Hitting the Ground Running

Today I had a great day just talking to a bunch of people all throughout campus. I bumped into quite a few people that I usually stop to talk to and it was wonderful! It made me feel fantastic. A plus was that I also slept early and even though I didn't wake up that early I got eleven hours of sleep instead so that was a plus I guess. What I was excited for was that I was having a NERDgasm during one class that talked about how we are researching bacteriophages, and how we are going to name one, and go on trip for collecting samples, etc. I'm strangely giddy. This first day of school sounds like a success to me. I have so many errands to do and everything, yet I am just happy to be away from the lethargy that permeated my winter break sometimes. Off I go.

-C.C.

Tic Toc

     I really want to manage my time better. I just HAVE to. I don't know but I've always been so terrible at it and I just can't seem to take charge of it. This semester I'll try. I'm sleepy actually so I'm off to bed. Maybe it's because of the daytrip I had with the freshman I'm mentoring, the trampoline park we went to together complete with screaming children and foam pits, or the huge amount of food I had for dinner, but I'm pooped. My goodness. Today was a pretty good day. Every MLK day I'm just so grateful I have one less day of school so that I can do stuff like this one more time. The thing is I for some reason feel there isn't quite enough chemistry with my freshman to create a good enough friendship. It's probably just me, but I do try to mentor her about her life choices academically and everything and hopefully everything works out. Either way, life is about to go one hundred miles a minute the next time I wake up. Let's see if I'm ready.

-C.C.

The College Kid

Probably one of things I'll miss most about college is the nonchalant way we treat time and with other people's time. I woke up today at one and went to a friend's house who had made lunch for a bunch of us who were there. The rest of the time was spent hanging out, playing video games, and other nonsense. It was wonderful. Also, we watched the Texans versus Ravens and it was a little heartbreaking that the Texans lost. However, I'm just a bandwagon/fair-weather fan so I wasn't too upset. After at least four hours of doing nothing I went to do errands and then  hung out with some more friends until two a.m. cooking an international dinner together, watching the golden globes, playing mario party N64 and playing some hilarious game called Quelf. I kept on thinking queef every time I read the word. Awkward, but still fun. Anyway, I was extremely tired by one and really just stopped operating efficiently making a hilarious scene in the process. I'm just going to miss those days when you can have friends just come over, talk about nothing, and live life freely. I'm sure I'll have more days like that, but perhaps never quite like these. In other news, I'm going to put my face pic on Grindr instead of being some blank pic rando creep. The amount of cute guys on there in my area was pretty encouraging. But anyway, time to sleep. Ugh, three a.m. bedtime? Lord I'm terrible.

-C.C.

It begins?

      I'm super tired because I walked six and a half miles on a nature hike through a state park today. It was very refreshing to an extent before the hunger and fatigue set in. The quiet and serenity were amazing and as we walked the trail snaked through a lake that was absolutely gorgeous. The walk was great also because the people with me started to talk about Christianity and their opinions seemed to actually help me a little with some of my worries. However, I had to leave the parents earlier than they were expecting today and it was a little sad for all of us I guess. Sometimes I feel like I still don't include them in my life as much as I should.

    Now, I'm back at college and things are going to rev up immediately. I have so much to do but that walk in the park really helped me I feel. It was a good note to start on. However, I'm still wrestling with whether I should text up Red and see if he wants to I dunno...get busy? I was hanging out with my best friend earlier and her boyfriend was there. They were both extremely close and cuddly this time around. I don't mind it but just watching them made my heart sink a little making me think about if I could do that with someone too one day. 

-C.C.