Freshmen

Yes, it's been a couple of weeks since I posted last. Last week just went by so fast and before I knew it, Monday came again and I hadn't posted! Things have just started to pick up in my life, and for the next week or so I'm going to be doing a HUGE balancing act. I've made it so far, though I have made some sacrifices.

Like Friday night. The football team from my home high school was playing against Seguin (and it was here in town), but I stayed in my dorm room and did homework because I had absolutely no time this weekend to do it, except for Friday night. I would have loved to go, but homework and laundry were priorities, and I just had to sacrifice one evening so that I could get SOMETHING accomplished this weekend. Oh, well.

Anyway, I have a long night ahead of me, so I must end this post and try to get something else done because I don't know when I'm going to get to bed. Luckily I don't have an early class tomorrow, so maybe (just maybe) I can get some actual sleep! We'll see. Something might come up in the next couple of hours. I guess that's college life, right?

Sorry that I have not posted a blog in a while, it totally slipped my mind as I became encompassed in college life. One good thing that has come as of late is that I realized that it is not a good idea to come into college with preconcieved notions about what you want to do in terms of your major and your future. If there is something that you are extremely passoniate about and know that you want to pursue, that is a different situation than what I am talking about. Rather, I mean that you should not jump into a feild because you think it is cool or something about it is just interesting. Explore it first, learn about all of its facets, and mabye take some classes in that feild before you declare it as your major. Remember, going undecided does not mean that you have no direction, it is simply a step in the path that you are suppossed to be following at that time.

As it is mid semester break, I just wanted to thank all the people who have supported me through the first part of my college career. I have had my ups and downs, as have we all, but I feel like everyday I am learning a little more, not only in the classroom, but in life. Thats what college is about, right?

So, tonight I called my grandparents before my evening class, just to say hi because I haven't called them for a couple of weeks. When I call my grandparents, it's mostly to talk about what's going on in school, and they asked me the same questions as always: "How are you doing?" "What are you doing?" "Do you have a lot of homework?" "How's the weather down there?" (They live out-of-state.) It was great talking to them on the phone, but as I was talking to them about my daily routine I came to the realization that sometimes I feel like a robot while I'm going through my day-to-day tasks. Yes, I said that I think that I can be like a robot occasionally. It's an interesting perspective, but to me it is very true.

Sometimes I just feel like a robot moving from place to place. My days are scheduled out and I just move from one place to another. It’s kind of crazy, I know, but sometimes I really do feel like it! I mean, I wake up, eat breakfast, go to class, go back to the dorm, do homework, eat lunch, then my afternoon classes, back to dorm, more homework, then sleep (eventually)… and it repeats pretty much every day of the week!

I guess that’s college life. Although I might sometimes feel like a robot, I really do find great comfort in having a schedule and through keeping busy. Keeping busy has definitely made my college experience more exciting, though sometimes it really does make me feel like a robot!

Ah... Mondays. The beginning of another week. I'm sitting here, looking at my week's schedule according to post-it notes (That's my new strategy for keeping organized. I have seven long post-it notes, one for each day of the week, with the times of special events written on them. It actually seems like it's working very well.) and I realize that I have something almost every night this week. And who knows? Something might come up on the days that I don't have anything. It's hard to get through a Monday, especially when you know that you have a busy week ahead of you, but looking at my schedule cheers me up a bit because I can see what I have to look forward to each evening. It brings me great comfort. I like that.

The only other problem with Mondays is that it means that it's another whole week until the weekend. Although my weekends are typically filled with homework and laundry (and occasionally a trip to Wal-Mart with friends to get things I need), it still is the weekend. I actually get a lot accomplished on my days off. I feel really great when I can check something else off of my Saturday or Sunday to-do lists. This weekend I even found some time to just relax. It was pretty nice.

Sometimes I'll find more than just work to do. Like last weekend when some of my friends and I decided to go to the zoo on Sunday morning for a while. That was exciting. It was a fun excursion. Not having a car means that I'm stuck on campus unless I go somewhere with a friend, but I still find things to do.

But then the weekend is over and it's Monday again, and it's time for another week.

Oh, well. I might have a busy week ahead of me, but I'm already counting down the days to the weekend! It will be here soon!

It's the end of Wednesday (I think) and that means that it's halfway through another week! It's been a busy and eventful one for me so far, but every second has been worth it.

I think the best part of the week so far was when some friends and I decided to take an excursion on Sunday morning and go to the San Antonio zoo. It was SO much fun! We just walked around, laughed at all the monkeys, and just hung out. I am really happy that I have some really cool friends here and that we can have fun together. I enjoyed our trip very much and had a wonderful time.

I think that's a very important part of college life. I think that it is really important that everyone has a strong group of friends to help them through their college experience. Even if it's just a couple of people who will eat lunch with you every day or watch movies in the dorm on Friday or Saturday nights (another one of my favorite "traditions" we've begun), having friends are important. It's made life more bearable, and it has made me want to stay on campus more often on the weekends. I'm sure that if I didn't have things to do (like trips to the zoo) I would just want to go home every weekend.

Anyway, I'm tired and I just want to sleep. Sadly, there are many times that I just want to sleep. Oh well. Just two more days until another weekend!