A New Beginning

Going to Trevecca, I never really experienced the 'usual college experience.' My dad, mom, and sister had gone to Trevecca. I had visit Trevecca with my youth group probably 5 or 6 times while in High School. I had visited Trevecca during Homecoming with my parents several other times. My first Trevecca roommate and I were good friends in High School.

Starting Vanderbilt was completely different. While I did know Jacob and Andrew, I had none of the perks of my previous experience. It got pretty overwhelming at time, and sometimes I questioned what I was doing, but luckily I met some pretty great people.

Ever Friday morning, the Divinity School has what they call, 'Coffee Hour.' Basically that means free coffee, bagels, and doughnuts as well as community announcement and a chance to make friends/be with friends. It was the second coffee hour and I still had not really made any other friends. Jacob and Andrew weren't there that day and so I was floundering to see a familiar face. I saw one guy, Ben, that I had met so I went and sat with him. (It didn't hurt that he was sitting around the pretty Div school girls either.)

Well after shooting the breeze and talking about nothing for 30 minutes with the people at my table, I think it was Ben that brought up the TV show 24. We all agreed that we should rewatch one of the seasons in preparation for the new season in January. I really didn't think anything would come of it, but it did! I ended up having them over to my place the first time and we all really clicked from the get-go.
Pretty much every week since, we have gotten together, someone has cooked dinner and we've watched 24. We've become close friends and I am very thankful for our friendships! They have made my first semester at Vandy absolutely wonderful.

a few of my vandy friends