It's official! I have been at Louisiana State University for a week. In my last post, I mentioned that the road to get to this point was rocky and difficult. However, I am pleased to say that is has been well worth the wait. I spent the last week attending multiple events and getting adjusted to campus. All week I have been getting to know my roommates and spent time with them.
On Tuesday, the UREC, which is LSU's massive gymnasium, hosted a large welcome week event. When I say the place is massive, I really mean it! The UREC has tennis courts, beach volleyball, indoor and outdoor pools, lazy river, and much more. The night was supposed to culminate in an outdoor showing of Avengers: Endgame, but I will get to that part later. My French roommate and I began the night with some "light" workouts. I can easily say that it's never wise to follow someone else's workout when you haven't been to the gym in months. I was sore for days. After our workout, we went around and enjoyed our reward in free food and free shirts. With our tired spirits lifted, we made our way to enjoy the outdoors. Now as I've come to learn, it wouldn't be Louisiana if it did not torrent rain every other day. Sadly the movie was cancelled, but we made the best of the situation and enjoyed our night in the pool.
The rest of the week held similar festivities. During one night, the library held a small party for the students coming back. Once again I spent time with the international students and got to know them more. Meeting people from all across the world has been my favorite part about this exchange program. Without this exchange program, I am not sure if I would have met such a diverse group of people. We partied the night away with food and drinks, board games, and, of course, terrible karaoke.
The rest of the week saw my friends from Georgia finally moving into Louisiana. It was nice to regroup and catch up with them. Of course, they put me to work moving the occasional couple boxes or so with my car. None the less, I am ecstatic to be here and can't wait to see what other surprises might be in store.
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