Monday, September 8, 2008

Some Observations...

I've decided to compile a list of little things that I've noticed since moving out here to Millikin...

  • Toothpaste/shampoo/conditioner/EVERYTHING lasts much, much longer when not shared between three sisters.
  • Just because they keep the ice cream machine turned on at breakfast, doesn't necessarily mean that you should use it then.
  • However, bagels with lox make wonderful breakfasts.
  • Writing two papers in one weekend isn't nearly as hard as people make it out to be... If you're a robot.
  • Functioning on three to four hours of sleep is no longer impossible... Quite the opposite, actually... It's the norm.
  • Practice rooms have become my best friend.
  • It's obviously a miracle that with four girls all sharing the same bathroom, there are absolutely NO fights whatsoever about who showers when or who is taking too long... It's WONDERFUL!
  • While it's nice to not wake up and find a mess left by chinchillas, you definitely miss them when you wake up in the middle of the night and now there's no one to talk to.
  • When you're not feeling well, there's no big lump of fur to come and set her forty-pound body on you as if she's some sort of lap dog.
  • The convenience store on campus is misleading... I see nothing convenient about paying $6 for a box of Wheat Thins.
  • Between jazz band, concert band, classes, homework and quintet practices, you fall to your knees in praise when you find enough time to squeeze in three meals in one day.
  • Ramen is now a swear word. (Kevin and Maegan disagree.)
  • Living with all the kids in your Seminar class is an interesting experience... Mostly for the better... but occasionally for the worse.
  • Being able to hang out at places other than campus? Yeah, I miss that.
  • I've learned what vacuums are for... and I really wish I had one.
  • If your RA is cool, you can get away with a lot of stuff... so long as you let her have rice whenever you cook it inside your room.
  • E-mailing your professors to do a little bit of schmoozing goes a long way!
  • When one of your professors says "C's get degrees... So practice your ass off and do your homework later", take that sort of advice with a grain of salt.
  • Having a Mac is considerably less convenient when everyone else on campus with a printer runs PC, so you have to go all the way to the Mac Lab in the library basement to print out your papers.
  • Getting the mail will never, EVER be quite as exciting as it is in college... After all, after college, odds are my mailbox won't be full of cookies every time I check it...
... I've got plenty more, but I figure I'll save those for another time!

Lyss