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My first week of classes is officially over! It's only been one week, but for some reason the past few weeks have just been jam-packed with everything happening all at once, so I have a lot to catch you up on!

My other classes that I didn't have Monday and so haven't mentioned are: English Lit, Foundational Principles of Education and Creative Writing!

English is good so far! The professor is a very peppy, quirky man, and seems really nice. Although he did apparently teach at my friend's high school and was universally hated... but maybe he's turned over a new leaf! So far, not much has happened, though--except our first quiz, over some vocab and such. We also did a bit of scansion with poetry, which I haven't done since Latin class in high school! So that was a nice throwback. :)

(Speaking of high school Latin, my new French professor is very fond of Gimkit, just like my high school Latin teacher! We've played it in two out of our three periods so far and I love that throwback as well!)

Foundations of Education is a little scarier honestly. I think part of that is because it's outside of my comfort zone, but also the teacher is a little intimidating. Maybe she's just neurotypical, though, I don't know. But so far we've not done very much at all. The only thing is that my textbook, which I ordered several weeks ago, is still on backorder and hasn't arrived---ughhh.

Creative Writing is pretty fun! Although it did cause a minor breakdown moment Wednesday when I realized I had an assignment due from the textbook... which I did not have. And so I had a breakdown and had to go get the library copy, and stay up till one doing homework.  But I eventually got it done on time, even though I got an extension. Creative Writing is also a Zoom class, and I'm always a couple minutes late purely because I have to run all the way from the opposite side of campus back to my dorm. It wasn't supposed to be one, which is why I got in this pickle, but the professor had some sort of emergency that's keeping him on the west coast with his family.

Besides that, the K-Pop Club has been going amazingly! Except there is a creepy guy that allegedly has a history of touching girls that's potentially trying to come to a meeting next week, and so I have an emergency meeting about that with the faculty advisor and risk management officer later today. (This creepy guy is also heavily involved in the language/linguistics departments and I just. can't. frigging. escape him!!)

Also, one of my suitemates moved out and dropped out without telling the rest of us?!? It happened yesterday morning. My roommate and my other suitemate had both gone to class, and this suitemate asked us in our group text thread if she could bring her brother over to "help her with something". We all said yes, and I was in my room working on homework at around 8:30 or 9 when she asked this. I even came out once to get a drink while she was moving out and she said nothing! So when I left my room to go to class at around 10:15, every trace of her was gone. I asked what the deal was and she said she had dropped out and left! I wish her all the best, but honestly I think it's a little concerning. If she had asked me I would've encouraged her to at least stick out two weeks--but alas, she didn't ask me. I still wish her well in her future!

I've also seen some of my friends for the first time this year! It's really nice to see them all again. :)

That's about all that's happened this week! Now, I have to go do some reading for my Creative Writing Class. Toodles!

Well, today was... a lot! I had my computer science final this afternoon, and before that I had to try and motivate myself to do some work. I had a chicken salad, a breadstick and some fries for lunch, which was really good! I think I did pretty well on my compsci final, and afterwards I sat near this guy I really like in the library! I was reading some of my favourite British literature in an attempt to capture his attention (he's an English major) but I think I failed. Oh well! A friend of mine who knows him said she'd introduce us but given it's finals week I don't know if she'll have time. Why is it that when I finally have a crush who I can trust would be a good boyfriend, and I've gotten to a place where I almost (keyword almost) have the courage to tell him something about it, it's finals week? I'm going to have to see if any of my friends can sus his Instagram account or something. Even though I don't like Instagram. And I haven't posted to my account in like a year, so it might be suspicious. But I digress!

I also had my linguistics final today, which was on-line, so I did it with a friend from my k-pop club (the professor lets us do tests with our friends--I feel like she doesn't care, but in a good way) and then we had dinner afterwards. It was really fun! I think I needed some social interaction today after holing up studying and taking exams for the past few days.

I'm really gonna miss my college friends this summer! I live in this small little town about two or three hours from the city where most of my friends from college live. Thankfully, I'm going to be able to meet up with Blue and Green though! And hopefully Pink (for blog newcomers--a longtime friend since childhood who's now going to college in Europe. Sadly he seems to have drifted away from most of us stateside, though) as well, and some other old friends. And hopefully I'll also finally get a car so I can drive to my friends' house and maybe even drive into the city to visit my college friends!

But yeah, I am exhausted. I also finished my French essay today but I haven't turned it in yet because honestly I really don't want any feedback. I don't want to think about that class anymore! I just want to be done.

I also have a statistics exam to study more for tomorrow, and my English final is halfway done. Hopefully I'll have it done by the weekend, because I'm going on holiday Monday! I'm going abroad to spend a week with family. I'll make posts here about it as the holiday happens, but for now I'll let it be because again, I'm exhausted. I need to go take a shower and get ready for bed. Good night, y'all!

What can I do but dread the next two weeks? The finals countdown has begun! I have one more mini-assignment each in compuer science, linguistics and statistics, but beside that everything's in full finals swing. I already have my French final essay assignment, and I'm getting my English one tomorrow. I suppose I should start studying for statistics as well today, and computer science later on. But I'm quite tired and wish I didn't have to! But I just have to remind myself that I only have a week and a half left till I can blow this popsicle stand! I just have to power through and probably drink a lot of tea to do so.

The past few days have actually been quite good, however! The calm before the storm, I guess. Friday afternoon, I had my stats test, and I actually think I did well! And then I sat down underneath a tree and read for a while before dinner, which was absolutely idyllic! I felt like a character in a novel, almost. I hope I can catch some more moments of peace like that! I kind of did the next day, too, actually, because I went to my friend's birthday picnic! It was in this cute local park and all the food was really good. It was super fun! Although I did sunburn my nose. :(

Yesterday was pretty run-of-the-mill. I had this really cute outfit on that my pastor's wife complimented at church! She and her husband are both so sweet. I've seen their son, too--he goes to college in a different city--and I thought he was really handsome. :) Sadly, he's graduating anyways, but oh well. Anyways, my English teaching also went well yesterday--it was one of my students' birthdays and so we had a little party for him, and he gave me a few of his duplicate Pokemon cards! The girl who taught the kids before me was right when she said eventually they kind of feel like "your" kids. :)

And that brings me to today. I have to do linguistics homework and start working on my French paper--ugh! I have no clue what I'm going to write about. And there's something else I'm forgetting. And classes, and a club meeting tonight, which is the bright spot in my day, even though it's just making me even busier. But oh well. Now I should probably start paying attention to my French class again. Toodles!