OH MY GOD

[bedlamsbard]

Forecasters downgrade Fay to a tropical depression, but apparently still preparing in New Orleans for the city to, like, self-destruct or something. (Hello, my AFROTC orientation got postponed because of Fay. I go to a school with a hurricane evacuation plan. I will take ice storms approximately NOW.)

SHOULD HAVE GONE TO WELLESLEY. What the hell was I thinking? Have I met myself? There are actual used bookstores in Boston, as compared to New Orleans, where I have seen ONE. In the French Quarter!

(Why, yes, I am filling out my transfer application in my head RIGHT NOW, even though I haven't actually gone to school yet. Don't judge me; should have taken the goddamn financial aid and gone to Wellesley, where I could, I don't know, PAY FOR COLLEGE. And also BE SAFE. I live in an all-girls dorm, for God's sake. I don't talk to boys! Not everyone is talking about going drinking when they HAVEN'T EVEN OFFICIALLY STARTED COLLEGE! Well. I don't know that one for a fact.)

Obviously I am giving Tulane a chance, but I would like to live somewhere safe, thank you very much. We shall see how this whole "city living" thing goes. IN THE HURRICANE-RIDDEN SOUTH. I would say "shoot me", but New Orleans is the city of crime! It may very well do so! I would like to rewind back to April, please. Also, it would give me a chance to see Prince Caspian again.

(Seriously. Cities make no sense on their own. Adding in the hurricanes-slash-tropical storms-slash-tropical depressions -- I'm not depressed, I'm just paranoid like a paranoid thing! -- doesn't help.)

Yes, I know I'm, a, panicking, and, b, flailing.

Comments

[lassiterfics.livejournal.com]

Isn't there a shuttle or some such thing to Cambridge from Wellesley? 'Cos isn't it part of that college consortium up there, and is all chummy with Harvard or something. I know some awesome people who went to Wellesley. Keeping in mind that I am a faceless internet random who's 'known' you for all of two months, I think you'd do very well in Wellesley if you do decide to transfer there (and don't be afraid to decide to transfer somewhere if it comes to it). On the other hand, I hear Tulane is also really fun and that it's one of the biggest party-schools in the nation. But intellectually, it seems less lively and focused than Wellesley.

Hey, at least the shuttles will run soon. And as someone who grew up in a hurricane-prone city, gotta say, it's not as bad as it sounds. Then again, I also lived in the kind of city where schools got days off for political rioting. Panicking and flailing about college is only to be expected at first, and second thoughts doubly so! When confused/overwhelmed, ask questions! It's a good way to reach out. And remember what I said about the nature of the first-year friendmaking orgy!

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

There is...but it doesn't run before seven a.m., and ROTC PT starts at, like, six, so it would have to be a five a.m. non-existent shuttle; I'd have to rent a car or bring one. (Hey, at least I can more or less drive straight from the 'Burg to Boston on I-90! Except my car isn't actually, uh, my car.)

I am less panicky today, but I'm still considering the transfer option. (Hello, that much water should not fall from the sky at once. I am from Central Washington. It is VERY DRY there. It's not to be confused with Western Washington, a.k.a. Seattle, Olympia, and (gods help us) Forks.)

We shall see.