My first day far from home..... 12 miles

Yesterday was my first day at BAMMA, and I was really nervous. I knew I was going to have a roommate, the only question was who? When meeting at orientation I did not expect to be so intrigued. It all sounded fun, but why? I was that interested in a program. Was I just dreaming? Sure it sounded like fun, but is it?... Yes, it is really fun.

After orientation yesterday, we walked towards Mary Ward Hall. Went up on the elevator and finally reached the second floor. As I nervously searched my pockets for the room key, I opened the door, and BAM! I saw the smallest room, with two beds, two desks and two closets that did not even have coat hangers. I was dissapointed, but if it was the only way I would be away from my family... it was good enough.

"How-dee" said my roommate as he walked in, Joel, was standing behind me with his hand extended ready to shake my hand. We introduced ourselves, I felt like a record as I noticed I kept repeating, " Hi, I'm Oscar, this is my mom,and my brother". I chose my bed and instantly threw my bags on the bed and started unpacking. My mom said her goodbye my brother said his, and they were gone.

Soon after we were off to dinner. We got out our meal cards and got inside. I was dissapointed to see the food was not as good as the teacher said it would be. I kept hearing, "Dorm food is gooooood". IT WAS ALL A LIE. The food was horrible, like Aaron said, "It has good days and bad days... today was a BAD day." After dinner, we all went back to the dorms... right across from the place, and we met Tara. With Tara we sat down and talked about so many things that made time pass REALLY quickly. We talked about journalism, our favorite TV shows, and we were rewarded with candy. Overall, I had a lot of fun on my first day at BAMMA, and hope to have as much the rest of the time here in the program.