A day in the life: CMU

For the purpose of cross cultural comparison, I thought I should detail a typical day in my life as a student at CMU. I wrote this November 8, 2011:

My cell phone alarm clock went off this morning at 8:10 AM, so naturally, I proceeded to sleep in until 9. Today looks slightly drizzly but warm, and I have chosen to wear a white button up tunic and my favorite pair of jeans. I ate breakfast this morning with my roommate Amanda at the Robinson Residential Restaurant, which is connected to my residence hall: freshly squeezed orange juice and Special K Red Berries cereal.

I spent the rest of my morning e-mailing a professor about the grant we are writing, reading an article for my social psychology class, and goofing off with another roommate, Jaime. At about 11:50am, we went down to the cafeteria for lunch: turkey, tomato, lettuce, and cheese sandwich. Then I was off to English 201. We spent the class period talking about a reading by Erich Fromm concerning obedience and the destruction of mankind. Next I had Social Psychology, and we got our tests from last week back. Because I did well, I was allowed to leave early while my professor reviewed the material for those who scored poorly. When I got back to my dorm, I had a quick snack of homemade applesauce and candy corn that my parents brought me when they visited last weekend. The remainder of my afternoon consisted of loose ends: e-mailing, jotting down a poem, calling my sister, and dropping off some photos for the CMU Honor Bound publication.

Amanda and I had dinner together around 5pm: grilled chicken quesadilla and vanilla ice cream with marshmallow fluff. Yum! The rain held off during dinner but it began to thunderstorm during quiz bowl practice and continued to do so for the remainder of the evening. After practice, I had a meeting with my Alternative Break group. We are headed to South Carolina in December to volunteer at a group home for young girls who have been the victims of abuse. When I got home, I took a shower and did some reading for English, academic planning, and scholarship scouting. Then it was off to bed around midnight. Sweet Dreams!

My roommates and I at the ice arena.