College Blues

Gee, I haven't written anything at all this last month, not that you read these things anyways... It has been a busy year to start off... But then again, when am I not busy when I had to go back to school in January?!?! I am now a Sophomore at college and it has been busy, not that you were asking. Once again, I had to make preparations to go back to school... And before you ask, yes, I had an enjoyable Christmas/New Years celebration. I'll tell you though, I dread the winter holidays more now because I have to go back to school soon after! It's always hard to get out of that slump phase you go through during the holidays...

This year, I brought a car so that means I drove by myself all the way from Oregon to Idaho; if you don't include the change in time zones, I made the trip in 12 hours. Driving by myself for that long though, I certainly felt lonely and it didn't make it any easier since I was (naturally) already reluctant to leave home again, and that's for personal reasons. But home is where the start is, I suppose... I left when I did because at this time of year, the mountains you normally drive through is socked by winter conditions making the drive a little more dangerous. I had good weather all the through the mountains so I got lucky there. And as always, I can count on my Idaho relatives to take me in and help me out when I needed it upon arrival!

After last year, I learned to take and see everything with a silver-lining. And in most cases, there's usually a silver-lining in those less-desirable situations life tends to throw at you.

So what have I been up to since coming back to school? What do you think? School work, of course; not that I've been looking forward to it. There are things I hate about school, but then there are those parts about it that I love (it's typically a love-hate relationship).

Like the whole dating thing. (I just love this feature about blogger so I can hint a little bit of sarcasm!)

My first weekend in Idaho, before the semester began, I got talked into doing Gyoza:

Second weekend, after my first week of school, I just had to indulge on some food from Big Juds in Ashton:

Chicken strips and tots.

What else have I been up to? I started volunteering at the Legacy Flight Museum! Since I have a car to get around now, I paid a visit and they brought me on board! Needless to say, I've been enjoying every minute of volunteering there. Normally I would reserve my airplane photos for my aviation blog but this should give you an idea on what the museum is like:

Taken from my cell phone; all the planes are operational, meaning they still fly from time to time.

As for school itself, I'm taking five classes totaling 12 credits right now. More on that later, in a later update... It was somewhat a rough start to the semester early on because I ended up changing some of my classes in the first week and it was a little frustrating because I didn't know options I should pursue... On the bright side though, I managed to arrange my class schedule to the point where I only go to classes four days a week and have Fridays off like it was for me last Spring Semester. It's nice to have it that way because I have that extra day in the week to unwind a little or spend extra time on class assignments and whatnot. Again, I was reluctant to leave home too early on but things have smoothed out as the month progressed both in school life as well as at a personal level. The only other wild-card factor for me right now is that it's still winter time and I DO NOT consider myself experienced in driving in winter conditions.

But now that it's the turn of the month, I'm glad because it means time is starting to fly by; February is usually a fast month because it's less than 30 days long! Then it will be March and once that month is up, the semester is just about over after a week and a half into April. Then the cycle will repeat when I get into Spring Semester...