Orientation

Yesterday was the Orientation/ Welcome pizza party at Butler. I was nervous before Ray and I arrived for a couple reasons: one, I haven't been in school in like 10 years! And two, I had never been on Butler's campus, so I didn't have a clue where to go. Luckily, we made it there in plenty of time, found Jordan Hall with no problem, and even had time to cruise through the bookstore, a place I can see myself spending a little too much money, not just on books, but on Butler gear!

As far as the orientation part, painless. Of course we had to introduce ourselves, and whenever we do that, we identify ourselves as either "prose" (me) or "poetry". It is nice to know who I will be in classes with the most. I met several new "prose" people, one I had met previously at a party in June. Amy will be driving from Lafayette, so she will empathize with my situation. We agreed to park in the same lot and walk to our cars together. That will be a great help!

The program seems great- flexible, laid-back, and small, all the things I was looking for in an MFA program. I was able to see who my professor is for the workshop, though I didn't get a chance to actually talk to him. One of the second year "Prosers" told me he's "disarming", but refused to elaborate. Interesting. He seems very nice, I will say.

I did learn that there is a chance of getting 6 hours transfered to count as electives. I'm going to talk to the director about it. That would definitely help me out, by saving me a semester of driving.

The driving is the only drawback of the program for me, as far as I see at this point. I am very excited, still a little nervous, about beginning, but looking forward to Wednesday night!