Mostly talking about school...
I've been back at school, enjoying my classes so far. I've got Perspectives on World History, Intermediate French, Cultural Anthropology and part 2 of the required freshman seminar (my section is called Raising Good Citizens and is like... children's history, I guess, and some other things). And band, for which we already had a concert that went pretty well. A bunch of my friends went, actually, which was super cool. I'm actually really interested in most of my classes (except Perspectives, but that's because I don't like one of the lecturers and we haven't got to the interesting parts yet- we're still on agriculture and the beginnings of civilizations).
Things we were talking about in some of my classes made me kind of want to take Physical Anthropology and/or a Gender Studies class. Then I looked at the class catalog, and my 4 year plan, and realized that I would only have to add Intro to Gender Studies and I'd be able to get an actual minor in Gender Studies, because I'm already planning to take enough related classes to satisfy requirements for either GE, Global Studies, or French. So... I might do that. Probably not Physical Anthropology, though, because I'm already planning to double major and none of the anthropology classes really overlap with what I was expecting to take, so... I don't want to overload myself with classes. Don't know what the hell kind of job I'd be expected to get with a double major in Global Studies and French and a Gender Studies minor, but I figure why not? I'll talk it over with my advisor when it's time to sign up for classes.
Gah, all my things keep conflicting! Mostly club activities and Powell activities. For example, there's going to be a flash mob during lunch on Thursday to promote the Dumbledore's Army Yule Ball that's happening on Friday. There's also a Powell luncheon (opening house for a new building, actually) that I have to be at during the same time. On February 25, my school and Pride (and UC Merced, I think) are hosting a LGBTQIA conference that looks interesting. Well, it's going on all weekend, but the bulk of the speeches are on Saturday. On the same day, there's a Powell trip to San Francisco to see a ballet. Also, I have an RA interview the day after the Rocky Horror Show performance, which starts at midnight. Thank god I signed up for an afternoon slot. I just don't know what to do sometimes.
Also, I'm back to my roommate, which sucks, frankly. She has her friends over past midnight, frequently during the day, and they're all loud. I spent the first three days back from break in the library so I could have some space. I've been staying out of my room as much as possible, unless I happen to find a time when she's not here, at which point I set up camp and enjoy it while it lasts. Fortunately, she was gone most of the weekend when I was inside having a cold. Unfortunately, I think I'm basically invisible to her. She locks me out because she doesn't realize I'm not in the room when she leaves, she and her friends continue being noisy even when I'm right across the room clearly doing my homework, she's turned the lights off on me before because she forgot I was inside... Even when she's alone in the room it stresses me out because she plays her music, which I don't like, and it stresses me just having someone else in here with me who I don't really know. Also, her friends stop by looking for her all the time when she's not here. I was in a pretty decent mood coming back to my room tonight and then I got back and she's just sitting at her desk, doing homework, listening to music, coughing loudly... instant mood kill.
I haven't talked to her at all. The only thing I really could talk to her about would be the having friends over all the time and maybe setting some rules for when they have to be out of the room, but I don't know if that would help unless it meant that she was also never in the room. I would still be stressed and plan my day around when she wasn't in the room, waking up two hours before I have class so I can get dressed before she gets back from class. I can't decide if I should just suck it up and deal with it for the rest of the semester. After all, it's not like it's interfering with my school work (if anything, I get more done when I'm in the library), just my emotions and my sleep schedule, to an extent. It's such a stupid thing to get upset about. And having a roommate is part of the college experience.
...But then, I know I would significantly happier and more relaxed if I didn't have her as my roommate, and especially if I managed to get a single room. I would stop worrying all the time, praying that the light will be off and the room empty every time I go to my room, finding excuses to stay away from my room, freaking out in the shower and bathroom because I can't deal with her having people over. I'd have space to think, and to breathe. We do not have a good relationship. We never talk. We have nothing in common. I think we both spend most of our time ignoring each other. The problem is that I would have to talk to people in order to get the form to request a single room, and all my reasons sound so irrational and pathetic. Small problems. Also, I feel like they'd want me to talk to her first, but the idea of that conflict scares me so much. I really just do not want to deal with it. I want to quietly move out, preferably to the empty single down the hall, but then that would also be... pretty awkward for her.
For a time that is supposed to be relatively stress-free (compared to the pressures of the adult world), college sure is stressful as hell sometimes.
Things we were talking about in some of my classes made me kind of want to take Physical Anthropology and/or a Gender Studies class. Then I looked at the class catalog, and my 4 year plan, and realized that I would only have to add Intro to Gender Studies and I'd be able to get an actual minor in Gender Studies, because I'm already planning to take enough related classes to satisfy requirements for either GE, Global Studies, or French. So... I might do that. Probably not Physical Anthropology, though, because I'm already planning to double major and none of the anthropology classes really overlap with what I was expecting to take, so... I don't want to overload myself with classes. Don't know what the hell kind of job I'd be expected to get with a double major in Global Studies and French and a Gender Studies minor, but I figure why not? I'll talk it over with my advisor when it's time to sign up for classes.
Gah, all my things keep conflicting! Mostly club activities and Powell activities. For example, there's going to be a flash mob during lunch on Thursday to promote the Dumbledore's Army Yule Ball that's happening on Friday. There's also a Powell luncheon (opening house for a new building, actually) that I have to be at during the same time. On February 25, my school and Pride (and UC Merced, I think) are hosting a LGBTQIA conference that looks interesting. Well, it's going on all weekend, but the bulk of the speeches are on Saturday. On the same day, there's a Powell trip to San Francisco to see a ballet. Also, I have an RA interview the day after the Rocky Horror Show performance, which starts at midnight. Thank god I signed up for an afternoon slot. I just don't know what to do sometimes.
Also, I'm back to my roommate, which sucks, frankly. She has her friends over past midnight, frequently during the day, and they're all loud. I spent the first three days back from break in the library so I could have some space. I've been staying out of my room as much as possible, unless I happen to find a time when she's not here, at which point I set up camp and enjoy it while it lasts. Fortunately, she was gone most of the weekend when I was inside having a cold. Unfortunately, I think I'm basically invisible to her. She locks me out because she doesn't realize I'm not in the room when she leaves, she and her friends continue being noisy even when I'm right across the room clearly doing my homework, she's turned the lights off on me before because she forgot I was inside... Even when she's alone in the room it stresses me out because she plays her music, which I don't like, and it stresses me just having someone else in here with me who I don't really know. Also, her friends stop by looking for her all the time when she's not here. I was in a pretty decent mood coming back to my room tonight and then I got back and she's just sitting at her desk, doing homework, listening to music, coughing loudly... instant mood kill.
I haven't talked to her at all. The only thing I really could talk to her about would be the having friends over all the time and maybe setting some rules for when they have to be out of the room, but I don't know if that would help unless it meant that she was also never in the room. I would still be stressed and plan my day around when she wasn't in the room, waking up two hours before I have class so I can get dressed before she gets back from class. I can't decide if I should just suck it up and deal with it for the rest of the semester. After all, it's not like it's interfering with my school work (if anything, I get more done when I'm in the library), just my emotions and my sleep schedule, to an extent. It's such a stupid thing to get upset about. And having a roommate is part of the college experience.
...But then, I know I would significantly happier and more relaxed if I didn't have her as my roommate, and especially if I managed to get a single room. I would stop worrying all the time, praying that the light will be off and the room empty every time I go to my room, finding excuses to stay away from my room, freaking out in the shower and bathroom because I can't deal with her having people over. I'd have space to think, and to breathe. We do not have a good relationship. We never talk. We have nothing in common. I think we both spend most of our time ignoring each other. The problem is that I would have to talk to people in order to get the form to request a single room, and all my reasons sound so irrational and pathetic. Small problems. Also, I feel like they'd want me to talk to her first, but the idea of that conflict scares me so much. I really just do not want to deal with it. I want to quietly move out, preferably to the empty single down the hall, but then that would also be... pretty awkward for her.
For a time that is supposed to be relatively stress-free (compared to the pressures of the adult world), college sure is stressful as hell sometimes.