I just completed my first semester of college. Wow. College. Who would've thought I would make it this far. I talked about wanting to go to college since Kindergarten but I guess I was picturing it way differently.

I can definitely say these past 4 months were not what I expected. There were times where I was stressed to the max and there were times where I literally had nothing to do.

After completing my first week, I realized how different it is from high school. The teachers, the students, and the atmosphere had a completely different vibe. I'm not a shy person so talking to new people wasn't an issue, even if they were different than the usual people I talk to. That was actually one of the things that fascinated me, students came from different towns, states, and countries; and here they were sitting in a small classroom learning the same things as me.

I made many new friends and got closer with old ones from high school. My friend from high school actually introduced me to someone who I grew so close with in this short amount of time. We had every class together so that definitely was a factor in our friendship. However, we shared many memories outside of the classrooms and books, we realized how similar our lives were and because of that, we became extremely close. I'm forever grateful for us meeting.

The amount of work I had varied all the time. One day I could come home and completely relax for hours and just go straight to sleep, and then the next two days I could find myself barely sleeping with my eyes glued to my work. The classwork in most of my classes were things I never did in high school. I definitely did way more presentations this semester than I have in a full year of high school. I actually enjoyed some of them.

My first college party was a strange experience. I went out with a few friends in search of a good time, and we ended up traveling to four different parties in one night only to leave and get food. It was just a bad night for partying I guess because we couldn't find a good one. After a couple other nights out, I eventually did end up having a really good time and meeting more people.

Commuting to school wasn't really a huge challenge most of the time. For the first few weeks, I would always have to take the bus after class and go to work which was pretty annoying but I got used to it. Throughout the semester, I was able to get rides from friends which made the commute way easier.

While I'm glad my first semester is over, I'm excited for the next one and the new challenges to come!