Me Freakin' out....naw

This semester started with freaking out, escalated freaking out, and then calming a little. So I begin this semester with the usual go to school for the first day, find out what is expected of me, and then continue on with no changes. Well, I registered for a class that was going to discuss the legend of King Arthur and whether he was real or not. Thanks to my high school English teacher I'm absolutely obsessed with King Arthur and the whole wife having an affair thing. Well I squeaked in the class by being the last on to sign up and then getting all excited about the class. Big huge flags should have went off in my head when he class was EN 477. No significance with the number but it is a higher level 400 level class. So, I go to class on the first day, not to mention it was at 8:00 bright and early for a college student especially that hasn't taken an 8:00 since freshmen year, and I walk in to hear classmates talk about how hard of a teacher that our teacher is. Seeing as they were talking about a she and the teacher's name in my schedule had somewhat of a man sounding name I paid no attention. So, the teacher comes in, being all female and all, and she starts going over the syllabus. The first huge red flag that went off in my head was when she said that our only long research paper needed to be good enough to be published. HOLY CRAP!! That second red flag was not being exactly sure what things were due and when. That is a good thing to know with it being a class and all. So I went home after my classes were over, freaked out more, and cried. After thinking about it for a little while I convinced myself everything was going to be okay I decided everything was good. Well, Martin Luthur King Day came and went and the morning of my second class came. I never came to class. I skipped both classes that day and stayed in bed. Usually when I do that I really don't want to face what is coming in the day ahead of me. My mom made her usual call and asked how my day went and I said pretty good considering I stayed home. Then she said If your worried about the class drop it. Believe me that crossed my mind the minute I left that class so I went to the computer lab to see if any classes were open. I didn't want to do anything drastic so I didn't. The next day, I went back to the computer lab, dropped that class like a ton of bricks, and signed up for a poetry class. I had never dropped a class before and knew I would be behind and when I worry about things the world is about to end so I worried until I finally was able to go to the poetry class and realized the teacher is cool and everything is good.

Christmas Break So Far

After I went through the stressful week of exams I decided I needed to stay in Tuscaloosa during the week before Christmas to work. I was so proud of myself because I went on Monday and worked for a while. Tuesday came and I never made it into work. Wednesday came and I went over to my brother's house that lives in Tuscaloosa to babysit his two little boys while my sister-in-law went to help with his two older girls Christmas parties at school. I could have went to work afterward but I didn't make it. During that time I didn't make it I was cleaning my house seeing how some of the cleaning gets neglected during the semester, so I actually did accomplish something. On Thursday I went Christmas shopping for my mom, dad, and my brother from Atlanta. I got Mom and Dad a dry erase board with dry erase markers, an eraser, and board cleaner, there will be an explanation later. I got my brother a two month subscription to Netflix. He really likes Netflix so I got it for him thinking maybe that will be enough time for him to have it while saving up so he can get it for himself. I hope it works. Anyway I did that and came home and packed up the car. Then Buddy and I loaded up and traveled to Magnolia. On Friday my Dad had his last day of work and only worked half a day and came home to a house full of his children and grandchildren. We had a get together for him to let him know that we appreciated him working so long in order to support us, as for me he is still supporting me but hopefully not for to long. On Sunday my Dad, brother, and I went to church, which was good, and came home. Mom had a virus but she feels better now. Then we went over to my aunt's house to have a late lunch. She had all of her family there except her daughter from Utah and her mother, which my family calls Grandma Harrison even though she isn't our grandmother, so it was good to see them. On Christmas I got up around 7 or 7:30 and mom and I waited for Dad to go feed his goats and for my brother to wake up. around 8 we started opening gifts. I got a digital camera, the book Le Morte Darthur by Sir Thomas Malory, some tools, a book of all of the publishers in the U.S called Writer's Market, and a book with all the works by Truman Capote. I am excited about all of them. After gifts Dad, Mom, my bother, and I went to my other aunt's house to have our traditional Christmas breakfast. My aunt thinks we have been doing it for 50 years. It is a tradition I enjoy alot. I get to see my cousins and eat eggs, bacon, sausage, grits, and biscuits with hot chocolate. Very good!!!! I hope everyone had an excellent Christmas and have a Happy New Year.