It's In The Air

Change, that is.

It's amazing to see how much life changes in just a short time.

Let me expound for you . . .

I walked into my Junior year at Natha as an English major, taking an average 17 credits, with a part-time job, and ideas in mind for my junior fieldwork.

NOW I'm a Humanities major with a Writing minor. I dropped a class because it only helped me as an education major, so now I'm down to 14 credits. I don't have a job anymore, because evidently there were too many workers, so I got asked to leave (no, I wasn't fired pfft). Oh, and I guess there's no need to look into fieldwork when you aren't an Ed major anymore.

I seriously cannot explain how happy I am now that I'm no longer an Ed major. It took me 2 1/2 years and 4 majors to find out what exactly I'm supposed to be doing at this point in my life. Relief!

Something I find absolutely hilarious - I am now a lover of top bunks! When I was getting ready to come to school, I think I was losing sleep over hoping that I would get a bottom bunk. I've had one for the past 1 1/2 years, and I loved the convenience. Since one of my roommates has cerebral palsy, there's no way she'd be able to get on a top bunk all of the time. So yes, I was subjected to the top bunk, against my will, disappointed as an upperclassman to receive such a degrading sleeping location.

It's okay, I lived.

With the help of my roommate, Torie, and Lori, I was able to utilize PVC pipes, zip ties, a couple blankets, and safety pins into a bed canopy/wall/"do not enter" zone. Clearly, it's the most innovative invention since sliced bread. I predict most top bunks will be sporting these Torie-top-bunkers, as we coined it, in the next year.

My grades are better this semester than they've been since my freshman year. B's used to be my friend - now they're a disappointment. Unfortunately, I've been seeing more of those than A's, but they definitely beat all of my C's from last year. Guess I have think positively to keep myself motivated . . .

I have definitely enjoyed all of the fun things I've gotten to do so far this semester - movie-watching (at a Christian college, this becomes an off-campus activity versus an everyday occurence to my disappointment), iceskating, rollerskating (which today, I learned in Christian Living, is something questionable that I should seek to make a conviction about - be glad to know I stand firm still in my constant belief that rollerskating is certainly a good thing, haha). ALSO, I've went to a haunted house - too bad I got scared of the pirate-speaking-black-hooded-person. I don't get scared at these things. I almost cried at this one. And saying that MAKES me want to cry!

And a new experience - tanning! Hahaha, never thought I would admit this. Yes, it's true. If you want more details, contact Lydia Sadek. Actually, I take that back. She knows too much.

I've also faced new issues, new problems, and new situations, but overall, it's been a good semester thus far. I'm looking forward to graduating early, planning my best friend's wedding, and going on to Grad school.

Life is not about to slow down.