{"id":11506,"date":"2019-10-20T16:23:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T20:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=11506"},"modified":"2019-10-27T21:01:32","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T01:01:32","slug":"new-season-new-experiences-new-to-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2019\/10\/20\/new-season-new-experiences-new-to-college\/","title":{"rendered":"New Season, New Experiences, New to College"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s fall ya\u2019ll.<\/p>\n

The season is finally here. The one filled with crisp air, changing leaves, everything pumpkin flavored, hot cider and doughnuts, apple picking, and spending time with friends or family. It\u2019s my favorite season. But it feels so different here than it does back home 8 hours away in upstate New York.<\/p>\n

Instead of eating homemade pumpkin ice cream at our local creamery, I\u2019m eating the dining hall\u2019s pumpkin flavored whoopie \u00a0pies. Instead of going to corn mazes and on haunted hayrides, I got stuck with a cider mill where you can\u2019t even pick your own apples, and the pumpkins weren\u2019t even grown on the site. Instead of spending my fall birthday with my twin brother, I spent it 439 miles away from him.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not to say I haven\u2019t enjoyed it here. I\u2019ve gotten to decorate one of my classrooms for Halloween and explore the restaurants in Ann Arbor. \u00a0Plus being here provides new activities like venturing to the Big House for game days (I thought Michigan was supposed to be good at football?).<\/p>\n

I guess the take away from this is just that college is different than home. I knew it would be, but trying to mentally prepare ahead of time doesn\u2019t make it any less of an adjustment. I\u2019ve been here for a month and half now and I\u2019m figuring things out as I go. Whether you\u2019re a freshman like I am, or an upperclassmen, \u00a0I\u2019m sure many of you are still figuring stuff out too.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s my goal with my posts on this blog this year: \u00a0I\u2019ll be creating some kind of doodle along with writing to keep track of events from my freshman year, big or small, that were important to me that week, or taught me something, or were just fun memories. Things that hopefully you can relate to as well. We\u2019ll figure this college thing out together as we go through the year. Hopefully my sketches will improve with the practice too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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