It's Crunch Time

"We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred human responsibility." - Albert Einstein

I saw this sheet of paper on a door the other day. I just wanted to tear it all off. I really had a rough start at the beginning of the semester. The person right now writing this if completely different from the person who moved into Chapel Hill at the beginning of the year. Right now, I feel more confident and my grades are improving which is GREAT. I was so worried whether I could settle into this little college town because outside of this place is a whole different story. I have to be careful though because sometimes my old self will come back. The old me where I felt like I was a turtle hiding in a shell but I have to remind myself that hiding in a shell won't lead me anywhere.

My English class is okay, despite the fact I have a very chill but tough grading professor. Hist 51 is very interesting. It's about Latin American Rebellions and Revolutions. It's shown me a new perspective in a part of the world that I didn't even know about and made me reconsider the political decisions of the United States. It's a discussion based class with 3 midterm papers. So sometimes the discussion part is tough for me. It takes me a while to analyze plus I'm not planning to become a history major in any sort of fashion. I'm trying to speak up more though. My Chemistry class has been a roller coaster. I basically bombed the first midterm, so I changed everything I was doing. I dropped my music theory class because I felt so uncomfortable in the class to the point where the people in the class annoyed me so much that I just threw my hands (mentally) in the air saying it wasn't for me. I was doing fine in the class but I had this gut instinct that it just wasn't for me. I was kind of depressed though dropping it because I had this plan to major in music and apply to medical school but it just wasn't meant to be. I knew I had taken the right path when I actually didn't fail my Chem midterm test and was higher than the class average. It's interesting how excited I am when I realize that I scored above class average.  I've also been taking an exercise class Ultimate Frisbee which has been fun but I'm about over it now and Symphonic Band which has been great but I don't think I'll take it again next semester. A one credit class that takes up 2 hours of my day seems to be too much.

I have one more midterm before Thanksgiving and I can't wait for that! (Even though I'll just be doing more work.) Despite my struggles I can definitely say I'm proud to be a Tarheel Born, Tarheel Bred. Oh and GO TO HELL DUKE!

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Dorm Shopping: Bedding

Searching for the perfect bedding

The past weekend my mother and I went dorm room shopping! We decided to look at some of the selections from Bed, Bath, and Beyond. We were looking for bedding that was bright and poppy. We didn't want anything that was too dark or dull. Since I am living in such a small room, it helps to find color that will make the room seem bigger than it actually is. 

Here is some special tips that might help anyone who is still in need of finding some bedding.

1. Make sure you are buying the right size sheets!
• If the mattress at your school is TwinXL, don't buy Twin! You don't want to be in that awkward situation when you have to call your parents to buy another set of bedding because your sheets are too short.
2. Buy some special allergy mattress protection.
• Because bed bugs do exist. You know that phrase "Don't let the bed bugs bite"? Buy this and trust me, they won't bite you..
3. Save money.
• Coupons, coupons, coupons. If you buy from Bed, Bath and Beyond, you can save lots of money by using the coupons that send in the mail and through the catalog. (Also, some stores will take expired coupons. So, start finding a place to stash them!)
• If style isn't that important, try to buy dorm bedding styles form last year. Usually, they are all ready discounted. Take it from my shopping experience. The picture up there is my dorm bedding for this year. It's from DKNY. If you bought it last year you would of had to pay $149.99. Well Bed, Bath, and Beyond had a clearance of it for 79.99. Think that's it? Well, no. It also had a sticker for 50% off making it 40.00. It doesn't stop there. We also had a 20% off Bed, Bath, Beyond coupon which made the total price of $31.99. 

$32 bucks for bedding. Win.

Hope some of these tips help out a lot! I will be posting some other tips so check out my blog later!

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