Well...I'm surviving my first week of college. Calculus is all review, atm, and I only have homework due once a week! How cool is that?! I'm really excited about that. My professor originally was from UC Santa Barbara and taught there for 6 years. He's, so far, has been a really good teacher and pretty fun. I dropped Tech Tools, the class, and I'm taking the assessment, which is basically an independent study sort of thing. It's going to prove "difficult" in the manor that I'm going to have to self-teach myself somethings, and pick my own "topics" for my portfolio, but it shouldn't prove TOO hard. I have 4 weeks to complete 4 assignments. The first is word processing on Microsoft Word. I have different requirements I have to fulfill in the paper that has to be at least 1500 words. I'm thinking of revising one of my school papers to fit its needs. The 2nd assignment is a spreedsheet. I have to use a MINIMUM of 100 cells! What in the world, data wise, am I going to use that utilizes at least 100 cells?! I have to write a little thing on it explaining what the data tells me. *rolls eyes* I also have to make my on formulas, which I haven't done ever before. First Year Seminar isn't bad either. It's basically a get-to-know-the-campus-and-students class. That's where I'm really getting to know some other students and such. Overall...I say it's been a good week! I have my calculus lab tomorrow.

Working and doing school has been a little rough on me. I'm closing 3/4 times when I work, so that wears me down the next day, but luckily that's night class! Work is still going good, but the only thing is...I'm ill! I've got this cold/allergy thing. *shrugs* It hasn't really gotten too bad. I'm more tired and a bit more weak, but I'm still surviving, mostly.

Lastly, I ordered my computer tonight!! 15" apple powerbook w/ DVD burner. I also did their cram & jam deal so I also got a 20gig iPod. This computer is costing me my entire scholarship money, which goes to a good cause, I suppose. HOPEFULLY, my $1500 from CSUMB is renewable each year, which I think it is. So that'll help a great deal during my stay at CSUMB. But yeah, it's going to take me till next semester (January '05) to "pay-off" my computer. I've got the money, NOW, so I'm going to take the money out of my savings and pay myself back as I get my scholarship money from various places, which is good. I just have problems with the fact I'm spending aprox. $2200 on ONE thing. Even if it is about as top of the line you can get.

Well, that's about it for now! Hope everyone is doin' well.

WHOA! Haven't updated in a while.

QUICK update:
1) I'm working 35-40 hours a week. I'm still liking my job, too! Do you know how hard it is NOT to spend your pay check at Borders THOUGH?! I get a 33% discount...
2) I start school, COLLEGE, on Monday
3) I opened a checking account today
4) Doing research on getting a laptop (Sorry, to the pc people!)
5) Working on my license, still
6) My cell phone is doin' good. I like it, but...I can't find a blasted phone cover for it that I like that's NOT on-line so I don't have to pay shipping!

7) GOOD LUCK TO ALL MY FRIENDS STARTING COLLEGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think that's it...for now...I'll update whenever I get the chance again.

Oh my gosh...working is a LOT of work... Or, well, opening is. Standing on your feet from 3-4 hours at a time, isn't the funnest, but for the most part, I like working at Borders. I've had some small blunders since starting and I'm still learning as the days go by. We're getting new cash registers tomorrow so that'll be nice! Things, hopefully, will go more smoothly and faster.

I open twice next week, and have two shifts that go in the middle of the day and I close once next week also. It's mainly the exact same schedule as this week, except on Monday I go noon to 8pm. I think Tom had pitty on me because he knows that I have the aquarium the day before till 6pm and I think he wanted to let me have a BIT of a rest, at least.

Any ways, I gotta go. Laters for now!!