Ms. Walsh

I think the heater is working fine now. Our room's kind of warm, which is muy bueno. everyone's back in the house! I'm really happy!! I got a postcard from one girl who went to Japan during J-Term...isn't that insane??? Anyway, the house is back to being a nice big family again. It's great! This semester looks like it's going to be a lot of fun...the beginning's always the best because nobody has to worry about homework and commitments and whatnot. It's the best feeling: being here and being happy. One more day left...lol. Let the stress begin!! Anyway...the rooming stuff might turn out to be a bit complicated. I think that a lot of feelings might get hurt in this process because if I don't get a roommate I'll be very upset. The good thing, though, is that no matter where I'll live--whether it's in the big house or the small house--I'lll get an upgrade on the room. There are only 13 first-years right now, which is not a lot at all! I don't know what the quota's supposed to be, but I'm sure that it's a bit more than 13 people. Anyway, with such a low number of people, we're pretty much guaranteed suites and singles by our junior years, and nice BIG singles our senior years. If I can't live in the small house next year, I'll definitely try to get a suite junior year and a big single senior year. Also, next year the doubles are a lot bigger and they have added features like bigger closets or two closets, windows on different sides, etc. I'm aiming for a room on the 3rd floor if I'm going to be in the big house. There's one room--across from my old room--that has two windows, two closets, and is a lot bigger...so that's a good choice I think. But there's also another room that's kind of isolated, but it's on a corner, has two windows, one decent-sized closet, and you get your own little area in the hall that pretty much nobody goes to unless they want to use the attic...and it's the room that Sylvia Plath lived in when she was here!! Insane, right??

The heat doesn't work in our room. Stupid piece of crap room! This is one of the downsides of living in a house that hasn't been fully renovated since 1899. Our heater has always been strange. This morning, at 5.30, though, my roomie and I were woken by the heater (and it was supposed to be shut off!!) because water was spouting out of it and it was so loud! And now, it doesn't even work! I'm sure that tomorrow morning it's going to be under 30*. This fricking room is so drafty (and it doesn't help that we have three windows--two of which don't close properly.) At least next year I'll be in a house that was renovated in 2000, and I'll only be sharing a bathroom with about 7 other people (as opposed to 20+ people right now) Basically, how the housing lottery goes is that you can choose to either to (1) stay in the house that you currently live in or (2) enter into the housing lottery. Since the house that I currently reside in is a complex (with a big house which I live in and a small house), I'm going to choose the first option and wait for the room draw in April. Now, *if* I get a good draw, then I can definitely get a room in the smaller house. There are 11 rooms in the smaller house (5 singles, which I definitely will not get, and 3 suites which I *might* be able to get.) Basically, there are only 3 rooms that I'm sure nobody higher than sophomore-standing will take those three. And, *if* I can't get a room in the smaller house, it will be nice to know that if I stay in the bigger house at least I'll get a bigger room (maybe with two closets?? or a corner room) I guess my other concern, aside from the allergies (which are getting better) and the fact that the roomie might not want to be my roomie next year, is that I absolutely do not want to live next to (or worse than that...live with) those "too cool for school" bitches. It's bad enough that currently we live above two of them, and that I used to live with one of those bitches for over a month!! That's why living in the smaller house will be perfect because it's quieter and there's little or no chance that all of them will get rooms in the house. Oh well...we'll see...there's still a lot of time, and I definitely shouldn't be worrying about something like this when my time will soon be consumed with massive amounts of homework. 2 days! I can't wait!

Well, I already have a Live Journal, but it's "friends only" and I have a Dead Journal but it's private. So I guess this wil be my totally-public blog. Plus, I'm kind of a non-fan of fan fiction...lol. I mean, I like what other people write, but I suck at writing fiction. So this will be about my real life, and if it's boring...too bad! Isn't that why we all watch soaps anyway?? Anyway... The second semester is starting in 4 days. I'm looking forward to this semester's classes: MWF- Intro. to Women's Studies I'm looking forward to this class, but at the same time I don't want to deal with all the "too cool for school" bitches who decide to be WS majors and badger the rest of us to burn our bras and wear rags during our periods. But if I want to continue taking more WS courses, I have to have this course under my belt. Plus, a few people I know are taking it whom I like. So maybe it won't be too bad. MWF- Spanish Okay, I love Spanish and I'm still pretty sure that I'll be going to Spain my junior year. But 220 is "Intermediate Conversation and Comprehension" and my least-favourite part of the Spanish language is speaking it! I mean, why else would I go abroad?? TTh- History This is the class that I'm looking most-forward to. It's going to be a lot of work because there is a ton of reading involved, but from what I heard, it's a really great class and the prof. is awesome. The topic is "Women in the US 1865-Present." I guess that's one of the perks of going to an all-female school...or is it?? Maybe this semester will be Female Overload and I'll wind up hating my own sex. Who knows?!? TTh- Economics This class scares me!! I don't think I'm going to do well, but I refuse to get graded S/U because I did that for English last semester. Hopefully, it will be easier...the book looks totally confusing though! Anyway, since I've been here I've been kind of lazy. Granted, classes haven't started, so I have every right to do lazy. I have started working out though. I go to the gym at 9 to watch The Golden Girls , and then I go again at 2 to watch ATWT. Unfortunately, when classes start, I won't be able to watch ATWT on Tuesdays and Thursdays until 2.30, and my MWF class ends right at 2, so I'll miss the first 10 minutes then. But I'm buying t a VCR! lol! Either tomorrow or Saturday...whenever I get the chance to take the bus to Target or BestBuy. I'm worried that I won't be able to hook it up because the cable is directly connected to the TV. I **think** that I know a way to hook it up. If not, I'll bug my roomie to do it for me...I mean, she is an Engineering major! And if she can't do it, I'll bug some of the other Science and Math nerds to do it. And if nobody can hook it up, then I'll just return it. I think it's a good investment because I've been wanting to start taping ATWT for quite some time, and since there's the possibility that it will get cancelled in 2007 (which I pray does not happen!) , I want to at least have some episodes to watch. So, I digress... I haven't been eating breakfast. Well, I have a Slimfast bar and water, and then I hit the gym. Fortunately, I will be able to watch GG every day at 9 because my classes don't start until 10.30 and 11. That is good because after I work out I can grab something at Hubbard (like toast or an English muffin, since they serve continental...or just a cup of coffee) before heading to class. And then...after class, I'll go to Tyler for lunch. Tyler has great lunches because they serve soups, salads, and sandwiches so, obviously, you can't go wrong with those. I've been eating there everyday for lunch, and it's been really good. Then I'll go to my second class, hit the gym again to watch ATWT, return to my room at 3, shower, and then start my homework at 3.30-4. As for work study, I might just do a Sat. brunch shift and a Sun. dinner shift. That way I don't need to go to dinner on weeknights if I don't want to (usually I just take enough food from lunch to make a sandwich for dinner). In other news, I **might** not be able to stay in my house next year (at school) because of my allergies. The house is really old and has bad floors, and because of that it attracts a lot of dust. I'm going to try to move into the smaller house, but if I don't I might just have to move into Quad. I don't want to do that because it's too far away, but...we'll see. Hopefully, the housing lottery will be good for me! I don't want to move away, so maybe I'll have to send a sob-story to the housing people and they'll give me a room in the smaller house. Now, the only trouble is that I'll have to convince my roommate to come w/ me. Either that, or I might have a totally different one...which I don't feel like taking a risk on. --Rachel PS. If you want to know more about me, look @ my infomacion! (aka "about me")