The first year of college went faster than four years of high school. Knowing that I am going to be a sophomore in college is more mind boggling then when I turned 18. Knowing that I accomplished a full year of college credits and that is behind my back just makes me that much happier that I accomplished something for myself. I did it. I survived the idea of moving out of my house, and living in my own dorm and living with someone I hardly knew.

Learning to balance school, working at a job, and the amount of Ramen I consume in a week. Knowing that the amount of time that it took to get through one of the biggest transitions of my life and only having less than ten crying fits. I call my mom every day and when I wouldn't call her, she would always text me and I would say "Oh yea I didn't call my mom today." The beginning of the year I had a giant group of friends. We did everything together.

We would eat together, hang out together and do movie nights every night. I mean, after all, we could choose our bedtime and didn't have any chores to do and can still choose when we want to get food or shower or do our own laundry. the most expensive thing that I have had to pay for is laundry. Those three dollars may seem like nothing to someone who is not in college and think that it is only enough for a bag of chips or a candy bar. But coming up with those three dollars is hard to do.

Because, after a while school food that looked so cool when I first got there, now is the same old food every day. And at times, I wanted to go out to dinner with my friends or eat at the restaurants on campus and in the beginning of each semester, I got dining dollars that I could use where ever I could at the restaurants or at the Starbucks. When I got here to school, I didn't have my parents hold my hand constantly or being able to pay for anything for me, even to tuck me in. I had to learn how to live on my own and eat my own food and make sure I had all my homework done for my classes. I didn't have my parents to talk to me and ask if I finished my assignments. I had to be responsible and finish my own homework.

I had to make sure that I did adult things and actually make my own bed and fold my freshly washed clothing. I remember hearing from some of my orientation leaders telling me that college goes by so much faster than high school and boy were they right. It feels like yesterday when I walked up the long hill that my parents parked on to walk up to orientation. Now I am a quarter of the way done with my college career and so ready for summer vacation.