Orientation Observation

The heat index is hovering between 107 and 110 degrees today while the actual recorded temperature is around 100. It's disgustingly hot.

One of the rounds of orientation is going on today. I walked up to central grounds and watched as groups of confused people maneuvered around the various buildings and sidewalks. Some of these people looked nervous, some looked overly excited, some looked like they didn't care, and others simply looked down as they walked.

I wonder what I had looked like to an established student when I came up for my orientation..I can only assume I would have been the person looking down at my feet..the way I had always walked before I came to UVa and learned to look around and notice my surroundings and the people who are usually too wrapped up in what they are doing to notice other people walking on the same sidewalk they are.