Back to business

The first day back to school. That time of year when the sun is hotter than ever, public swimming pools are deserted, and a mall parking lot is jam packed. To make a long story short, preparing for the first day of school is probably the saddest thing a student goes through. Depending on how you look at it, every student handles the first day jitters differently. For instance: me. Every year when school comes back around I get knots in my stomach, making it hard to have any appetite whatsoever. I use to think once I got a little older the nerves would go away, but every year they seem to get worse. Last year (my 1st year of college) I wasn't able to eat very much for a whole week...I lost 6 pounds that same week. What made it worse was the fact that I wasn't living at home anymore. (And let me tell you, living on-campus is not as much fun as the movies make it seem).

Again, this year I find myself one year older, with my same job, without a car, without a boyfriend, and still living on-campus. But this year I don't want the nerves to get the best of me. It's my 2nd year of college and I don't want to regret not making an opportunity for myself. And that's exactly what happened.

As a freshman studying journalism I started writing for my campus newspaper, The Pan-American. It first started out as volunteer, but come 2nd semester I started getting paid for my stories. This was the first time in my entire life I had every really had a job that pays. Yeah, sure I did some volunteer hours for school clubs, but I liked the fact that I was getting paid for working hard at something I love: writing.


Now a year later working for The Pan-American I made my way to top. I'm now one of the best writers and (not to float my own boat) one of the most reliable employees. But I know none of this wouldn't have been possible without God. Throughout all the times I thought I wasn't going to be able to write a certain story, He pulled me through. And it shows because now I have my very first story in The Pan-American's annual magazine. (Which we celebrated yesterday, the first day). I should mention only the BEST writers and only the BEST stories are put in the magazine!


Talk about a good first day back, huh?




I guess I should mention something about my classes...since that is the point of the term 'first day.'

Like all colleges, school is school. It's just something you have to do in order to make a name for yourself. But, on the bright side you always have your best friends to get you through the boring parts. I know for one of my biggest issues I have is not knowing who's going to be in my classes. I didn't have to worry about that too much this year...well I did have my sociology class which consisted of mostly freshmen, but I did manage to plan my astronomy class my friend Kevin. (As weird as this may sound, we became friends through my ex and just remained friends). And to make things better my astronomy professor never showed up! (LOL)

One year and one day down. Only 2 more years to go and maybe I'll be the one not showing up to work.

Check out The Pan-American's 2nd annual magazine!
http://issuu.com/thepanamerican/docs/8458_utpa_web/1?e=1287913/9058687