I think I figured it out. College, the whole thing. College is easy, go to class, do homework, keep room clean. Its EVERYTHING ELSE that is hard.

I’ve had to deal with so much I never expected this year its amazing. The paperwork never seems to end. Something always is broken, needs to be replaced, restocked, who knows what, which all cost money. There just seems to be new challenges every day that I never thought of before.

My mother informs me that it all gets easier… but I’m not so sure how much I can trust her. This is still the same woman who told me about Santa and the Easter Bunny.

Freshmen 101: You have a lot to learn.

YES!  I got the room I wanted for next year… oh ya, oh ya, oh ya! I am so excited. I’m moving in with Cristina and Samara. Best part ever, Rob is going to be living right across from us! All I will have to do to see him next year is open the door and yell! haha. I am SSSSOOOO excited! It pays to move on up in college. Right next to the laundry room. Its perfect. Really, it is going to be a great year. So many people I know are going to be right by me. I think Gene is going to be living next door. Michelle is moving on campus next  year. Even better! This way I can see her more and spend time with her without having to plan so far ahead! I am thrilled. Next year is going to rock. I get to be close to all my favorite people!

Today would be the perfect day to chill at the beach or beside the pool. The temp is perfect for a relaxing day out, playing under the sun, or having a BBQ. Damn these classes! Go away so I can play!

Its one of the best days I’ve seen in at least 3 weeks and I wish I could take advantage of this beautiful sunshine!

Oh well, I guess the One Republic concert should go well then. Wonderful weather for an outside concert I guess. I won’t know, I’ve never been to a concert before.

I saw the school play tonight, the boys next door. It was great. I loved it. Funny, sad, touching, and all around amusing. Wonderful acting. I was amazed at the talent. Plays in college are NOTHING like plays in high school. I want to see more next year!

• Call them in class and tell them that their car needs to be moved. Today I got a call telling me that I needed to move my car because of the One Republic concert on monday. They are trying to set up and a bunch of cars were in the way. Just give me a heart attack why don’t you!
• Inform them of all the information that they thought they knew, was wrong. I thought I knew the basics of genetics. Honestly, what in the world do they teach us in high school??? I have never been more confused in my life of what makes a male and a female. XY, XXY, ZW,XO, haploid, diploid. Lord, and its a gene here on this chromosome… *shakes head* I like the old system, you know the one in first grade on the playground, “boys have cooties”, ya lets go back to that one.
• Inform the class that their exam starts at 8am… when normally the class starts at 9am. Watch the confusion spread like wild fire.
• Set the alarm for 8am, and it does not go off so the student has a panic attack at 10:05am wondering what happened. Honestly, how in the world could I miss that annoying sound first thing in the morning??? I hate alarm clocks! They are evil I tell you!
• Give out half the information to the student population and watch the rumors fly. How many people were confused about J-term and the Foreign Language department??? A meeting had to be called for the whole student body just to get everything in order.
• Have the RA bang on a student’s door and loudly announce it’s them after quiet hours. I had a Health and Safety inspection a few days ago at like 11pm. It scared the living daylights out of me! I was like, I’m only watching TV and doing work on my laptop, what could I have done wrong??? Traj and Iggy realized I was seriously confused and just told me it was health and safety. I was like ooooh, ok come in. If they had come 20 minutes later, I would have been fast asleep and even more confused.

There is so much to do for next year. I have to get my room assignment, find storage for my stuff, figure out what to do with my car, finish up my courses, plan my summer and find a job while I’m at it, meet with my adviser to plan my schedual for next year, Look for a job for next school year. There is a ton of stuff I hadn’t thought about! Ahhh! Growing up never ends! lol. How is my first year almost over? I only have a few weeks left. It’s… nerve racking!

So much has happened, I’ve learned so much, done so much, and yet, there is so much MORE to come!

For anyone who wants to help us make it to our goal before the end of summer, click here!

This past weekend was relay for life. We raised so much money for it. We are only $8,000 away from our goal! Very exciting news. I believe that our schools goal is $35,000 this year. I must say, after all the hard work that was put into it, stressed out people every where the morning of, and all the preperation put into the event, it truelywas an amazing night!

All I have to say is, note to self, next year, do not pull all nighter before relay for life. I passed out shortly after midnight. I was sad that I got so tried I couldn’t stay up any longer because I was having so much fun. I did laps with my sisters, my friends, and classmates. Sold hand made handbags by Tri Sigma with my sisters, donated money towards Cristina’s events, bought two cheeseburgers troughout the night from Rob’s ZBT brothers, ran like a crazy person looking up cancer facts for Black Student Union for a Relay For Life event (I came so close to winning! Darn!), and who knows what else! I really just had a lot of fun, learned a ton of facts about cancer, raised money for the fight against cancer and had a ball doing it with some of the greatest people on Earth! Don’t think I didn’t see some Alumni out there as well! That was pretty cool to see past students coming back on campus to support something that they believe in.

I also have one big thank you for one of my sisters mom’s. Selby’s to be exact. Her mom spoke about her fight against cancer. It was very moving and it was wonderful to meet her. The sisters have been going crazy with excitment when we found out that Selby’s mom would be speaking. She did a great job with the video she made and a wonderful example of why Sigma Sigma Sigma picked the slogan, we are 48 reasons. Cancer touches us all.

I found the one video that we watched that day in class.

Try to ignore the frat boy steriotype at the beginning.

I know my calculus video

Freshmen 101 tip: Its ok to make mistakes.

Its now close to the end of this school year, I can now look back and see a lot of things. I can see that when I first got to Lynn, I was sure that everything was going to be perfect. That everything was going to be great. I guess I was hoping that being an adult was going to be easy. Boy was I wrong.

Its ok to make mistakes! Doesn’t it seem like your parents make everything look so easy? Well lets not forget that they had a head start. They made the mistakes already, or at least we would hope, they have had time to perfect the art of being an adult. Well, at least we hope they are a lot better at it then the average college student!

I remember in high school how I was scared to make a mistake and of course, being the typical teenager, my first thought would be, “My mother is going to kill me!” Since day one, I’ve made who knows how many mistakes. From losing information, forgetting to drop off my laundry, over sleeping, not doing a homework assignment (or two), let my account get into the negative, fought with my friends when I shouldn’t, got a speeding ticket, locked myself out of my room (twice), pissed off my floor with my alarm clock, left food out and got ants one day, didn’t back up my files and so when my laptop crashed I had nothing, starting to get the picture? 

I don’t know what I would do without my mom. I used to be close to my mom when I was at home, but I think I got a whole lot closer to my mother on a new level once I got to college.  Now I call her when I’m stressed out, when I’m having a good day or a bad day, when I just need to talk, when I’m homesick, and when I mess up royally. I’m also getting to see a new side of my mom. She’s more supportive than I ever thought she would be. lol. Sounds mean, but when I was at home, I was always scared to get into trouble, but now I know that my mother will be upset, but she’ll still support me and help me through whatever it is I have gotten myself this time. She has really surprised me since I’ve gotten to college. A lot of stuff I was sure I was never going to get passed the yelling, and yet, she never raised her voice once but informed me that I was just learning a life lesson and that this too would pass. The first time she didn’t yell at me or give me a lecture I nearly fainted.

And thank goodness for friends! Between me and my three friends, we make a lot of mistakes but we’ve got each others backs. College can be scary if you are all alone. We learn from each other which is great and we support each other. Between Cristina working herself to death, Rob not being able to focus some nights and just needing someone else to type for him, and Eric to have somone on him about cleaning his room and doing his homework, we are always there for each other.

Its ok to make mistakes. As long as you are learning from them. Being an adult is not as easy as it seems. I’m starting to think that college is four years of trying to figure out yourself, your future, how the world works and where you fit into it. Don’t be so hard on yourself when you first get to college, make mistakes, learn from them, and move on.