Modes of writing

                Sunday evening had final come and I was headed back to the USI. The three hour drive was long and boring, but finally I made it back to my apartment. As soon as I opened the door to the apartment, I knew that my roommate had played party host all weekend long. I continued in the door and all over the living room floor there were plastic cups and paper plates. The kitchen had trash spilling out of the pink, plastic container, and food was everywhere. The hall leading to my room had little torn pieces of streamers and a few more cups. I was afraid to walk back and see the rest of the apartment, but as soon as I walked back to my door and placed my laundry basket on the blue carpeted floor, I knew my room had gone untouched.

 

                Friday had finally come and I was so excited because my boyfriend, Christopher was on his way to see me. As I was getting ready the mirror that was held up by a wobbly little piece of plastic fell out of place and hit me on the nose and shattered. I tried not to let it put me in a bad mood, so I cleaned up all the shattered pieces and continued to get ready. Four o’clock finally rolled around and Christopher pulled in to my building, I could hardly contain my excitement. We packed up my stuff and began to drive an hour away to see his sister, but it began to snow. As we arrived to the little country town of Winslow, the snow was already covering the roads. When we made a wrong turn into someone’s yard my car got stuck.  Finally, an hour later we had Alyse, Christopher’s sister come and pull us out of the wet, soft, snow covered grown. When it was all said and done, I was just glad to call it a day.

 

                Attending USI has changed my life in many ways. When I first came to USI I was both nervous and excited. I knew a few people who had come from my school and that was about it, but it didn’t matter, because I was finally in college. What I didn’t realize was how hard it was to be so far from what I was use to and what I knew best. Finally, around September I did formal recruitment to join a sorority and I joined Gamma Phi Beta. Though often times people stereo type sororities, Gamma Phi Beta has been one of the best things to happen to me at USI. Not only did I gain a home away from home. I’ve gained friends that I will have for a lifetime.