back to reality.

i'm back to life as a college kid once again. school is officially back in full swing. i realized today that i got spoiled rotten last year as far as classes are concerned. i really didn't have any difficult classes. the hardest thing was art history. now i'm facing a quarter jam packed full of work. i think i'm going to learn a lot, so that's a good feeling about the whole thing. i just don't know how much free time i'm actually going to have. i have a minimum of 20 hours a week at starbucks. close to 24 hours a week of class. plus homework. and i want to be able to do chi alpha services and crossroads community group. i just don't know where it's all going to fit. crazy crazy. i think i'll be okay. i just have to kick it into high gear. i'm excited about all of the challenges i'll be facing in my classes...mainly my painting class and my photography class. i'm not really very skilled at painting. i mean, i can do well enough to get by. so i really hope that i can learn a lot and improve a lot this quarter. i really have enjoyed the previous painting i have done...so i'd like to be good at it. i think my photo class is gonna be pretty hardcore. i'll hopefully be learning a lot more about the conceptual end of photography. that's something i haven't really pushed myself in, and i think it will open so many doors for me. i also hope i learn a lot more about the technical photography stuff. i just want to keep growing in my knowledge of photography and hopefully make some really great photos.

in other news...jonathan is back! hooray! it is so wonderful. i love him so incredibly much. we got to go to six flags in dallas on saturday. it was so much fun. it was just the two of us, and we rode rollercoasters ALL day long. 10 hours. it was amazing. i am still sore and stiff, but it was worth it. i'm glad we got to do a trip like that before we got too busy. i hope that we can find time to spend together even though we're both going to be insanely busy with school and work. he starts applying and interviewing for jobs soon...real jobs. like a career. it's pretty scary...and i'm not the one looking for a job. i know he's going to do so great. i just hope he can find something close by. i don't want to be far away from him. it's too hard. not fun at all.