Well That Didn't Work

THE DAWN IS BREAKING
It's the first day of classes, it's the first day of classes! This semester is already shaping up to be much better than the last. Now...now, I have my fresh start. Besides the fact that all of the classes I was in today were amazing (I'll get to those in a minute,) I've got a ton of things planned with friends and a handful of dates lined up for the next week or so. It's remarkable how different my life is here than it was when I was in high school. I have friends here; more than that, I'm actually kinda popular. I had to learn how to manage a social life, to find time for it, to make sure I don't lose touch with anyone. I have multiple groups of friends that I do different things with; I love them all, but finding time for them all is a bit of a challenge. I have my girlfriends with whom I talk and shop, I have various friends from Hughes like Conrad, Zak and Silby and, I have a few friends from southside, and, of course, I have Hughes 7 (where I was voted favorite resident that's not actually a resident : o ) ) including Adi and the triplets.

The best thing of all though, is that I'm pretty close with most of them and, for the first time, I have friends that seem to care as much about our friendship as I do. For example, I've always tried my best to get people gifts that I think they'd really enjoy for birthdays and holidays--personalized, hand-selected kind of things; I don't give gift cards. My high school friend, Ashley, wanted to be a paleontologist so, for Christmas, I got here a very detailed book on the subject and a scorpion that had been "frozen" in tree sap back in the age of dinosaurs. I didn't get a Christmas present and she didn't come to birthday party despite the fact that she said she would. For Christmas this year, I did what I always do; I thought of the best thing I could get for each of my friends (at least the best gift that I could afford.) This year was special though, my friends did the same for me. Tom (who moved : o ( ) gave me the most thoughtful present ever; a Nalgene bottle (because he knew I'd been filling the same three plastic water bottles since the beginning of the semester,) 6 pairs of really nice socks (because he'd noticed that I didn't have a single pair of socks that didn't have at least one hole in each sock,) and America: The Book (just because he knew I'd love it.) My friend Ashley (AU) gave me a book of drink recipes for bartending and Zak gave me a marble rollercoaster-constructing toy set. I feel loved.

I was never asked out in high school either, at least not like I have been here. It's really flattering. I've taken a few guys up on their offers, but nothing special yet. *crosses fingers*

Anyway, my classes thus far are excellent. My literature professor is incredible, he's absolutely hysterical. After reading his attendance sheet out loud he said "Bueller?..Bueller?..." I told him he'd better be careful or someone might start quoting lines back to him.

"Oh really?" he asked.
"Ya. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend hear from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl that saw Ferris pass out at 31 flavors last night, so I guess its pretty serious.
"Thank you Simone," he said, half laughing.
"No problem whatsoever," I beamed.

He's a Star Wars geek too so I asked him a trivia question about the original trilogy after class. He didn't know the answer. I think he likes me, lol.

My physics professor seems nice enough. She seems like she's hiding something, her eccentricity, perhaps? I don't know if I'll get as much out of her class as I'd like to, but I hope I will.

Surprisingly, I quite enjoyed my final class of the day, it was microeconomics. The structure of the class is quite similar the hellish macroeconomics class I took last semester--large lecture (300 people to be precise,) eight reactions papers, online problems sets, etc--but with one important difference; the professor actually taught the material. Not only that, he made it interesting.

Alright, I have dinner plans with Conrad, Zak, and Silby, so I must be off. I bid you adieu.
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