They say the college years are the best years of your life. I sure hope they're lying. Don't get me wrong, I love college so much more than High School and I am having a blast here. But if it only goes downhill from here on out...? Not very exciting stuff to be sharing with me, ya know? College is a weird period of your life in general. In one aspect I feel like such a little kid again. Dorm life is like one big sleep-over party and everything fun here is wicked cheap. (Yes all my PA friends, I said "wicked"). On the other hand, I feel like I've leaped into adulthood. I am paying bills, balancing my checkbook, managing my free time, and working full-time (schoolwork during the year, and regular work during vacations). I suppose it doesn't help that I'm a 19 year-old freshman. Because everyone is so smart here, most of the girls in my hall are turning 18 this fall. I'll be 20 in...5 months! It's a confusing age to be at. I'm sort of an adult at 18, but I'm nineteen, so still a teen, and I'm not 21, so I guess not officially a "real" adult. Although, the only really big thing about being 21 is that you can drink, and that's not something I'm into. So does that mean that I'll be an adult when I'm 20, or was I an adult at 18 and I am an adult and a teen at the same time now....? I spent this last week working out my schedule for college (making sure I take the right classes at the right times so that I can graduate in 4 years with my weird double major plus a minor thingy). I just planned the next four years of my life! And that is determining the rest of my life! That's kind of scary to think about. Well, that's enough life contemplation for a while. Some people tell me that I think way too hard and way too long on this kind of thing--that I'm overanalytical. *shrug* I've given up trying to fit other people's definition of "normal". For now I'm off to enjoy the brief freedom of this weekend.