Shannon's orientation

Shannon & I attended her UTSA orientation for 3 days. It was interesting but mostly boring. That's what Shannon's overall comment was - Boring! I stayed in the new Laurel Village with no roommate and Shannon stayed in Chaparral with 3 roommates that never spoke to her. The lectures mostly focused on alerting us to the dangers of college life. Shannon came away nervous about being able to study enough to pass. We've been reassuring her that she can do it with all the help that will be given to her as an athlete. It was really cool to see how she fit in so easily with the athletes when they called the athletes out of the general orientation group. There were volleyball players, track, basketball and golf and it was so different to see how Shannon was definitely an athlete. I've always known she was an athlete but it was so dramatically displayed when she left the orientation with normal people and joined the athletes for their physicals.
It was also fun having the athletic staff take care of her registration and make it so easy for us. We discovered she will probably get tired of cafeteria food pretty quickly, it costs $1.50 per load of laundry, she knows the buildings where all of her classes are, she's got a great schedule as a freshman, she needs to carry sunglasses, there are about 20 wild cats around campus, and lots of other vital stuff. I think she's a little better prepared but it will still be hard for all of us come Aug. 20.