Every college freshman, whether they admit it or not, has an idea in their mind about how their first week of college should go. Images of new friends, Pinterest looking dorm rooms and exploring campus until classes start dance around in their heads. Well, I certainly had all those visions when I arrived here on campus on move in day, and while all those dreams came true, a series of unfortunate events happen to come my way along with them. Here are my four biggest fails of my first week of college....
1. Printing out all my classes syllabi BEFORE the first day of class.
Now, this wouldn't be such a problem if my school didn't give you a $24 budget for "free" printing that is meant to last all semester, $13 of which I no longer have because of taking the time to print out the novel long syllabi. Little did I know that almost all of my professors had the syllabus waiting for me when I walked into class on the first day. Lesson learned.
2. Passing out during the mandatory "safety zone" talk for all first year students.
If you knew me in high school, you'd know that I have a slight fainting issue when it comes to anything revolving around human growth and development. Surprisingly, and much to my dismay because this wasn't a topic that usually had me running for the door, about five minutes into the sexual harassment and safety presentation my vision started to get a little fuzzy. I could feel it coming.
Crap.
I quickly rose from my seat near the front, said a rushed "excuse me" to the girl I had just met in my orientation group about two days beforehand, and speed walked to the door. I made it out the door and across the hall before I slumped against the bathroom door and proceeded to faint. Thankfully, I had my orientation group leader's cell number and she was able to take me on a tour of campus so that I didn't have to bare walking back into the auditorium.
3. Leaving my shoes in a guy's dorm room.
The first weekend on campus some guys on my brother floor (S/O to Witmer 3B) projected a movie onto their dorm wall, so me and a few of my hallmates headed over to join them. I walked over with flips flops on, and needless to say, when I woke up the next morning back in my room they were nowhere to be found. Oops?
4. Falling flat on my butt while doing laundry.
My first time in the laundry room went surprisingly well, which is why I walked so confidently into the room, and the wet floor, the second time around. I was so busy carrying my laundry bag and chatting with one of my hallmates (and noticing the cute guy drying his clothes) that I didn't see the massive puddle surrounding the entrance that I totally and completely wiped out on. It was the classic fall-flat-on-your-back-clothes-fly-everywhere cartoon kind of fall. There turned out to be no open washers at that time so I made a quick exit and retreated back to my dorm while my hall mate laughed at me the whole walk back to the third floor.
Needless to say I had quite the eventful first week of college. As embarrassing as these events were at the time, I'm glad that they happened because they filled my week with memories, laughs, and stories to be shared. So, for all you who have some embarrassing stories under your belt, don't worry, because you certainly aren't alone.
