Day 1...

Well day 1.
What can I say.
I'll start from the very beginning. I jump on the bus in my nice new uniform, the my bus driver looks me from head to toe, shrugs his shoulders and greets me in his usual "Mornin' Dave. How are ya'?" I reply with my usual "Not bad mate." and awkwardly grab a seat with my rather heavy bag.

So I arrive at the bus interchange where some people spot me and rush towards me with this weird look saying, 'Why are you all green?' Hugs are exchanged as I make my way down to the other end of the buses. I wonder around for a while, wondering which bus I'm supposed to take, and then again, awkwardly, walk up to a bus driver who's standing in front of his bus, which appears to be housing High bags, and indeed people. I just ask him if this was the right bus for High to check, and he points a thumb over his shoulder and says "right 'ere," as if I'm some sort of idiot for asking such a foolish question. Which indeed was true.


Again I take a seat, and look around. One kid opposite me with a gold flick-lighter chatting to his mate, and some other kids are talking about home made bombs. The right corner of my mouth curls slightly, as I smile and think to myself 'here goes nothing and everything.'

I pile off the bus with the rest of the blue and green people. And make my way over to the general office where I'm to meet up with some vice-principal and some other new students. I arrive safely, and I'm directed into a conference room with a low long table and several, also low, chairs. And in those chairs are people. All of them, sitting in a slightly, again, awkward silence. I introduce myself, and join the awkward silence. We then march to the gym for a 10, 11, 12 assembly. During which some guy babbles on a bit about some stuff, and then some woman babbles on a bit more about subjects and how it all works. I then depart from the group of obviously new people, and find my wing from a list, and go to find my locker and move in.

Subjects pass one by one... English, Recess, then a whole school assembly during Learning Advisory then IT Multi-media, Chemistry, Lunch (with a capital ell), and Classroom Music, and then finally Music Performance.

I wander back to my locker, resting a little bit easier, but still unsure, and gather my junk and try and find the right bus again. Which I do successfully. And on the bus to the interchange a year 12 girl decides to sit next to me. Small talk starts, what year are you in? etc. And turns out it's her first day too. We continue talking about what we want to do after school and stuff like that. And then arrive at the interchange and head different ways.
That was by far the only good conversation I'd had all day. Probably the only really decent person I've met so far.

So that was day one. And if you bothered to read it all, thanks. I must say the weirdest feeling is, arriving at Bray, as one of the first buses. And then there's nothing to do. It's so different seeing the bus bays empty.

I just hope things will change after a week or two.


But now folks, it's time to bid farewell.

It's time for leftovers.

Missing you all terribly.

Ciao.

D.