The Flood

Ok, so I was in the library tonight. I was studying when Blythe, who lives down the hall came in to tell me that our bathroom had flooded.  So I mean, this was excitement!  I figured something wasn't right earlier when I went in there and saw one shower with some questionable things floating around in there.  Anyway, I wrapped up my studying and climbed to Clinton 4th to find that several showers had in fact overflowed.  The strangest part about all of this would probably have to be the fact that police officers were the ones working to fix the problem.  So very strange. But luckily, they got it fixed.  I was starting to get concerned that I wouldn't be presentable in the morning!  

I mean, if that isn't proof that I need a real bathroom again, I don't know what is!

My dad came to get my laundry today.  I don't trust myself with much else other than towels and sheets.  Hopefully those clothes can be returned with some cookies, or other food.  That would be much appreciated!  

I think that's pretty much it!  Tomorrow is a short day since I only have 2 classes, both of which are over by 11:00, so I need to find something to do.

Any ideas, or better yet... anyone want to venture up to Clinton (the dorm or the town in this case) to hang out?!

Much love!

First Weekend at PC

So it has been awhile since I wrote here last.  Mainly because my schedule was freaking ridiculous!  To make a long story short, I had too many nights staying up until 2:00 , so I had to drop my english class and pick up french.  Tears were shed, I had a few break downs, but things are working out nicely now!!  Its strange because I'm really not an emtional person, especially around people I don't know; but I mean, this week was crazy!  So it was all very dramatic, but then the weekend came and as of now, I have completely forgotten how difficult it was to keep up with things last week!  Tomorrow starts another week, hopefully better!

But I digress. So sorry for that downer moment.  Let's see, this morning I woke up to go to First Presbyterian here in Clinton and I went to take a shower, and let me just say that by the end of my shower I was in water up to my ankles.  Again I say, the bathrooms up here are so very unfortunate.  So off I went to church where it was college Sunday followed by a really good meal!!  I signed up to be adopted my a family at the church, which I am so looking forward to!  Then started another laundry saga.  This time, a little more extreme than the last time I attempted.  My clothes ended up three buildings down.  I roamed the halls and basement of Clinton so many times with a laundry bag over my shoulder.  I gave up for the time being. 

So then I went with Blythe to exercise!  It was a ridiculous 4000 degrees in there so it didn't last too long.  I don't really know what all I accomplished while there; I worked out on an elliptical and a bike which targeted my legs, but I mean, I do that everyday as I climb and descend the stairs of Clinton (today especially as I tried to do laundry).  So maybe that was somewhat worthless, but whatever. 

I hit up the library for awhile, but I ended up talking more than I was reading, so I left.  Which takes me back to the whole laundry thing.  I decided to take it once around Clinton again, and again found nothing.  So I moved to plan B.  I had heard that there was a place to do laundry a few buildings down.  Desperately, I went down there... in the rain.  I did find a place to do my laundry, but I still am not too sure what exactly what the building is, but I mean, at least I found a place.  

I have so much to do right now, but I am not at all motivated presently. Wish me luck this week!

Oh, by the way, still no word from Ingles or Alex... just saying.

"I'll take the first week of college for $300"

One of my biggest fears is reading out loud. I have heart palpitations at the thought. I can talk out loud without any withdraws, but I cannot read out loud. So today I go into my English class, which I am taking simply to fulfill a gen ed, and one of the first things my professor says, "I hope you're comfortable reading out loud, because we're going to be doing a lot of that in here!" I was totally freaking out for awhile.  It got worse when she called on me to read a portion of the syllabus.  So I had a shaky voice and stuttered.... a lot. Seriously? Now she probably thinks I'm incompetent. Love it. Its not my fault I'm not a confident reader! So hopefully I won't have to do this often, and if I do, hopefully things will get better! 

So after that festive hour of my life I headed to my chemistry class, which I think will be ok. No interesting stories from there.

Then today there was a CEP, Cultural Enrichment Program. My usually trustworthy sister, Anna, told me there were going to be Chinese acrobats! I, in turn told several people the same thing.  I arrived at said CEP and there were no Chinese acrobats to be found.  There were some odd dancer/ interpretative movement people.... So I, as well as the people I had shared faulty information with were pretty let down.  

I went to Springs for lunch; it was great.  Then came a first of my time at PC... I came to my room, gathered my dirty clothes, and descended 5 flights of stairs to the basement of Clinton to do laundry.  I'm pretty sure asbestos lurks down there. I went down the stairs to put a load in, came back up, went back down to transfer the clothes/ put new clothes in the washer, came up, went back down to get the last load out of the washer and into the dryer, came back up, and finally went down to retrieve the last load from the dryer, and in turn came back up.  So that is 4 trips up and down the stairs, 20 flights of stairs just to do laundry. In shape? No I'm not.  I caught my breath after about an hour. Those 20 flights do not include the subsequent flights I took on a usual basis. BUT, I successfully washed 2 loads of clothes without any mishaps!!! 

So we went to dinner in GDH, I had some pasta. Again, nothing too exciting.  Then we went to a block party in Clinton.  I got lots of free stuff and entered to win several drawings (the main one I'm pulling for is a grill from Ingles. That's just what Clinton 4th needs is a grill!) I also signed up to be a big sister in the Big brothers/ Big Sisters program, a volunteer at the local nursing home, a helper with Relay for Life, and a worker with Habitat for Humanity. Productive trip to downtown Clinton? I think yes!

So after that I decided to finish my biology reading in the library!  By the way, words can't describe to you the difficulty I went through to get my hands on a book... I'm still waiting on one to come into the bookstore so I must borrow from others for the time being.  I felt very studious in the library, and I got a good 30 minutes of work in before I had to head to HP's computer lab to take the Jeopardy College Online Test.  For those of you who may not know, one of my gifts in life is excelling while watching Jeopardy.  So I figured, who better to be on this show than me?!  But, the questions weren't on my areas of expertise.  Therefore, I am not expecting a phone call from Alex anytime soon.  However, my precious friends sat there with me while I took it. 

So we headed back to the dorm, but I stopped by the library to finish up my biology.  Again, I felt very much on top of things! I'm thinking this become a routine! 

So for the most part, that was my day. I'll keep you posted as to if I receive any phone calls from Alex, or if I acquire a grill from Ingles! 

First days at PC

So I have decided to start a blog. Mainly because I feel like I attract weird situations, so they really need to be shared. 

I'm a 1/2 week into college and its great! I've already made some great friends and some special memories!

So first I thought I'd share some special things about my living situation......

1) I love love love the 4 flights of stairs I must climb to get to my room. I really have to have good reason to go downstairs because it is quite the haul back upstairs. 

2) I love so very many things about the hall bath:

    - The fact that I must plan out my trips to the bathroom. I guess I was too used to having one right there at my room at home. I should have been preparing for this. 

    - I'm a tall girl. The bathroom stalls are made for people of a shorter stature. I can't stand all the way up, because if I do, I appear to be creeping over into the next stalls. 

    - Nothing beats having to wear shoes in the shower. It's just marvelous. 

    - The shower drain is located in the top corner or the shower stall. Water collects in the shower and doesn't drain. When I get in the shower, its not my water sitting there in the bottom. 

3) I do have a great room mate! She is precious! She shares so many thing in common with me. For one, she has to watch TV to fall asleep, just like I do! I really didn't think that would happen!

Despite the somewhat strange living situation, I am having so so much fun!! I still am getting used to things, but I can tell I'm going to love it! Classes started today so I'm finally getting into a routine. Its also great having my sister up here! I love running into her randomly/ when I hunt her down.  There are 99 people in my biology class! That is pretty crazy! I went to get my books to day and that kind of depressed me! So very many books to read for english!!

I have so much more that is going on, but I just can't write about it all! I'm having so much fun!