Chapter 3
I was a wreck on move-in day. Making friends has never been easy for me, because I'm super shy and don't like to let people in. Also, I hate change, and moving away from home to be on my own was quite a big change. Since we were new students, we went through orientation, and there were a bunch of activities planned for us. I met my orientation group. They all seemed nice, but were more outgoing and popular than I am, so I couldn't really see myself being friends with any of them. Our orientation leaders told us that we were missing one girl, Regina, and that she would be there the following day. I wondered how someone could possibly be late to college orientation. For the rest of the day we got acquainted with our groups, and played way too many icebreaker games.
The next day we went to some camp an hour away for a bunch of "bonding" activities. Regina still wasn't there. She must have moved in just after the bus left for camp. I participated only when I had to. Most of the day I texted Neal and my parents, because I was super homesick.
The following day was Monday, and it was scavenger hunt day. Each group had to go around campus and find certain landmarks, take pictures of them, and send them in to the judges. It was to help us get to know our way around campus. Regina joined our group that day. We hit it off instantaneously. It turned out that we were from the same general area, and we lived about 20 minutes away from each other. She was in the same dorm building as me, one floor down. We talked throughout the whole scavenger hunt and let the rest of the group do the work while we followed.
For the rest of the week I hung around with Regina. We ate all our meals together and went to activities together. Thursday of that week was major day, and we separated into all our different majors. I met a girl in my major named Mary Margaret. She and I discovered that we had four classes together, so we would be seeing a lot of each other. We also figured out that she was in the same dorm that Regina and I were, and that she was from the same area that we were. Mary Margaret and I also became quick friends. I introduced Regina and Mary Margaret to each other sometime the first week of classes.