Getting ready for school means no blogging for a week or so

23 Aug

Posted by Sam Jackson as Student Life, Teenagers, Travel, Yale, personal

Just a head’s up: I’m busy packing, spending last moments with friends, generally panicking about getting ready for school. I am leaving on Monday for FOOT, freshman outdoor orientation trips, where I’ll be heading to the berkshires for 4 days of backpacking with classmates and a couple non-freshman leaders. On the 31st I will return to Yale campus where my parents will help me unpack the stuff they’ll have brought down, then begins a week of orientation, then classes. I will be sure to let everyone know what’s going on during orientation and what we’re up to but until then I have to commit myself to getting ready…! So you’ll probably hear from me in a week or so.

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