SURVIVAL!
I have so much to talk about, but first and foremost I would like to say that I PASSED MY FIRST SEMESTER WITH A 4.0! That’s so exciting to me! I got a 94 on my algebra final, and I am possibly the prouder than I have ever been of any test. I’ve always struggled with math, barely passing Algebra II with a 61 in high school, so this is extremely encouraging. While I’m sad that my biology classes are ending, I’m looking forward to starting new ones next semester.
So much else has been going on during these past two or three weeks as well. I’ve spent so much time with my friends, it’s crazy. Any time not spent in class, sleeping, or bathing was spent with my friends. I spent a couple of nights over at my friend Ashley’s dorm, one because I lost my student ID and locked myself out of the building at 2 am, the other just because I was too lazy to walk back to my dorm. I spent a lot of time in the library, too. I had a lot of fun parties (where I did not, for the record, drink anything), went caroling at a retirement home, and made Christmas cookies and vegetarian pasta with my friends! It should be noted that when I say that “I made” I mean “They made while I watched”.
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- Two of the people who went carolling with me!
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- We brought some international students with us, too.
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- Ashley poses with our vegetarian dinner :)
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- Derrick and Todd wash dishes after making cookies
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- goofing around in the kitchen
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- MMMMMM
I had a lot of fun, overall. I’ve never been this spirited about the holidays before. I decorated my dorm door and put up a Christmas tree like a giant nerd, and gave out christmas cards and candy canes. Because. I’m just weird like that I guess. But I’m not really concerned with what anyone thinks of me, Christmas is about the spirit of the thing! Since I’m not religious, the whole point of the holiday to me is just to be happy and try to make others happy, too.
Anyway, I also went to go see Princess and the Frog, which was extremely cute! Anyone with a young person in their family should go see it, and anyone who happens to love a good fairy tale should go too. I’m soooo glad that Disney is returning to 2D animation. I was never as much a 3d person (with the exceptions being pixar’s brilliant work, specifically in Finding Nemo) In my group of friends, the girls forced the guys to go watch it, and they didn’t want to admit to liking it, but they did, haha.
Anyway, now I am back in the hometown, ready to hang out with my family and my friends from high school! It’s awesome being back, the only thing that is hard to adjust to is the food. For all that I complain about the caf, it does provide more more options, especially for a vegetarian, than home food does. My mom has been making an awesome effort to make mealtimes an easy experience for me, but sometimes I still feel picky. I guess I’m ungrateful like that. I mostly suppliment my hometown diet by eating A LOT OF CANDY instead of meals. It works for me now, but I figure I’ll gain back all the weight that I’ve lost over the semester!
Anyway, Christmas shopping is hard, I never know what to get my friends. My mom makes fudge every year! I’m planning on setting up my little purple Christmas tree tomorrow! And I love the holidays!
The only other note of interest is that I hope to move out of the Honors Dorm next semester. I’ve arranged a transfer to the Quads with Residence Life. It’s probably going to be cheaper and I’ll have my own room. I’ll miss my amazing roommate, but unfortunately I am having some social issues with other people around me, so I want out of there. Plus – a stove, only having to share a bathroom with one other person, more space, a lock on my own door, and being closer to my friends. Huzzah!
Alrighty, that’s all. Hope you enjoyed my novel of a post. Have a great day!
