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!

• 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.

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.

I went to spend time with  the guys after a long week without seeing them. I saw Rob first and we went out for food and had our catch up time while we chilled. Then Eric started looking for me, so I went to his room and chatted with him for a while, saw some pictures from his vacation and then Rob was calling me again. I was just walking back and forth from their rooms for a while, which looks stupid since they are only two doors apart. lol. Poeple see me walking and it was like, no I’m not crazy, I am just seeing my friends.

Some how Rob and I were really energetic tonight and well, we ended up cleaning his room until almost 4 in the morning. No lie, we were cleaning HIS room till almost 4 am. My room still needs work but hey, at least his new roomate Dan will have a lovely surprise when he returns to his room. Next week, Eric’s room! He just doesn’t know it yet. lol. We like to surprise him when it comes to things like this. I’ll clean my room tomorrow afternoon. It would come in handy to have it a little more organized. It got messy when I was looking for stuff to take home for Spring break. Totally forgot I left half my shirts on the other bed.

Now I better to get to sleep so I can pretend like I got some rest for my first day back! Bio at 9 am!

My room is a mess right now. I have been hunting for my BSU shirt which is no where to be found. Err. So yes, now my room is a mess and there are shirts covering the floor. Where is that stupid shirt? I don’t know how I keep losing so many shirts in this tiny room!

I am thinking about becoming an RA…. hmm. I talked it over with my mom. She likes the idea. I’m still not sold yet.

More to come! Now I must sleep! Its 2:30 in the morning. Don’t ask why I am up, I’m not even sure.

Lets just say that I don’t live in the noise free building of Lynn. Today, I have heard strange music, a whole conversation, banging doors, and a women screaming like some one was trying to beat the devil out of her while destroying half of Freiburger, and random laughing. This is all while the sun is up.

By midnight some nights, this place turns into a zoo. If there is a big party in South Florida, I know about it. Trust me. There are screams and giggles all up and down the hall, and make up left in the bathroom.

Living in a dorm isn’t all bad. Strange as it might sound, I love living in Freiburger. So I have to share my whole bathroom with a bunch of other girls, I still like it here. I love my room and my new RA. (Tarj is the coolest!)

I love being close to everything on campus. If I’m late for class or a meeting, I’m only 10 minutes (or less) away from where I need to be! No car trip needed, yes! ( I hate driving.)

Some of the girls on my floor are in a few of my classes, so if we ever need to borrow each others notes, just knock on a door. Then there is the fact that I can go to my room, take a nap for 15 minutes, and then get back up in time to go to my next class. Location, location, location. lol.

It took some time to get used to but now, I love living in a dorm. It may sound strange, but once you have a place of your own, its a nice feeling. Even if it is half or a third of a room, its still your spot.

One reason I like living in freiburger, a cleaning lady comes in and cleans the bathroom. Yes! No gross bathroom duty or anything like in Old Lynn where they have to clean their own private bathrooms. Downside, I still have to clean MY room. lol.

Speaking of cleaning… *looks around* I should probably get back to that….

The banging is getting louder and harder to the point its shaking my floor. I can’t take another night of this! I want sleep, at night! If they keep it up, I might just call security. I want sleep.

Wait, wait… I think it stopped!!! Oh my gosh, I might get some rest after all!!!

For the past four nights, all I have been hearing is some one banging on the walls or some door in Freiburger. Its 1 in the morning! Go to sleep! How am I supposed to sleep with people banging down walls in the middle of the night???

And what happened to the hot water????

I feel like my building has been flipped upside down!

Today is TJ’s last day at Lynn. He was the RD in Freiburger which is where I live and so its a very emotional day for a lot of us here. Not only is he loved by pretty much every one on campus, he has done a lot for the students in Freiburger. He always has time to listen to us which I know I am going to miss. Ask anyone and they only have kind words to say about TJ.

So pretty much Freiburger is in mourning at the moment over the loss of the greatest RD ever. Joel is going to have some mighty big shoes to fill. Poor TJ can’t get a break, people are at his door 24/7 now trying to get in their good byes in between classes.

I went to say my good byes last night which was sad but funny. So this is my way of saying, thank you TJ for all your help in the past few months. Good luck in the future and don’t forget us here at Lynn!