i'm halfway through my first week of nursing school and i'm so tired! it will take a while to get into the groove of being in classes 7 hours a day, but i'm sure it will happen with time. my classmates are very interesting - they come from all over the u.s., range in age from about 22 to 45, and come from all different backgrounds, from rocket scientists to tv producers. surprisingly, i'm the only one coming from youth ministry :).

i'm beginning to get used to durham, although i got lost just last night for about the 20th time. i've been assured this is normal. mapquest has truly saved my life!

i just got information on basketball tickets for the fall and it is pretty crazy. i had always seen students in line, camped out to get duke tickets, but that is just for each individual game. apparently in order to get season tickets there is total craziness that goes on. basically you have to camp out for a weekend and throughout the weekend a whistle is blown. each time the whistle is blown, which could be 2 in the afternoon or 2 in the morning, you have to sign in. you are allowed to miss one sign in, but if you miss more, your name does not go into the drawing. so after you've camped out for three days and signed in at all the right times your name goes into a lottery and you might get a season ticket. i think people normally try to find groups of 8 to 10 people to go in with on the tickets - that way there is a better chance of getting at least one ticket and there is no way any of us can go to all the games anyway! pretty crazy. each school rents a uhaul or rv and "sets up" in a designated spot and you all hang out all weekend. it sounds like it could be fun though. they have vendors and games and drawings all weekend and they are incorporating some service projects in too. i've got to go to a duke game while i'm here and i'm prepared to do what it takes to get a ticket!