Week 1

Week one has been very stressful and overwhelming. Im surer it will take me a few more weeks to get completely settled in my dorm. School is a lot different and will take some getting used to. I’ve found some good friends that are in my room 24/7. I’ve known my roommate for about a year and we get along well. She is from the town over from me and we met through mutual friends. Classes are not too bad right now. The workload is already a little more than Im used to but it’s nothing too bad. I have an emotional support animal named Brick. He is a cat. He should be here by the end of the week. So far I think I like it here. 

Week 7

Week 7 as a college student was stressful. Im starting to fall off and I’m trying really hard to get back on track. Classes are hard. I have so much homework and not enough time in the day. Im trying to manage my time better. Life in the resident halls isn’t so bad. Im in Padua and I like everyone on my floor. My roommate it a lot. She is very mentally and emotionally draining. All she does is talk about herself and I’m staring to get tired of it. The past few days the whole first floor reeked of fish. I don’t know who but someone cooked fish then threw away their trash in the laundry room and it stunk up the whole floor. I love my neighbors. They always just show up at my door. Two of my friends are always in my room. They basically live in Padua at this point. Im concerned I’m going to fail out. Ive reached out and gotten the help I need but now its my part. I need to get myself together. I want to stay in school and I know that I can.

Week 8

Week 8 as a college student was very stressful. I am trying my best to get back on track but things keep coming up that get in the way. Family issues personal issues, there always seems to be something. I can never catch a break. My roommate just got back from UVM. She was gone all weekend, like usual. She leaves basically every weekend. I had a lot of fun with out her to be honest. I went to the lacrosse formal Saturday. It was fun. I got to sign my name on some big sheet. I had a lot of fun with my friends. overall my week was okay. Very stressful but I got my work done and was still able to hangout with my friends. My friend and I also went to the steve lacy concert. It was so fun.

9- Halloween!!! Halloween was so fun. Halloween is my all time favorite holiday. I love it more than christmas. I love everything about Halloween. I had three costumes. Thursday night I was pennywise. Friday night I was Shrek. And Saturday night I was lightning McQueen, obviously. I had so much fun with my friends. And believe it or not, I still made it to all my classes on friday. I even went on a boat for my environmental class. 

10- Week 10 was pretty good. I’ve started hanging out with my friend from home. We were never close at all but we started to become really good friends. He is from the neighboring town so I never really saw him at home. One of my best friends came up for the weekend. She goes to UNH, so she can visit here all the time. I love when she comes to visit. She says she likes UNE better and UNH. I’m trying to convince her to transfer next year. She said that if she still doesn’t like UNH by the end of the year she will. Which is so exciting. 

11- Week 11 was okay. I’ve started pushing myself to get schoolwork done and to take care of myself. I’ve started scheduling time out of my day to just sit down and do homework. I’ve also started eating better and going to the gym more. School has been stressing me out a lot. I feel like I’m falling behind again. I think I just need to make it to thanksgiving break so I can reset almost. I have been struggling this week but I am trying my best to get myself together. The weekend was fun. I got lots of work done and was still able to go out with my friends. I went out Saturday night. The party was toga themed. I have no idea why it was fun. One of my friend’s nose randomly started bleeding and he got blood all over his white blanket. We went to go to the bathroom to clean him up and luckily there were some nursing majors who helped him. I was just laughing the whole time. 

12- Week 12 was so awesome. A ton of my home friends came up for the weekend. I was so happy to see them. It was so strange having them up here. My friend has a house down the street from campus so we all slept there. It brought back so many memories. I’ve been going to that house for years. It made me feel kind of strange because for years we would drive right through campus to get to her house. Every time I would say “That’s where I want to go to school”. Now that I actually go here it feels crazy. But we had so much fun. We stayed in the dorms for a while and then I took them to a party. I can’t believe I got all 8 of them in. But I just had so much fun showing my best friends where I’ve been living for the past three months. I can’t wait to visit their schools now. Also, I’ve made some new friends. They are juniors and have a house off campus. They are so incredibly nice. I’m so grateful I met them.

13- I went home for thanksgiving. The day was so much fun. I went to my high school’s thanksgiving football game. We won. I was able to see so many of my friends. I then went to my grandmother’s house. I don’t usually go but I had some time. I didn’t want to go but my mom really needed the emotional support. After that, I went to my dad’s house. My older brother and I go there every year for Thanksgiving. The past few years have been horrible. I hate my stepmom so much. This year was different. No one was crying and making me feel like a bad person. I actually enjoyed myself. My favorite part of Thanksgiving is going to my friend Audreys house. Every year all of my friend and their parents go to her house. It was so nice to see everyone. I was at her house till about 2 am. The rest of the week was also so fun. One night I went to my friend maggies house with all my girlfriends. We brought back some friend group relics. We ate walking tacos and watched pitch perfect. We have been doing walking taco nights since probably elementary school. Walking tacos are chip bags you crush up and put in all of the ingredients that are usually in a taco. I had so much fun spending time with my friends and family and I can’t wait to see them again for winter break. I also worked a 10-hour shift. Not fun.