I'm Backkkkk!

Oh my goodness, it has been longer than a long time since the last time I was on here. I really wanted to keep up with this blog, but like everything else in my life I got distracted and just gave up on it. I'm honestly trying to do better and I have a lot of plans of what I would like to post on here. I legitimately just made a sticky note on my laptop about different post ideas and so I'm actually looking forward to posting. 
Here's a quick little update on the chaos that is my life:
I just finished my third semester of college (yay!) and my first semester at the University of Texas. I met some amazing people and got closer to people that I have only known for a few months than people I have known my entire life! My roommate is crazy and scary but I love a big group of girls that live on my hall so I don't have to deal with her much. I love living in Austin, it's true about what they say. It's definitely weird but there is always something to do, somewhere to explore, and the food is really great! I never want to leave. The schoolwork kicked my butt and my GPA took the brunt of the pain. I registered late because I was a transfer student and went in pretty blind not knowing the good professors. I truly think that that really affected me and my classes. I am taking less classes next semester and I supposedly have some really teachers so I think that will help me out. I need to be making a certain GPA in order to get into my major. As I could not do this semester which is a major bummer. 
My studying abroad plans have changed quite drastically. The plan when I started this blog was to go with a professor I had last year to Europe for 5 weeks to 4 different cities. I attempted to contact this professor when he told me to so I could get more information about the trip, but he never replied. Just another disappointment. I ended up talking to my current French professor about an opportunity she talked to us about in class and she convinced me into applying for a trip to Lyon, France this summer. I think that this decision is better since I have never traveled abroad, especially by my self so travelling so extensively and essentially by myself was quite frightening to me. I think going to Paris for a week and then to Lyon for 5 weeks is much more doable for me. I'm not sure when I will find out if I got into this program, but I think that I should hear by the end of January. 
I feel so blessed to have gotten into this beautiful wonderful school that has genuinely been the best decision I have ever made and I can not remember a time I have been this happy! 
More to come soon. I promise! 

Transfer Orientation

I spent three full days in Austin for my transfer orientation. It was definitely an adventure! It takes a little less than 4 hours to drive from Dallas to Austin and we were almost 2 hours in and my dad called and said that I had dropped my credit, debit, and drivers licence on the driveway! So I illegal drove for 2 hours! Oops! So we had to turn around and and meet my dad halfway because I couldn't sign in for orientation without some form of I.D. It ended up taking us 5 hours to get to Austin! Which was annoying but it could have been so much worse!

This trip was the longest I had ever spent there. I also had the opportunity to stay in the house that I will be living in next year which was so great!

Here's some pictures of my dorm! It opened in 1921!

The Ballroom:

The formal living room:

And last but not least, the pool!

I even sneaked up to the third floor and got to see me and my roommate Erika's room! (they were painting and getting everything ready for next year that's why it looks like a mess)

The corner closet is so huge! But it does make the rest of the room feel tiny!

Our view!

On Monday the actually orientation started and it was ridiculously hot! On the first day I have to walk 1 mile to sign in then 10 minutes I had to walk straight back to the dorm. I thought that I was going to die of heat stroke. Plus the vending machine at the dorm was out of water! I came back and laid in bed with the fan on full blast in the dark for like 20 minutes and then finally found some water and I was fine.

Here are some more random pictures I took!

I was there on Monday and Tuesday!

The heat index was like 140. I swear!

Schedule of events!

There is a wall by the Tower that is covered in carvings.

This is 5 days before I was born!

This bike...bent wheel and no seat.

The Tower!

On the drive back to Dallas!

And even though I had never really walked around on campus I never I got (too) lost! Thank goodness for Google maps! Plus there was always like 40 other people walking around who looked incredibly lost so we just sort of teamed up and figured out where we needed to be. It was really annoying that none of the buildings have names on them! And part of the campus are closed off to cars during the day so my mom couldn't figure out where to pick me up at the end of the first day!

On the second day I had to register for classes which was a pain because Transfer students have to register so late compared to everyone else so all the classes are already full. I didn't get like any of the classes that I wanted and my schedule is all wonky. I have French everyday from 4:00-4:50. That just isn't going to work for me if I want to get a job. Or go home ever. Hopefully some other classes will open up so I can change it. And my Art History class that I have to take in order to transfer internally into the College of Fine Arts are full so I am wait listed. I was 4 out of 4 but now I am 3 out of 5. So that seems to be a move in the right direction.

Everyone that I met was so nice and it was just a completely different experience than the one I had in Tyler. It just made me that much more excited to get there in the fall!

Our drive through Dallas!