It was a bit tiring and exhausting at the end of the day. I'm sure most everyone felt that way all across campus. One big collective sigh of sleepiness tonight at William & Mary. At the same time, it's a happy sigh to be back and seeing everyone again, catching up after winter break (which always seems to be the case each year)... and it's a sigh of awe to see everything that this semester has in store for all of us (it's that feeling that you know vaguely about everything facing you for the next few months... and it's almost too overwhelming to think about). I'm trying not to think about it... too much.

Overall an amazing day, I suppose. If I had to pick out one particular thing that was the best part of the day (an idea that I think of often when I reflect on a day... something my mom instilled in me) was hearing the Wren Building chime out at noon for the first time! Amazing, the tradition of ringing the bell every hour during the day has returned to our College... something that hasn't happened since Sam Sadler was in school here (or so he informed me today). Wow.

Yeah, that basically sums it up. Wow.