile when carrying around balloons? Because nothing says excitement and happiness more than carrying ten yellow and black balloons.
3. I wonder if these incoming freshmen are as nervous as I was at SOAR.
4. The Excitement of seeing someone from your High School.
As you welcome the students to the University, the place you now call home is always exciting. When you recognize one of them from the High School you went to though, it becomes a whole new level of excitement. It is a moment of "Hey! I know you!!!"
5. You are prepared for the Icebreakers that are sure to come.
My name? Year? Major and a fun fact? I got this! When in reality the fun fact may be harder to think of than you originally thought.
6. Where can I fit a nap into schedule?
Though you may have gotten some sleep the night before, welcoming incoming freshmen takes a lot of excitement and energy. Sometimes you just want a quick nap.
7. The joy of telling the incoming Freshmen all of the ghost stories you know.
Some students love it, want to know more stories in fact. On the other hand, some jokingly ask if it's to late to choose a different school. We swear the ghosts are friendly, for the most part.
8. Answering the question "What do you do for fun around here?"
This can be what happens when you leave your laptop in the room with your friends who said they were going to play chess. This among multiple movie nights, group homework sessions, long games of Apples to Apples have been played all in a lobby that becomes a second home.
9. Now to make a fool of myself playing volleyball with the incoming freshmen.
After the events of the day have died down, now you play volleyball on the sand court with the incoming freshmen. For those who are athletically gifted it is not that big of a challenge, but those of us who are not athletically gifted, it is a time of making a complete fool of yourself.
10. When you find someone who is in your major.
Whether there is only three other people in your major or 20 others in your major it is still awesome to find someone in your major. Because not only is it someone to relate to, but also you know that will most likely be in some of your classes with you.
Overall it is a Pfeiffer Pfamily.
No matter what, the moments of just needing a nap, or needing a break I wouldn't change a thing. I have loved welcoming the newest members of the Pfeiffer Pfamily onto the campus during SOAR. I am so glad to be a part of a Pfamily of Peer mentors that I hoped to be a part back when I first met my peer mentors.
