And We're Back.

Wow.

So I guess I'm pretty bad at this whole blogging regularly thing. To update you on what i've been up to, I am now back at school for my final full semester of College. I only have to finish J-term and then I will be done. Forever.
I hope.
The fall semester is in full swing. I am living off campus in a house called "the White House" and it is wonderful. I can not even begin to describe how much lower my stress level is so far. I don't know if it is because it is quieter in the house or not. I have a feeling it is because I don't have the pressure of committing to a wing and all of the pick-a-dates and parties and open-houses and everything.
Classes look to be...interesting. Right now I am procrastinating a paper that is due in...oh...two hours? My work half of my brain has not kicked in yet. I find it normally takes about a month for me to fully get into the semester.
I am really nervous/intimidated by Freelance Writing. Now I know everyone has told me that it was the absolute best class they ever took to help them with writing...but right now I am not seeing it. It's 3 1/2 hours long and rather miserable.
Senior Sem includes a bunch of dumb busy work, but at least it is only one credit hour.
Web Writing & Production will be good...I think. Mike Saunier teaches it and he is probably my favorite teacher right now. I am also excited about what we will be learning in the class since I am interested in writing for the web.
Web Design is rather stressful since I haven't used Adobe programs in over a year and I haven't really designed anything in a long time. Hopefully that part of my brain wakes back up quickly so I can produce good work. =)

Being...Intentional.
Everyone here at Taylor talks about "being intentional" in all that we do. I have used that word so many times this past week and I don't even like it that much. I have just found that being off-campus means that in order to hang out with people, you have to be intentional and ask them to hang out here. Otherwise, no one will come see you.
So, in the past week I have had over six dinner dates to catch up with people. My hope is that I can continue it throughout the rest of my last semester. I want to show people that even though I am a recluse and introverted, I do care about them and I have not forgotten that we are friends. I would also like my house to be a place of refuge for those who are overwhelmed by campus and just need to get away.
Though my house is right behind Swallow, my housemates and I have made an effort to make it feel like a home.

Now that I have sufficiently released my writer's block, I must go write a paper for Senior Sem.

Until next time.