Hey there! Welcome to a sophomore girl's thoughts on college. Mind you, my opinions and experiences are NOT going to be how yours will be/are!! :) Read on! Oh, the older entries are at the BOTTOM of the page. One of these days, I might reorganize this page..I need to.

Okay. Well, here we go:

February 01
hehehehe...I haven't written in a looong time. :o Sowwy. Anyways, spring break is next week and I can't wait! I'm going back to MD, staying at Jamie's house. This semester is pretty hard, my Assembly Language and Computer Architecture class is kickin my @$$. (hey i rhymed!) >_< I'll be glad when this semester is over. I think I took on too much than I can handle, at least with my choice of classes. But hey, I'll be fine. :) Biggest thing going on right now is that Jamie will be transferring to Pitt for the fall! Yeah!! He'll be moving in with me in late May. I can't wait. My old roommate graduated in December and moved out. Having a roommate was fun :) I don't think I could have handled it in a smaller sized dorm room, tho. At least we each had our own room and living space. :)

July 00
Woooohie! I'm a soph now!! :) and I'm home for the summer. Got my apartment up in Pittsburgh so I don't have to worry about that anymore. I survived my first year at college. :) I'm happy. Happy to be home with Jamie, too. NOT looking forward to going back next month, tho.. :( *wahhh!!!* But I shall survive, right? After all, you'll see a July 01 here next year and I'll probably say something like I survived my second year. :) Go me. *heh heh*

April again 00

Finals are coming finals are coming!!! ahhhh!!! *runs 'n hides* help me!! *lol* ok...i only have 4 finals..I can get through it, right? surrrre...chem, bio, calc 2, and c++...i'll be fine...uh huh. *talks to herself calmly* *maybe*

April 00
Whoa! Haven't written in this puppy since Thanksgiving?! WOW!!! Well, as for college, I have adjusted. Sort of. Just because I have gotten used to it all doesn't mean that I'm not religiously counting down until I go home!!!! APRIL 29 BABY! Yeah!! Anyways, I was reading over my other entries and I just want to update on those. I got used to the whole sharing a bathroom with 29 other girls. Although I can't say that I got used to doing #2 overnight or anything. And sometimes if the bathroom is kinda crowded, I still won't go until everyone leaves. *LOL* But that's just me :) As for the whole period thing (sorry for guys that might be reading this) I got used to that real quick once they started putting those little trash cans in every toilet stall. Before you had to go out to the main trash can. *eww* As for the food, well..I got used to that for awhile. But ever since last week I have had a hard time eating cafe. food. I think it's cuz Jamie came up last weekend and we ate out and I got the taste of real food again. *drool* Mom sent me some homemade food today and I've been eating it all day. *lol* So it's not so bad. But I definitely can't wait to go home!!!! I don't even care that I have to do dishes. That's fine with me. The dinner itself is worth it. :)
Another thing is that I'm moving off campus next semester. Well, fall semester. I'm moving in with one of my friends that happens to live on the same floor as me right now. :) She's graduating in December, tho. But that's ok. :) I recommend dorms for your freshman year just to get the "experience" but if you absolutely hate it like I did..you should look into your off campus options. Pitt actually has a bunch of off campus housing available but we have the lottery housing system of choosing where you want to live and since I'm an undergrad..no way would I get somewhere decent. :)
oh yeah..in case you wondered why I never complained about a roommate..it's because I don't have one. :) I have a single room. Actually, you might want to call it a closet...

Nov 99
Ok, this month. Where should I start?? *LOL* j/k Ok. Well. It's really stupid how everyone decides to take Greyhound and Amtrak during the holidays!! But I'm really stupid to get my ticket so late!! hehehe. ^^ But I ended up with a first class sleeper on Amtrak to get back to Pittsburgh after the Thanksgiving holiday. *cannot wait to go home!!!!* Yeah man. *l* What else is aggravating? When profs and instructors decide to have more midterms when our finals are exactly a month away anyways!! That's damn aggravatin!!
Oh yeah. I still miss driving and I'm really starting to miss my own bathroom. The food, I won't even go there. *l* =Þ

Sep 99
It's so hard not having a car!! I miss driving so much. Not only that, but I get really homesick sometimes. ARGH I miss my bathroom, my bedroom, the kitchen, my own private laundry (and my mom doing it for me :) and just simple a house of my own where I could relax around people I knew. BIG CHANGE COMING TO COLLEGE!! phew. And what else? I miss Jamie horribly and yes, I even miss my parents. Especially my mom's cooking!!! MMMMM!! Yummy.

July 99
Rica here is terrified of going to college now. I'm going to the University of Pittsburgh this fall and even though I'm excited, I'm really quite scared. I don't want to share showers with numerous other people (what happens when I'm on my period? or someone else is? eww!!) nor am I looking forward to cafeteria food for a year. What if I can't make friends? What if I get mugged or raped or something? Logically, I know I'll be fine. But here's my main worry: leaving Jamie. *sick at the thought* I know I know. All of you are probably like "well, this is just her high school sweetheart. she'll find someone else and get over it." Well, you're wrong. Personally, I believe that Jamie is the one for me and I know we'll make it. But I'm so scared. What the hell. I don't even know why I'm bothering to type this. It doesn't matter. Unless you're in the same type of situation, you don't understand. What if some other girl gets in the way back home? ARGH. Someone help me out here!!!!! I'm going nuts.

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