Family Weekend!

Today my parents came up to visit me for the weekend. It was so nice getting to see them again. We walked around campus, went to dinner, and went to a comedy show in the chapel. It was also my mom's birthday today, so I bought her a cake and surprised her with it :). Tomorrow we're going to have lunch together, and then my parents are going to head back home. After that, there's a football game, and then I have the rest of the weekend to relax!

                                                           my mom and I on her birthday!

Repair Affair!

Today was Repair Affair! Repair Affair is a part of my freshman first year experience class, called "First Class." Every group has a day where we get to go out to a person's house and help build whatever they need. We worked with a company called Kentucky Heartland Outreach, which is kind of like Habitat for Humanity. All of us got on a bus around 8:30 A.M., and we headed toward this old woman's house in Greensburg, about 10 miles away. We worked on building her a deck and a new set of stairs, because hers were old and apparently she had trouble getting down them. Today, I also got to try several things I had never done before. I used a sledgehammer, hammer, AND a table saw. It was a day of firsts for me haha. By the end of the day, the woman had a new deck and set of stairs on her house! It was really fun to hang out with my first class group, and it was nice to be able to help someone out.

First College Test!

This week I had my first college test! I wasn't sure how hard it was going to be, but it ended up not being that bad. It was in Macroeconomics, so it was basically the same stuff I had learned last semester in high school. It was matching and essay, and for the matching the teacher gave us a word bank. I'm pretty sure I did well, and hopefully he'll grade the tests soon! 

Other than studying for tests, college has been so fun! My friends and I are always doing things around campus, and it's a blast. The only bad thing is that lots of people go home on the weekends here, so it gets really quiet and its easy to get bored. Last weekend, it was just me and Sarah in the house! My mom and grandma came to visit me and have lunch on Saturday, and it was great seeing them. This weekend, I'm actually going to go home with Lauren, because it will be the last time we go home before Fall Break on October 20th. I'm so excited! I miss Louisville. Campbellsville is nice, but there's really not a whole lot to do here. Plus, it'll be great seeing my family again. And my two little Scottish Terriers; I've missed them! I just have to get through today's classes and one tomorrow, and then I'm on my way home. :)

Getting into the College Routine

So far, college life is pretty great! There have been so many events this past week so I've been pretty busy. Also, I've started getting more assignments in my classes. Two English papers, one History paper, and Algebra homework. But I've already got most of it done, so I have a free weekend :) Today was also one of the first semi sunny days we've had all week, so I took my bike for a ride and went up to McDonald's. I really hope it stays this way for the whole weekend, or else I'll have nothing else to do!

Classes Have Started!

So far, classes are going great! All my teachers seem really nice and caring, which makes me feel a lot better! Here's how the first day of classes went: my Comp II teacher referred to herself as a "loose cannon", and her policy on sleeping in class is: "If you fall asleep, everyone else's class participation points for that day will be determined by the number of paper wads they can land in your gaping mouth or on the back of your neck.." My history teacher started off class by saying, "Welcome to Advanced Physics", and then the rest of the class she kept talking about how cute this Scottish guy's accent was. Then I had Algebra, which so far is ridiculously easy. I finished all of my math homework in an hour, and even worked ahead.

The second day of class also went well. My first class was Macroeconomics, but it didn't start until 11, which was so nice. The teacher was also nice and said he's going to drop our lowest test grade. I didn't think professors in college did that! Also, our only papers are going to be 4 short one page essays. After that I had an hour break, and then I had to go to my First Class group, which was easy. Then I had Intro to Physical Activity, and we got out 20 minutes early! My last class of the day was Understanding Art, which is the class farthest away from the Village. I am really excited for that class; we get to learn a lot about the different styles of art, and a lot of the book focuses on art from Spain, France, and Italy, which I visited this summer! So I think this class will be more important to me since I got to see a lot of the works of art in person. After that, I went back to my dorm and worked on homework.

I am so glad to say that so far, I've survived all my college classes. Hopefully it stays like this the whole semester!

All Moved In!

I'm finally all moved in to my dorm at Campbellsville University! We arrived at 9:45 yesterday morning, and it took several hours to unpack everything. My parents stayed until about 2:30, and it was so sad saying bye to them :(. After they left, I didn't really know what to do. It was weird thinking that I was finally on my own! I decorated my room more to make it feel like home, and now there are pictures everywhere on the walls. I do miss my parents and friends, but I'm really loving Campbellsville so far and have met a ton of people!

 All moved in! :)

 Our bathroom!

Finally finished decorating above my bed :)

Last Day in Louisville!

The first car is all packed up! This is gonna be fun to unload.

My car's all packed up too...Miranda wants to come too :)