Home Sweet Home

Ahh, freshman year. I don’t even know where to begin. First of all, I wish someone would have told me that over-packing (especially clothes) is the number one mistake for almost every girl. For some reason packing 8 pairs of jeans, shirts for every season, and the “just in case” items you know you’ll never use seemed very necessary to bring at the time. I mean it was an honest mistake. After all, it was my first time living away from home. However, was it normal that my parents and I had to take two separate cars in order to fit all my new dorm gear to school? If I were to give advice for upcoming freshman, I would tell them to gradually bring things to school. That was definitely my biggest mistake. For example, when taking a quick visit home on certain weekends, bring back the items you may have forgotten. Trust me, it will make life (and your parents) much happier. After that’s over with, it’s then time to meet your new roommates. That could be both a good and bad thing depending on the whole situation. For me, I lived in a quad for my first three years of college. It was hard, but manageable. We became really close friends, and we actually had a lot in common. I couldn’t wait to meet them since I spoke to them several times over the summer. That’s another thing-it is vital to speak to your roommates before going to school so you can all figure out what to bring. For instance, going over who brings a TV, microwave, DVD player, and mini fridge is important so the dorm room will come together and it could look and feel a little more like home.

The Real World

Being that this is my first blog, I can definitely see why so many people do it. It shares every thought you have and it’s practically the new trendy version of a diary. Speaking of new, my life is about to change in a matter of four months. Almost everyday I hear someone say to me with a huge amount of sympathy in their voice, “You’re going into the real world.” Is that really true, though? What is the real world? Now that the economy isn’t doing well and they are saying this is the worst possible year for college students to graduate (figures), I feel like I’m getting ripped off on what I’m supposed to think the “real world” really is. I keep my fingers crossed hoping I’ll land a decent job after graduation, which is why I think everyday how much I will really miss college. I want this blog to connect with current college students, especially lower classman, to really see that these four years are going to flash before their eyes. It sounds so cliché, but it’s so true. I also want this blog to be a mini electronic college survival guide for those students to realize how much college teaches you about life, everyday college encounters, and the experiences you will share with new friends. Having experienced much of this over the past four years, really opened up my eyes and made me appreciate every second of my college career. I’m finally starting to realize, after all these years, how much every second counts.