Promises and Observations

If I have any audience at all, which is pretty difficult to imagine but I will attempt to imagine one all the same, they are probably wondering as to my inconsistency as of late. After all, prior to these past few weeks, I've been pretty good about updating every day even if it meant posting some of my old things just to pacify this said imaginary audience. Instead, you have been met with silence. I will say this to you now - college is going to stomp all over me for a little while so my schedule may be erratic at times but I will still try to update at least once a day, Monday through Friday, with thoughts and problems and such. That's a promise.

While I was brushing my teeth tonight in my bathroom (our dorm rooms all have private bathrooms for every room since it's co-ed by dorm room not by floor), I dropped a little toothpaste into the sink. Now, I didn't think about it, I was most interested in brushing my teeth, flossing them and the likes but I noticed how that seemingly solid blob had slid down a little, like a paint drop, making it's slug-like way down to the drain. Now, there wasn't enough of it to actually make it to the drain so I had to wash it away but it did get me thinking. Sometimes it's the strangest things that trigger your thought process, you know?

I started thinking about how my college career has gone so far. I've started out solid for the first week or two, I've been eating rather regularly, drinking lots of fluids, eating things like salads which I don't normally eat - I mean, I've been doing alright for myself. And so I think of myself at the top of this wash basin. But the more I slide into college life, the more I'm being sucked into things like late-night movies, hours spent playing video games and the likes. As the weeks continue and I continue down this path, I'll be even more entrenched in this habit of not studying like I should and blowing it off for frivolities. Now, those who are looking at this are either going, That's what college is about, fun!; Boy, that girl has a good head on her shoulders.; or You shouldn't coup yourself up in your room/the library and miss what's going on around you. Now, while all of these statements have some merit of truth to them all (college can be fun but you shouldn't shirk off your studies to have that fun because your grades will fall and then you won't be in college but don't keep your nose to the grindstone, lighten up), I've realized that a better schedule needs to be constructed so that by the time I get to the drain (i.e. Winter Break), I'll have earned that break instead of messing around.

Now, some heads may be spinning as to where this all came from but the explanation is simple. I have reading that I need done before class tomorrow that I don't have done and now I'll be a bit behind in the classes. Fortunate for me, a few of them are lecture style. Unfortunate for me, a few of them don't announce quizzes. So it's a fifty fifty if the material I speed read is relevant to the next class or not. So with this thought in mind, I'll take my leave and impart these words of wisdom to current and future college students - Always check your syllabus!