Adventures of a Shockingly Average 30-Something

Either way, Hunger Games or college classes, may the odds ever be in your favor. Thankfully, I like all my classes - so far.  I know I'm going to be crazy busy this semester, but I have to just keep telling myself that it's worth it.  It's all going to be worth it.   Even though I just realized that Australia probably isn't going to happen ever.  It's like $19,000 to student teach there, and there's no way it's going to be possible to save that kind of money in a year. I really haven't been this disappointed in a LONG time. IT'S REALLY FREAKING COLD HERE.  With the wind chill, it got down to -30 the other day, and then yesterday it was, with the wind chill, -18 at the coldest.  It's days like that that make me seriously question my decision to attend a school as far north as this one is.  It's supposed to get back up into the 30s -- and possibly even 40s!!! -- next week, which I'm so thankful for. But anyways.  Like I said, this sem...

I was thinking.  College is expensive.  Like really expensive.  Yesterday, I got hit with an email about one of my classes, saying we need a textbook and a math manipulative kit, for a total of just about $160 (if I can rent the textbook and get the manipulatives used instead of new) or a little over $20 more than that if they don't have any used ones left.  Ouch.  That's a lot of money.  I had to ask my dad for help paying for it, and he doesn't have the money right now either, so I had to ask my grandparents.  I felt SO bad having to ask them for help like this, but I had literally no other choice - and my dad said he would pay them back as soon as he has the money to. But anyway, that's why I was thinking about how expensive college is... but here's what I was thinking about: What if I sold some of the pictures I've taken?  Not pictures of people , that would just be weird and creepy... but some of my better sunset or landscape pi...

Well, I'll be back up at school in 6 days!  And then classes start up on Monday the 21st! Honestly, this break wasn't really that bad.  I mean, I was bored as heck... but aside from that, it wasn't too bad.  Christmas was great.  I got to see a couple of my friends.  I read a few books.  I spent a lotttttt of time cuddling with my cat... I can't wait to be back up at school.  I don't feel like I fit in here, but there I do.  I have some really great friends there who I love to pieces, and I miss like crazy.  I can't wait to see everyone up there again.  To have movie nights.  To have our Family Dinners.  To go to club meetings.  To just hang out. So!  Classes.  My Monday's really aren't that bad.  Except that I have a gym class at 8:30 in the morning.  Ew, right?  Yeah.  Then Spanish 3, which I'm a bit nervous about.  I haven't taken a Spanish class since my first semester of my fre...