Fridays are going to be the longest days ever. It's the only day I have all four classes, and what makes it even worse is that it starts at 8:30 A.M. (it's torture getting up that early) and there is an hour between each one, so I don't finish until 3:30. Plus it's Friday, so I'm just naturally more tired and burnt out on school. But it's good that it's Friday because then the next day is Saturday with no classes. Tomorrow is even better because I am either going to Easton (giant shopping place) or my parents are coming back to bring my refrigerator and a few other things that either wouldn't fit, or that I just decided I want/need.

So far, I really like my classes. I think it's neat how they all intermingle. For example, in my American lit class, we read poems by Phyllis Wheatley, who was influenced by Alexander Pope, whose poem we read in my Brit lit class, who was a part of the Enlightment in Europe, which we read about in my European history class. Also, we are reading A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft in my European history class, who just happens to be the mother of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, which I will be reading later on in my Brit lit class. There are a lot more similarities and overlapped topics, but I'm sure they're not that interesting to anyone else. Let's just say it's a lot better than taking a bunch of random classes at once and trying to make economics relate to psychology or Spanish, or calculus to philosophy. Sure, it's a lot of reading, but it's a lot better than stupid math problems and lab reports.

The first week is over, so I'm sure the days will go by more quickly now. I feel like I've been here a month when it has really only been 6 days. For some reason, the first week seems to last forever, then it flies by. I'll probably be incredibly busy from now on, especially since we're starting fall recruitment stuff that takes up about 2 evenings a week. It seems like there are people hanging out in the room every evening, so I tend to talk to them instead of read. I've really only had a problem with that once, but I can see it happening a lot. I just don't focus enough during the day, and when I do sit down and start to read, my mind tends to wander off and I'll realize I've just read a page without really comprehending any of it, so I'll have to go back and reread it. I guess I'm just not completely back in school/study mode yet.