College. This is how it is.

In case you wondered what my life has been like for the past four weeks, this is for you.

But mostly, it's for Micaille. She told me I should post something on my blog. So here I am.

Where I actually am is work...don't tell my boss. I work for Doug Thatcher at Allstate, just answering phones, booking appointments, mailing letters and the like. I do quite enjoy it! I also occasionally finish my work early, he occasionally leaves early, and I just get to chill out in the office until 5 o'clock. This is when I catch up on blog-reading and social networking. In case you wondered. Anyway, I like it. I'd so rather sit in an office for 3 hours a day than stand on a purple line for 6 hours a day. I do still work at Bowmans, just much less than I have in the past. I'm there Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 7 to 11, as well as Saturdays. Feel free to grocery shop accordingly :)

I don't care much for labels, but I guess you could say I'm too school for cool...if you catch my drift. 15 hours of classes...6 hours of institute...you can guess where I spend a lot of my time (and the answer isn't Bowmans this time! Yay!). Three cheers for the Weebs. Woop. I guess it's fun? It still kills me to look at pictures of everyone partying with their roomies and hanging out on campus...I think I talk to about 5 people a day. Maybe 6 or 7, but only if I'm feeling adventurous. It isn't that I don't enjoy talking...because I really do. People just don't talk to each other up there! It's so weird! I did see four Japanese girls walking and laughing together yesterday...I was really jealous. I'm working on finding some buddies...it's just hard when everyone is so freakin anti-social!

So if it's alright with you...I like to ask permission because I'm polite like that...I'm going to tell you one thing (or maybe more...we'll see) about each class.

English 2010--We have assignments due maybe once a week. We have to submit them online by 5pm, so if I have to work then I try to submit the night before just so it's not late. I walked into class on Wednesday and as soon as I sat down, my teacher said, "Kelsey?" Um...yes? "Come here for a minute." Ohhhh shooooooot. "I was just looking at your assignment and it looks really great, it's exactly what I wanted. Do you mind if I show it as an example?" Psh, well, yeah, I mean, yeah of course! Can I just say that's never happened to me before??? It was never me. And it finally was. And I felt awesome.

Econ 1740 (which is Econ through history)--I have to work really hard in this class...to stay awake. My doodling skills are coming along quite nicely. Carli Bennett and I really enjoy laughing at our professor everytime he laughs at his own jokes (which is much too often). I'm trying to learn, I really am.

Intro to Theatre--As previously mentioned, my teach has an English accent. And a sweet goatee. It just makes that class all the more enjoyable. Hamlet did not shoot Polonius with an arrow...in case you wondered. He actually stabbed him through a curtain. That's what happens when you eavesdrop, children. I love learning more about things I love.

Book of Mormon--I love having prayers answered every time I go to that class. And I love that I don't have to play the piano every single day.

Public Speaking--Some people talk longer when they comment than when they actually give a speech. I don't know that much about government price regulation. I love watching my grandpa in such a different setting. He's pretty cool for a senior citizen :)

Intro to Visual Arts--I like looking at pictures. They're fabulous. I think keeping the lights on in that class would be a good idea for kids like me who don't get enough sleep. Just sayin. We had to draw a picture today--I didn't know creating art would be involved in this class. Shoot. At least it didn't look too horrible...

Chorale--my favorite thing three times a week. I love singing with these people. We get to sing at a meeting with President Monson at the end of October, just because we're that cool :) I love my alto friends.

Fun story from today-- Every Thursday is lunch at Institute, and I had a half-hour break before Chorale so I went. I sat by Dusty and Jacob until they had to leave for a class, then it was just me and some strangers. I started chatting with Steve, who also graduated from DHS. I mean, what are the odds?? Haha he asked if I knew Carlie Pitcher, who just happens to be my backyard neighbor and my distant cousin! (We can't ever remember if we're third or fourth cousins, so we just go with four-and-a-halfth :D ) It turns out that Steve is Carlie's cousin, making him my four-and-a-halfth cousin as well!! How great is that? We're totally friends now. My mom asked if he was hot. He's definitely good-looking, but knowing we're related throws things off just a bit. She said, "You could totally marry your third cousin. It's not even illegal." Well, thanks. But no thanks. That'd just be weird. But I'm glad I'm friends with Steve now. Maybe we'll even make it FB-official! Who knows?

I gotta shut the office down now, or else I'd share more stories! Maybe come visit me or something, then I'll have what appears to be a social life. Yes, I'd enjoy that very much :)