Experiences

So for some reason, I was under the impression that because of Spring Break, blog posts were not due this weekend. But just in case, I checked many other people’s blogs and found that you published posts.
So I don’t really have much on my mind now. It is late Sunday evening, the night before classes resume from Spring Break. I had a good break. I was able to relax, sleep in, and spend time with my family and my girlfriend. Over this break, I realized how drastically people have changedhabi, including myself. Friends from high school do not act the same or necessarily have the same interests as before. Some are too focused on school work (not necessarily a bad thing), while others are too preoccupied with their friends from college. As if they do not spend enough time with them in the first place!
Every break I have from school, I tell myself that I am going to devote some time to working on school work. Unless something is immediately due, this never happens. I wonder why I even bring my backpack to school. I consider myself a good student, but for some reason I view my home as an escape. It is a haven of missing comforts. I never thought it would be this way, but as a second semester freshman, home has what I need, rest, food, family, and my bed. Along with being unable to complete work, I never find enough time to reunite with every friend I want to. My girlfriend is moving to Hawaii this Wednesday with her family because of the Air Force, so I dedicated most of my time to her.
Despite being extremely busy with family and my girlfriend, I did manage to catch up with a few friends. Unfortunately some of my buddies have changed, and not necessarily for the better. One of my pals is dipping now, and he acknowledges that it is a bad habit. He even has a friend who has just been diagnosed with mouth cancer for the third time! Hello! Wake up call! Well, I am not his mother and do not nag him or lose sleep over it, but I did find it somewhat disturbing and dramatically out of character for him. But I feel that I need to evaluate myself as well.
After having almost a year of college under my belt, I feel a lot of things have changed for me to some degree. My relationships with my family have improved, dramatically in some cases like with my high school sophomore younger brother. I think distance makes one treasure what they have, plus not having to be in each other’s space constantly is a nice plus. Also, I think I have gained a more broad sense of what is out there in the world after just a little exposure to Carolina. I feel I was an aware person of my surroundings, but I think I have gained a better sense of what life is like in the real world and how I am going to prepare for it. I hope.