This was a huge move, but a very happy one for me. I learned how to live, and be responsible with my time and money, though I had no idea how to study or how to take tests correctly. I was so excited to be there that when I went in to sign up for classes I was sure I would be fine taking the early morning 7:00am classes, but that didn’t go over so well as I loved to stay up late and sleep in. I didn’t have anyone telling me it was time to go to bed so being the night owl that I was, I would stay up until the wee hours of the morning hanging out with anyone I could in the dorms who was also awake, and I didn’t know how to set boundaries for myself for anything. Basically as excited as I was to be there, I wasted the first 6 months by being irresponsible but loving it at the same time. Obviously that was not enough and the almost comical reasons for these grades were …show more content…
One day several of us planned a big trip out there for the day. We walked out to the perfect spot and laid our things down, got settled and I was burnt to a crisp within 15 minutes, burnt! I had already turned from the back to the front and even on my sides. I was in tears by the 20 minute mark, and I was bawling and begging them to leave but they didn’t want to. They saw me red as a lobster but figured I was just hot. I kept telling them I am not normally like this, something was wrong, please we need to go, so finally after about 35 to 40 minutes my very frustrated and upset friends took me home. This after a long walk back to the car through the