Second Day of Classes, a Little Aggravated, But I'll Get Over It, Maybe.

So I'm doing okay here at Clemson. I've met some cool people so far from this thing I'm involved in. I've decided that my roommate and I may not be good friends like I had wanted. It's okay. I've met people who don't get along with their roommates or be friends with them. She's okay, just she's decided to stop asking me if I want to go places with her. Not that I wanted her to ask me in the first place. Like today she went to dinner, and I hadn't eaten yet, but she didn't even ask if I had. I don't care that she's making other friends. I want to make new friends too. I think one problem is that I'm not very outgoing so I'm not always talking. I'm quiet, and I know this. But if you do get to know me you'll come to find out I'm very sarcastic, and will start talking to you. I did meet this cool guy at the thing I went to today, and he seemed like someone I could be friends with. I just don't know if I'll get to see him that much. So, this weekend I'm hoping to find something interesting to do. I have 3 classes tomorrow, and I think the last one ends at 3 or 4 not sure. Today I only had one class. It was Biology and it started at 8, but I didn't mind since it gave me a free day basically. So I'm going to stop my rant, and maybe my roommate and I will find something in common. We do have some things in common, but she doesn't seem to want to hang out with me. Like I said, if she just got to know me she'd find out that I will actually talk to her. Right now it's super quiet in my room, except my jamming at my keyboard. I need hints on how to meet new people, it's not like I've never made new friends. I made of couple of friends this summer, who seem like I'll actually stay friends with. Argh!!!!!!!! I'm stressed out enough as it is. I don't need this added on to it. ARGH!!!!!! AGAIN! So now I think I will officially stop my rant!

Adios,

Alisha

First Day Of Classes! Am I All Grown Up Now?

So today I officially started my college career by going to my first day of classes. I only had 3 today, but once labs start I'll have 4 classes on Wednesdays. Tomorrow I only have one class, which is awesome, but it starts at 8 in the morning, which sucks. So considering I'm at college now, does that mean I'm all grown up? I'm also 18, but I don't feel grown up. I can't even believe I'm 18. I still believe I should be in high school goofing off, and making A's in classes even though I didn't study till the night before. I was just lucky I guess with that. But all I hear here is that cramming the night before doesn't work like it did in high school. I expected that. I've heard that from high school teachers. So far college isn't like what I expected at all, which is a good thing. I really think I'm going to like my chemistry and communications teacher. I don't know about the public speaking part of my communications class, but I'll deal with that when it comes. Tomorrow I have biology, and I'm not sure what to expect in that class. I like science, but I like chemistry better than biology. Friday I have 4 classes, but again once labs start I'll have 5. Wednesdays and Fridays I have a full schedule and it seems like I have no break. I don't even think I ate lunch today because I had a class at 12 and then one at 1:25. I did eat dinner, so I didn't starve myself. Next week I start work, and it will be after my biology class, so I don't get a full day to be lazy like I would originally. No, I had to go out and find myself a job! I needed one, but I had a basically free day to do anything! I just had to go and mess that up! In all actuality, I'm not complaining. I'm going to have money in the bank! It would be good not to be the typical broke college student, but really I am since I have to pay back student loans as soon as I graduate. Joy! Life could not get better than having to pay student loans. So getting back to my original question, I don't believe I've grown up yet. I still have a lot of learning to do, and I believe I have plenty of time to grow up. I'm a college student now! Whoo Hoo!!!

Adios,

Alisha

Getting Use to This, I Guess?

So I've been away at college for 3 days now. Wow! I can tell you it's not like I expected at all. I thought it would be different then how it is, I don't know why. It's cool though. The only problem is I'm missing my sis and friends. One of them I've been texting and he's decided to give me an awful nickname. I won't even put it on here, I don't like it that much. It's my own fault. As told to me by him, I was suppose to come up with my own. I was told this because I made the mistake of asking him how he got all the nicknames he has. He came up with most of them himself, of course. Just to let you know maybe 2 of them are actually good. He's really big into nicknames, and thinks he's the master of them. He wishes. Well I couldn't think of anything, so again I make the mistake of telling him this so he comes up with one. One I don't get, but whatever. He's in a totally different state than me, like 5 hours away. Which is sad, but at least I don't have to hear that nickname all the time. So as I have already pointed out, I also miss my twin sis. I text her way more than anyone else. Wait, let me rephrase that, she's the one who is usually texting me. She's about 3 hours away at a different college, like my friends, but we always manage to talk to each other. I think I won't miss her as much if we text most of the time. She doesn't even have to be at college yet. She went early for some program, and doesn't start class for a week or more. I start on Wednesday and my first class is at 9. It's my chemistry lab, joy! I at least know where most of my classes are. I hope I'm not late to any of them. It's always a possibility. One good thing, I finished that essay that was required of every incoming freshman. It was due by midnight tonight, and I just finished 45 minutes ago. It's probably the worse essay I've ever written, but I'm not an English major, so it doesn't matter to me that much. It's also a pass/fail course. All I have to do is do all the required material, and I pass the class. It's not for any credit what so ever, which is kind of disappointing since I have to do all this work for it.

Just to let you know, in case you were wondering, my school's colors are orange, purple, and white, and that paw is the tiger paw. I'm a Clemson Tiger now!

Adios,

Alisha

Two More Days!!!

This Saturday I will be moving into my dorm at Clemson. I cannot wait! My roommate and I have been talking through Facebook, discussing what we're bringing and what we're not. We're also deciding whether or not we're lofting our beds. She's from Florida, but moved to Texas last week. She has a 20 hour drive, and she left today to get to school on time. She seems pretty cool and I can't wait to meet her. I also can't wait to move in. The only hassle is trying to pack everything up and remembering everything. I think I've got nearly everything I need. I really hope I don't forget anything. One problem that I'm having is that the replacement book bag I ordered after they sent the other to the wrong Alicia is not here yet. The person I talked to and placed the order for me said it should of been here on Monday, but it's still not here. I called PBTeen again today. This time the guy told me that my order should be here either today or tomorrow. If it's here tomorrow then that will be too late because we're leaving tomorrow morning to take my sis to school. She moves in tomorrow. My mom said she would bring it to me when she takes my sis the rest of her stuff next week. I'm really hoping that it will be here today. I don't want to have to wait till next week to have my new book bag that I really need. Argh, live is soooo frustrating sometimes!!! Well I need to finish packing, and I need to get my sis movitated to actually start packing her things. She's only packed some things, and now she's lounging on the couch watching TV. She doesn't seem to want to pack at all. So I've got to get a move on, I still have a lot of things I have to pack, and at this moment I can't remember what all it is.

Adios,

Alisha

Something New!

So I got a new laptop on Monday. I got a MacBook Pro, and I love it so far. I'm actually using it right now for the first time. I was required by Clemson to get a laptop. Originally I was going to get a Dell that would of cost me only $400. It was one of two laptops that I could of gotten for my major. Both of them were Dells. Clemson sends out a Laptop recommendation list every year, and last year's only had 2 computer's for me to choose from. So I go to see if I can buy one of Dell's and it turns out that Dell no longer makes that model. That totally sucked. Well I signed up to receive an email when the new recommendation list came out, and on it I could choose any of the computers listed. Well it turns out the cheapest computer is $1200, and it's a MacBook Pro. Originally I never wanted a Mac. I'm really use to having a PC, but so far I'm liking my Mac. I would of gotten the Dell, but it was like $200 more, which makes a difference when I still had other things to buy after I got my computer. So I'm happy with my choice, but I think I would of been happier if I could of gotten the $400 laptop and had an extra $800 to spend on other things I need. I'm even going to add a photo I took using Photo Booth with my webcam, which I'm finding I like having.

Total Weirdness

So I recently purchased a book bag from Pottery Barn Teen or PBTeen. I had ordered it online, and it was suppose to be here two weeks ago. So as usual with me, I kept tracking my order to make sure that it would arrive when I needed it to, which isn't till next week but I would like to have it already. So I tracked and one day it tells me that it's in a town only an hour away from mine. It says something about changing the address but I pay no attention to it. I just get so excited because I know it should be in my mailbox in just a day. The next day I go and check the mailbox to see if it's there and it's not. I don't think anything of it. I was just a little annoyed. The following day is a Saturday, so when it's not there I just think that it will be there that Monday. It's not. So now I'm frustrated and totally confused. It should of been there. The past week I have been going to check the mail to just get things that I haven't been expecting, but not the one thing I have been. I try to contact PBTeen through email, but they're no help. They just suggest to go and track my order. I track it and it says it was delivered to the front door. I think, "that's funny, it was suppose to ship to a P.O Box." I never get mail at home anymore. I usually ship everything to my P.O Box, and if it can't go there than I just don't get it or wait till I have time to go to the store and buy it. So after much frustration, I finally decide to call customer service and get to the bottom of this. I talk to a lady and tell her my order number that I read from my computer screen. She says that it was delivered to the front door. I tell her that it was suppose to go to a P.O Box, and that if it was delivered to my front door I haven't seen it. She puts me on hold three times. One time she comes back on and tells me that it was delivered to an address, but I tell her that that's not my home address. She tells me that they don't ship to P.O Boxes. I think this is odd because it never said that they couldn't ship to a P.O Box. Usually when I enter my shipping address, it tells me before my order is confirmed that they can't ship to P.O boxes. PBTeen never told me that. I thought it was all good. So after the third time that she put me on hold, she asks for my home address and tells me that they're shipping it to me again and that I won't be charged again. I'm relieved but surprised that the person didn't send it back when they got my order. I tell my mother this because I have been complaining to her about how my order should of been here. She asks me the address they had shipped it to and she looks it up online. She finds out that the person they shipped it to has my name just spelled differently. I spell my name Alisha, and this person spells it Alicia. We have the same last name, and it's spelled exactly the same. I never knew there was someone else with my name in my town. Somehow my mom gets this lady's number and tries to call her. Why? I don't know, she probably wanted to know if she got my order, and if she would send it to me. Well the number had been disconnected so we never found out if she did actually get my book bag. I just found it weird that this happened. It never has before and I hope it doesn't again. Another thing I find weird is that I never knew there was another person in my town with the same name and my town is so small. I'd think I'd know a thing like this. It's a crazy, mixed up world we're living in!

Adios,

Alisha

Why Not be Nice for Once?

So my brother's birthday is today, and he turned 20. Before now my twin and I have never really given anything more to my brother for his birthday than a singing card and a gift certificate to some place. To be honest I never felt the need to really have to give my brother anything for his birthday. He hardly gives my twin and me anything on ours. I have actually never given my twin anything on our Birthday or Christmas. I sometimes view that as odd, but she has also never thought about giving me anything too. I think it's because we share the same birthday, and we - I - feel like it would be like giving myself a present. Anyways, I have strayed away from the point. So until two days ago, my sis and I have never felt compelled to give my brother anything more than a funny, singing card(cause you know those are the best). Well for some reason this week my sis has be acting really nice instead of her usual sarcastic, say what I feel, self. Not that she isn't nice from time to time, but she's never nice all week. I feel like I just jinxed it, it's only Wednesday, she still has a few days to go back to normal. Well she came up with the idea that we should give our brother an iPod. We both found it weird that since we've been in the 8th grade we have always had an iPod, and our brother has never had one. He's nearly 2 years older than us, and has never had an iPod. I find this quite shocking because what kid doesn't have an iPod or at least wants one. But no, my brother never asked our mom for one for Christmas or any of his birthdays. He didn't even ask this year, which I understand, he's 20 with a job, so he can buy his own iPod instead of asking mommy. My sis and I have been asking for one since we were in the 7th grade. We've had every kind of the shuffle, from the first one to the colorful ones that clip on. We finally upgraded from the shuffle to the nano on our 17 birthday, and I for one don't really care to get a different one. I like the one I have now just fine. Anyways, my sister in a moment of weakness(we were at Wal-Mart, when do you never want to buy something from there) said we should get him his first iPod. Up until this point, our brother has had other ways to listen to music. He's always had a phone that he could hook up to his laptop and download songs onto, but recently he got a new phone(and his own plan), and no longer can put music on it. He also has gotten into mountain biking and running a lot. We thought the new iPod shuffle would be perfect for him since it clips on, and he wouldn't have to buy a thing to strap it around his arm. I actually thought he needed an iPod because I saw the iTunes gift cards and thought about future gifts. I wanted to get him one that day, but he had to have an iPod first in order for me to go back to normal birthday presents. Again, to be perfectly honest, my sis paid for the iPod. I'm broke because I have to buy a $1200 laptop for school(and yes I have tried to find a cheaper one, believe me this is the cheapest one that is on the list that they gave me, I'm required to have a certain computer) and have to save most of my money so I'll have it when I go purchase my laptop. It wasn't the most expensive gift in the world, $55 plus tax. It's the thought that counts, remember that people. Also as my sis put it, "He can't have one better than us," well not until he buys his own. He didn't expect anything except the usual funny, singing card, which we still got. We also got him a yummy cake, and it really was delicious, and our mother cooked him dinner. This was all 2 days ago because my brother decided to spend his birthday with friends instead of family. I don't care, I was surprised he was home 2 days ago. So, as my twin and I have told our brother, this may be the last time that we do this sort of thing. Our niceness is rare, well my sis's more than mine, way more. He actually does like his new iPod. Bonus, he doesn't have to download iTunes because we already got it, and most of the kind of music he listens to is already on there! I think we did well, and just to let you know, my sis owed me money, and I told her that she didn't have to pay me back she could just say that was my part of paying for the gift. So there I did actually, kind of, buy it too. Whatever. I just hope he returns the favor. I expect a really big care package when I go away to college. It's the least he could do.

Adios,

Alisha