As the final days of my first semester come to an end, I have learned quite a few things since becoming a college student.
1. Naps are VERY important: When classes begin at eight or nine am and you went to bed at three after staying up that late watching a True Blood marathon in your friend's room, naps are the most important thing in the world. They are more valuable than gold. Naps are what help when all nighters are needed. I tried telling my six year old cousin the other day that naps are essential in college. He stared at me like I had four heads. He informed me that naps in kindergarten were stupid. He would much rather play Star Wars on the play station then take a nap. I told him that will all change once he gets to college; just like his opinions of girls.
2. The food may be good, but it's never as good as mom's: Food at Rathbone or lower UC may be apetizing (the buffalo chicken wraps, wing night, and chicken finger Friday are a few personal favorites) but nothing beats mom's home cooking. Home-cooked meals are what make coming home to visit even better. There are some nights when my mom's homemade lasagna would sound so much more appetizing then the food at dinner. It's the worst feeling knowing that you either eat what they have, or resort of the easy mac under your bed in your dorm room. I've done that a few times.
3. Not washing your sheets weekly is not the end of the world: At home I would wash my bed sheets every Sunday for fear of germs. Since coming to college, the weekly time frame has been expanded...a lot. Sheets mean an extra load of laundry that I really do not wish to do. I wait to take them home and wash them there. Germs in college are not as scary since getting sick inevitable. Once one person gets sick, everyone gets sick. It's a vicious cycle that never ends.
4. Skype is a beautiful thing: Video chatting and skyping with friends from high school has made my life so much better. It helps to be able to literally hear their voice and see their face rather than read about their day through a facebook post or the occasional email. It's made keeping in contact with my best friends from home easier. Some of my friends from home have met some of my friends at Lehigh and they talk like they've known each other for years. Technology is a beautiful thing.
5. When classes end at noon, that does not mean the rest of the day is free. It means time to visit Linderman: This took me a little while to figure out. In the beginning, I would come back to my room, go to lunch with friends, talk with people on the floor, hang out, take a nap, and then dinner, movie time, shower, and eventually homework. Before I realized it, work piled up and visits to Linderman library became more frequent.
6. Schoolwork in college is a lot harder: Enough said.
7. Flip flops must be worn in the showers: for obvious sanitary reasons. Bathrooms in college are not the cleanests places in the world...especially after the Lehigh/Laf weekend...
8. Sharing a room with a stranger sometimes works out (in my case it did), but sometimes it doesn't: rooming with someone you never met can be difficut especially if you two are different. It worked out well for my roommate and I, but for others they weren't so lucky.
9. The first month consists of answering the same questions: Name, grade, home town, major (or intended major. That is subject to change many times), dorm building
10. Time flies: I cannot believe a semester has already passed. I now know why my mom always says to enjoy it. These past five months went really quickly. One semester down: seven to go.
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