First DAY!

So here I am at school, waiting for all of the "excitement" to begin. I'm definitely apprehensive for my courses this semester, and I'm not sure how successful I will be.

I have something of an initial impression of Genetics, considering that it's an online class. I think the online version is probably better than the in class version, simply because I am a more independent learner. Not to mention, there are no clicker questions in the class, making my life a million times easier.

The benefit of Genetics over Cell Bio last semester is that there is less pressure on the exams. We have 700 points in the class (as opposed to 310 last semester), with 400 points going to tests, 100 to homework, 100 to these mini-essay things, and 100 to online discussion.

Anyways, I have not seen any of the actual assignments yet so I cannot really give myself much to go on when it comes to grades, but I think I should do pretty decently.

The technology of this campus is giving me hell today. Between our printer and the internet, I'm on the edge of screaming. I also would like to scream at the slowness of this morning. I've already been here and hour and I feel like I'm going nowhere.

My sister moved into her dorm last night, and apparently, it's like a prison cell and both she and her roommate have to share a closet that's the size of a small wardrobe. By the way, the closet has no door...odd. Plus, there's like no room to move anything, so apparently, she's not going to want to spend much time in her dorm room. Fortunately, she's on a ginormous campus, so there are lots of things that she can do with all of her time so that she's basically just sleeping and eating in her dorm.

At first I was kind of jealous of the opportunities she is going to have, but I realize that I definitely am not jealous of her going to a huge school. I think UCCS is about the max size a school I would want for my undergrad degree. I've been carving my niche here, and so far, I've impressed a lot of people with my abilities. I only wish that this will carry through in the fuure.

I'm scared for Spanish (for the first time ever), because I looked at the course register, and there are 8 out of 14 people who have Hispanic names, meaning they are probably native speakers. Whereas I have had no Spanish in a year.

I'm actually scared for everything. Everything sounds and feels intimidating. I'm confident that as I adapt, I'll do well, but right now, I'm just really unsure of myself and unsure of what these classes are going to expect.

This building is irritating me right now with this pulsating thing. I'm starting to get a headache.

So maybe I should do something now?