College

I'm really not good at this whole college thing. I have seven papers due within the next two weeks. I'm almost freaking out. I'll eventually get through all of them, I'm sure. It's really just the fact that I haven't been doing the papers little by little to at least lighten the load. I promised myself that I'll start doing that tonight. It's just really hard sometiems to make myself even remember to do homework at all. I write everything down in a planner but hardly look at it when I leave school. That defeats the purpose, of course, but I let myself get so overwhelmed with my social life that I don't think about school when I'm not actually in class. That's the worst part, though. The fact that I have so much HOMEwork but I'm never HOME to do it.

This Morning

Today I woke up at a friend's house feeling a bit sick. I was sluggish and he wasn't feeling too hot either. Before we'd gotten here, I asked him to drink a lot of orange juice to make sure his stomack was alright. Apparently that wasn't a good request. Once we arrived at school, he stopped to throw up between every few cars that we passed on the way inside. It was horrible. He's feeling better now but this morning was pretty brutal.

Presentations

I love when our class does presentations, especially on a subject that you are supposed to give an opinion on what they've read. It is always interesting to me to find out how others percieve a topic. We've been sitting here discussing the same topic for an hour. New points and opinions keep coming into play and everyone seems to have something to say. It's one of our best class discussions. I also enjoy the debating that comes with their opinions. Debating over interesting topics is one of my favorite things to do in class.

Ready for the Weekend

I think I'm going to the fair tonight. I'm really, really excited. I plan on going with a huge group of friends but with all of our money situations, the probability of us going together is slim. Even if I went all by myself, I'd have an awesome time. Friday, my friends and I are going to a party. My buddy Caleb is leaving to be a Marine so we're having a little going-away celebration for him. It will be a sad night but we'l find a way to have fun for the last time. He'll only be gone for 3 months but it will feel a lot longer without him around. I will be in Atlanta on Saturday. I'm going to visit my dad again. I love going up there. I'm taking my boyfriend with me so we can all hang out. I suppose Sunday will just be a sleep in day. I'm so ready for this weekend.

Thursday!

I can't wait for Thursday to get here. The fair is finally in town and it's armband night. That means ANY ride as many times as you want. I'm so excited! October is my favorite month. The weather takes a turn for the better, the fair comes to town, and Halloween! I need to go costume shopping. I haven't missed a Halloween yet. The atmosphere of October puts me in an awesome mood. I'm just going to be extremely happy this entire month. I'm in such a good mood!

Finally

It's about time we actually have class. We didn't have it all last week so there's no telling how far behind we are. I expect that we'll be doing presentations all day. That's fine with me. I haven't presented mine yet. I was supposed to present like two weeks ago. Now that we're so behind I have no clue when I'll be presenting. Hopefully everything is alright with Mrs. Aiken. I'd hate to know that she missed class because of something bad happening. She seems to be okay though.

No class?

Today I woke up a bit late. This caused me to be in a huge rush to shower and get to class on time. However, when I arrived, I was told by several classmates that there was no class today. I was confused and curious about what the urgent cancellation was all about. Several people kept saying something about a "tragedy." That really concerned me. I really hope everyone is alright. I hate that Mrs. Aiken was somehow involved. She is one of my favorite teachers and if something were to happen to her we would all be really upset. I hope to see her Thursday in class and at least make sure that everything is okay.

Movie Marathon

Tonight, a few of my friends and I are getting together for a movie night. We plan to watch old, terrible horror films. We love cheesy movies like that. We're going to search Netflix and see what is on there. I have found a bunch of dumb horror movies on Netflix. We spend weekends watching them. Grab some popcorn, a comfy couch and a few friends. It's always a lot of fun. I'm really looking forward to it. Plus, my friend has her own house now so we can scream and act a fool whenever we want. I'm not sure what we're doing the rest of the weekends, but cheesy horror flicks are always a good fall back if nothing else happens.

Rant 2

I was so excited for this weekend. We had Monday off, so I figured it was going to be awesome. Some of it was, but most of my weekend didn't go as planned. I planned to hang out with a few friends at a show downtown on Friday. It ended in a fight between my best friend and I. I then planned to take him to Atlanta to visit my dad with me. That could have gone a lot better. Sunday night, I went to another friend's house and there was a huge misunderstanding that caused me to leave and hang out elsewhere for the night. Then today was spent sitting with my family and being unable to figure out what to do about all of these messed up situations. I'm hoping that the week will bring a better mood about all of this. All I can do is apologize and wait to see what happens.

Rant 1

I love, love, love that we get a 3 day weekend every week in college. Also, I get out on Thursdays by 12:15 so it's almost like having a 4 day weekend. It's awesome being able to handle my schooling early in the day and having the rest of my day to do whatever; I usually sleep. I do need to get more into my school work though, I have two papers due next week that I've yet to begin on and more math labs to complete then I even want to think about right now. I'm not stressing out or anything (yet, surprisingly,) I'm just the definition of procrastination. I'll eventually get to all of it, whether I start it the day it's assigned or wait until 11:50 the night before it's due. I've always been bad about that, but like many other people, I work best under pressure. I'm really enjoying Miss Aiken's class, though she can't even remember my name. Ha, I'll get onto her until she gets it right. Not being mean, just silly. She's very nice though, and she's strict without being mean, she's earned my respect already. Many teachers don't understand that; the meaner you are to your students, the harder it will be to teach them. Controlling a classroom with kindness doesn't make you a lesser instructor, it makes it easier on everyone to communicate, thus making the class more enjoyable itself.

Choosing Macon State

I had a few options for college but all seemed a bit costly. The only legitimate choice that I really had, financially, was Macon State. Also, I live 5 minutes down the road, so the gas put into the trip to school doesn't rob my wallet as much as it would elsewhere. One thing I had really hoped for was a college experience with many friends, who have withered down to a handful after graduating. So far, I have managed to make new friends, though most are here for the same reason I am; get in, learn, get out, so as far as gathering outside of school, the chances are looking slim to none.