Every family gathering over the holidays, you are surrounded by friends and loved ones. It couldn't be better, enjoying each other's company and what not, doing whatever you guys do. Then suddenly everyone and their mother wants to play 20 questions with you, that you either don't know the answer to or if you told the truth, they'd probably fake smile and think,"Oh poor dear."
1. "How's school?"
If this isn't the most basic question, first of all. Second, school is hard as hell. No one told me how hard college was going to be, no amount of AP classes prepared me for the work the professors give. So school sucks but the parties don't and the things I could tell you but definitely won't because you'd probably tell my parents, what do you expect, it's college. Yeah I won't tell you about those either. So I'm just going to fake smile and say good. "School is good, it's fine. Our football team sucks again." Routine answer. Unless you are Alabama or Louisville, you will have a different answer to how your football team is doing.2. "Are you dating?"
No. No I am not dating. Haha, yes I'm sure they are missing out on a great person. Have you heard what dating in college is like? Have you heard of Tinder? People meet on tinder just to hook up. I'm sure there are definitely some quality people on there... *cries internally* How do you explain to said family member, the people you want to date are either strictly in the hook-up culture and "aren't ready" or the other ones are just weird. Like they know you for a week and then they're planning your future together. So no, I am not dating.
3. "What's your major?"
Let's be honest, I don't even know. One day I want to be this and the next I want to be that. Then I take the class for what I want to be and I'm like,"OK this is so not for me." Back to the drawing board. So ask me what my major is when I graduate. I think I'll have an idea by then, you know, pretty narrowed down.
4. "Are you a big football fan?"
Ok this really isn't even a question. College students live for Saturdays. Whether we are actually football fans or not because we tailgate. It gives us an excuse to wild out, celebrate something, and we get even crazier if our team actually wins. So the answer is obviously.
5. "How are your classes going?"
Well I would say the fact I am actually going to my classes, especially the one at 830, which I thought I'd be fine for because high school started at 730. I would say it's going. Going good? Not necessarily but like I said, I am going and that is an accomplishment in itself. You must celebrate the little wins.
6. "Do you miss home?"
7. "Have you been doing your laundry regularly?"
If regularly means washing my clothes when I'm all out of every possible option, then yes I do my laundry regularly. The first time I did my laundry I also put my clothes in the dryer because I thought it was the washing machine, so there's that. I also have to sit by the machine for an hour to make sure no one steals my clothes out of the dryers because they don't have locks on them. So I actually get homework done, so maybe I should do laundry more...8. "Are you getting enough sleep?"
Are you asking me this because I look tired? First of all, thanks, I guess. Um, no I am not getting enough sleep. Want to know why? Because I am buried in work, trying to maintain a good GPA, trying to participate in activities, volunteer, remind myself to eat, attempt to finish 5 quizzes and homework by 11:59, and be social. But you know a day is only 24 hours, so what is sleep?9. "Are you eating good?"
I mean I think I eat at least one good meal a day. The others are just grab and go. Subway is healthy to me now and there is a Jamba Juice, that's fruit smoothies so I'd say yeah. A nice meal to me might be going crazy in the dining hall, getting myself a nice omelette if the line isn't crazy. They have cereal too and yeah, I do my best. Sometimes when you go to events they have free food, so I'll be there.10. "Did you lose weight?"
You know this might be due to the fact I forget to eat sometimes or don't have time and also I walk everywhere. Because campus parking sucks. So there's either the bus option which is just a no from me or a scooter, which I don't trust myself on. So I walk. I walk, walk, here, walk, walk, everywhere. Here a walk, there a walk, walk.
