July 22nd , Certamen Open Forum
I already mentioned this , but the University of Tennessee , Knoxville has one of the largest campuses I ’ ve ever seen . Everything is far apart , and it takes at least 20 minutes to get from point A to point B .
After a night of absolutely no sleep , Vivian and I were at the Arena registering our graphic arts projects , along with the state t-shirts and scrapbook for judging . We were in a hurry because Certamen Orientation started in 20 minutes . I could feel the adrenaline rushing through my body as I hurried to register everything .
Remember how I mentioned that everything was a 20-minute walk at minimum ? That gets a lot longer when you ’ ve only been on a campus for one day and don ’ t know where everything is . All of a sudden , we ’ re sprinting across campus in 90-degree weather looking for the right building . We entered what we thought was the right building and met two girls from Florida who were also looking for Certamen Orientation . Spoiler alert : it was not the right building . Thankfully , we only had to walk across the street to get to the right place .