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Monday
Getting adjusted to being in school again is always a difficult task. Over break, I was so used to being home with my family and sleeping in my own bed so now it's weird to be back in Moscow. I'm from Boise, so it isn't too far away, but the atmosphere is so different from Moscow! Over break, I spent a lot of time with my family and especially my mom because we are very close. I wish she lived closer a lot of the time so that I wouldn't miss her so much, but I try to call as much as possible.  It's hard to make a lot of time to talk to people back home because my schedule is so packed and my free time is spent sleeping or having fun to balance my 19 credits. 

Tuesday

Sometimes I felt like the break was going on forever, but I didn't want it to end when the last week came by. Down time is not something you get a lot of when living in a sorority or just being in college in general. I feel like I took a lot of my down time for granted and wish I spent less time sleeping or watching Netflix.  

Wednesday

It was nice being reunited with my friends who don't go to U of I because all of our college experiences are sooo different. One of them goes to school in Arizona so it's always 80 degrees or hotter so she will try to wear fall clothing and ending up having to change because she gets so hot.  Others go to schools with such a large student body that they won't recognize a single face some days walking to class.  I can't imagine.  We all went to a small private high school so I'm sure that's a huge adjustment from knowing the same 100 people in our graduating class and a few from the other classes. 

Thursday

Getting back in the routine of school has been particularly difficult this week because there are so many distractions! It's also hard remembering where all of my classes are because I'm so used to my last semester's schedule.  Thank God I am taking more interesting classes this semester so hopefully I will be more focused on my classes this semester.  I am taking 18 credits instead 19 this semester which is still a lot so I really need to learn how to balance work with fun and friends because to be honest, I spent a lot more time having fun last semester and I barely scraped by with a 3.05 GPA.  Yikes. 

Friday
I wish I had enough time to get a job, but I don't think that is in the cards for me this semester unless I drop a class or two.  I'm not sure that I would want to do that though.  College is so much different than high school so it was hard for me to take it seriously and learn how to study differently. Hopefully I will finally be able to learn how to study and be productive on days where I only have one or two classes.  I guess I will have to try out a new structured schedule so we'll see how that goes!