Today was an ikcy day, so I put Christmas music on. I'm really looking forward to Christmas this year. I mean, I'm really, truly excited for it. I don't even know why. Well, college has definitely hit a low point. I am so sick of dorm life, of my classes, most of my teachers, and my roommate. Two weeks ago I thought I was so on top of things. Today, I come to realize, I am so strangled by things. I don't know what happened. I'm hearing the bell ring and the ref is counting to ten and here I was, thinking I had already thrown the final punch. I mean this day really just blew me over. I didn't so well on my computer exam, which means I will most likely have to take the final exam instead of being exempt like I ought to be. I mean, I'm there in class every day! I do my homework! Grr! Oh, and my English class is a real...how you say...pain in the rear. I dislike my teacher sooo much. And this research assignment is horrible. My film class has become really boring and I found out that the reason I couldn't get into the journal page last week was because we had an exam. Luckily my professor is letting me turn it in to him next week, no problem. What a relief. The only class I'm not hating right now is history and even my dance class isn't so bad. My dance partner, Dan, and I are having a pretty good time in there as long as Miss Kathy doesn't make us dance with different people. I can't tolerate dancing with anyone else in that class. Yesterday I took a turn with this tall lanky kid who can't keep tempo to save his life (but is completely oblivious to this) and likes to invent impossible dance moves because he thinks he can dance. It was so exhausting dancing with him that, by the end of our turn, I was just letting him drag me around the floor. I need to have a chat with Tanisha pretty soon. She's been so messy and lazy around the dorm lately I can't stand it. She hasn't been making her bed (which, I realize, is NOTHING to complain about, but we've made our beds since day one and I fear if she slacks off in that, it will only be the start of other sloppiness). She never empties the trash, even when the can is overflowing and spilling on the floor, she leaves crap all over our coffee table, and that damned TV is on 24/7. I can tolerate the TV, even if it annoys me, I can tolerate it. But it's icing on the cake, really. Oh, and this past weekend when I was gone her little sister came and stayed with her and I have an awful feeling that she slept in my bed (which I really don't like because for one thing, she didn't ask, and for another, I am extremely territorial about things like that). And I have a feeling she used other stuff of mine, but I don't know. I'm just not cut out for dorm life, I've decided. I'm too neat, organized, focused, and...well, I guess mature would sum it up in a word. I'm not even sure if I'm liking college as a whole right now. I think it will be another year before I really like it, when I start taking classes of real interest. Yesterday I began my pre-registration requests for next semester and have over 22 credit hours, which would be an impossible feat but I just don't know what to hold off on yet. There are so many damned requirements and prerequisites!! This summer is going to be very hard. I'll definitley be taking summer school, have a job, and hopefully an internship. I've decided that I need to work really hard every summer to stay ahead in school and save up so I can move off of campus. The dorm thing was fun, good to get the experience, but I think I'm over it now. I need my quiet night hours, my empty garbage cans, good smells and clean furniture, and a rommate I actually want to be with. That may sound really snooty, but I don't think it is if I work for it. My goal for the next four years contains three important things: Maintain an acceptable, if not an exceptional GPA, take out as little a loan as possible, and be able to pay for my own place. I came home again tonight. The family was having warmed up lasagna so I came home for that and am staying the night. I am so happy to be here once again. My plans? Well, I just finished my research for my English project, so I now I need to complete my summaries and get this project organized. PS- the other thing that ticked me off today was a $30 parking ticket for parking on the 4th floor of the parking garage. I should be parking on the rooftop (5th floor) but I thought a meter away from that, with covering, was going to be okay. After all, I ordered my permit in advance, paid the same amount of money as everyone else in that garage, and that garage is never EVER full so there is absolutely no reason I should have to park on the roof. I fully intend on arguing my way out of this ticket. They 'ain getting a dime from me. Ugh, Life, take me away. Carrie