It all feels like a dream

Well, here I am. I'm laying in bed blogging on a Wednesday night (almost Thursday :P). I leave in five days, and move-in day is in exactly a week. I'm not quite sure how I got to this point. I feel as though my life has been going by in fast-forward. It feels like just yesterday I was on my way to Dreher for the first day of my freshman year. I remember seeing my friend Colin waiting at the bus stop (he was still at Hand at the time) and I shouted out the window "I'm going to Dreher, baby!!" Oh how naive I was, thinking that high school would be a great experience. Don't get me wrong, I met some really awesome people and had a lot of fun those short few years, but I was definitely ready to get outta there. Now I'm not quite so sure. School just started up again and it feels so weird not waking up every morning for seminary, and then going to the same place I've been going for years, and seeing the same faces that I've known all my life. I don't feel ready, to be perfectly honest. I know I act all confident and grown-up, but to be honest, I'm kinda scared. Not so much of college itself, but I'm not quite sure how I'm gonna react to NOT waking up in Columbia, South Carolina every morning, or driving down the roads I've been driving down for years, or being around the same friends (and of course, my family) that I've spent my whole life with. Well, there's no turning back now. My dorm room is waiting, my schedule is complete, and the plane tickets are booked. Time to pack away 17 years worth of memories and move on.

Starting weight...please don't laugh at me

Well, I went and got a physical today. If I tell you my height and weight, will you promise not to laugh at me? Yeah I didn't think so.
As of 8/11/11, I am:
-5', 9 3/4" tall
-126 lbs. (all muscle, of course)
I kid you not, this is what I weigh. Even after all the burgers and fries at Five Guys, I only weigh 126 lbs. Crazy, I know? Guess it's just my metabolism... both a curse and a gift at the same time. It's no biggie, I plan on growing like 2 inches and gaining 30 pounds my first semester anyway. I have 11 more days until departure, and I don't know what I'm gonna do with myself until then. Just gotta keep on bloggin' I guess...Until next time, I'm out, dudes.
Just kidding, no I'm not. I have one more thing to say. I'm thinking about changing the way I'm gonna do this thing. I was thinking (well, Lauren was thinking) that instead of doing 15 sentences, I should just do 15 bullets instead. I kinda like that idea and it would probably be easier. Still not exactly sure what I'm gonna do but it'll be enjoyable all the same. Now, for real this time, I'm out. :)

Woo! Good idea!

All right, so here's a little update: in addition to posting stories and pictures and stuff, I'm also going to document my weight gain throughout the year. That way, I'll have more stuff to post about and the title "Ethan's Freshman Fifteen" will be a little bit more relevant. I probably won't be posting much until I actually start getting ready to leave. Until next time, I'm out gonna play some more COD!

Guess who started a blog?

Yeah, I did it. I started a blog. Since I'm not disciplined enough to pull out my journal and write in that everyday, I figured, why not start a blog (because that's soooo just easier than writing in a journal! AmIRight??!)? So that's what I did, I started a blog. Hurray for me. While I will be posting random stuff, this is mostly gonna be about my experiences that I have my freshman year at the Y...I'm gonna have all sorts of stories, jokes, pictures, and all that jazz. So here's how this is gonna work, it's called the "freshman fifteen" because I'm only gonna put 15 sentences in each post (starting after this one, and I'm probably gonna break this rule a lot, but whatever). Anywhom, as of now, there are 2 more weeks left before I leave for Cougar Town (meaning Provo, not the lame show on ABC...seriously, what were they thinking?), and I'm pretty much ready (mentally and emotionally, physically, I'm not prepared at all). Until next time, I'm gone.