College Tip, Tricks and Ways to get a 4.0 Without Showing Up

In just a few days I will officially be a college girl. I've waited a long time to finally go, and I'm so glad it's finally hear. Already the experience has been interesting. I was pretty confident that I wasn't scared and that leaving home would not be to terrible. I'm not so confident anymore.

I woke up on Saturday, our departure day, and was cranky. I was grouchy and bordering on rude on some points. I kept thinking to myself, "Tressa, what is your problem?" I'm sure some of my siblings were thinking that to.

When the trunks were finally shut and everyone went into the house fbecause Dad was going to give us blessings, I began to cry. Dad went down the line for blessings, and as my time got closer, my tears flowed faster.

Now to give you some background, I don't cry. Usually the closest I get to crying, is to want to cry. When tears do start flowing, it means I'm really feeling some emotion, but it made me feel better to look around to room and see others with tears on their faces.

This got me thinking about my other notions of college. I realized I have no idea what to expect. I have gotten a lot of advice. As I was driving through Wyoming I made a short list of the advice I've gotten.

Housing

1) stay in the dorms your first semester. It's a great way to meet people, and a nice way to ease into college.

2) Stay as far away from the dorms as possible. No boy will ever look at you, once he knows your in the dorms.

Classes.

1) focus on you classes while at school

2) pay attention to your classes but remember if you only think about your classes you'll go crazy.

3) Assignments only take the amount of time you give them. If you say an assignment will take three hours, then it will take three hours.

4) Make sure you give yourself cushion time. Start early, and allow for the unexpected.

Food

1) Eat cheap

2) Eat healthily

3) Don't worry about your food, just have boys buy your food.

Boys

1) stay away from the boys.

2) make sure you go on as many dates as possible.

3) don't be a brownie maker and chase after the boys. Have them chase after you.

4) Make your self available to the boys. They are lazy and won't spent to much energy, chasing after you.

Now, I'm sure that a lot of this advice is compatible. I'm sure that a lot of this advice I can adapt to be compatible, but some of these are polar opposites. I guess college will be a learning process and I will learn how to enjoy college. If not I got plenty of people who have great advice.

Christmas Shoppers

This Christmas season has been a very interesting experience for me. For the past three weeks I have been working as a cashier at Best Buy. It has allowed me to see the other side of Christmas shopping. The seller's side.

I have noticed that there are basically two different kinds of costumers; the happy ones and the angry ones. Now of course these categories really are more like a spectrum. There are people who really are saturated with the Christmas spirit, and there are some people who seem to be angry at me personally for how expensive their purchase is. Don't shoot me, I'm just the messenger!!

Anyway I love the happy ones. I always have a great little story about them. Once I was really enjoying the day, and I turned to the waiting line, said "Next" and flashed an older gentleman a huge smile. Suddenly he cocked his head and walk jauntily to my station. As he came closer I thought, "Wow, this is how a dandy would come up to me." During the whole transaction he was gallant and caviler. He was such a gentleman , and when he left, i was all in a flutter.

Another time I had a lady who wasn't to much older than me. She was buying a beyonce cd and on the back is a picture of beyonce in the most unbelievable position. The lady saw it and "Do you see that picture! Do you see that?" I barley had any time to reply before she went on, "And she looks so comfortable like that. It's like she just hangs around the house like that! It unbelievable. Way the raise the bar for the rest of us, Beyonce!"

I have a sometimes very enjoyable job. Whether its the house mom who cheers at the end of her transaction, that she finally finished the Christmas Shopping, or the man who holds up the long line by sharing with me the secrets of life, I get a kick out of my job.