Finals Week Sanity Pt. 1: What I've Learned...

A deserted campus... Constant quiet. An unusual feeling of expectancy and unease. This can only mean one thing. Finals week. Any of you who have endured a finals week living at a University know the insanity that usually ensues. Unexplained laughing fits, deep analytical thoughts at inappropriate moments, I even saw a girl today spending her time on a field making weird designs with her footprints all alone. Literal madness. My friend Matthew said it perfectly, "During finals week, any given word you say to someone can cause uncontrollable laughter or violent weeping. Sometimes, there's both simultaneously". Its true. Everyone is constantly studying, worrying about grades, and anxiously waiting for the semester to finally be over. Causing frying of the brain cells and unexplainable activity. As I'm typing my brain is reeling with..."Phi coefficient measures effect size for the 2X2 chi square matrix partwriting rule #31 always raise the 7th degree of your chord up diatonic patterns hutterite luets are separated by conservatism and polka dots Yhat=bX+a transpose minor minuet into 8 keys solfege solfege solfege and russian communism". So! I decided that this week (now that its Tuesday) I am going to do daily posts on what is keeping me sane during finals week. This first one I've been working on for a couple days and it will be entitled "What I Have Learned My First Semester in College". Thinking about everything I have learned keeps me sane because I realize how much I grown and that this was one of the most fun times of my life. Are you ready?

WHAT I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT COLLEGE DURING MY FIRST SEMESTER

-Logan is cold. 100 miles North really does make a temperature difference. I CAN survive negative temperatures.

-The Lord knows exactly what you need and tender mercies are a blessing of everyday life. (see previous post)

-In college, you can never have too many movies because you are constantly watching them.

-You can always wait an extra week to do laundry if it means you can do it for free.

-College and High School are more different than any lecture can prepare you for.

-Weekly temple visits are hard to do but entirely worth it.

-Chocolate milk can cure any bad day.

-It's possible to have a Freshman MINUS 15

-Cure to sleeping through negative temperatures with concrete walls: Glow in the dark footie pajamas, gloves, hat, and 3 blankets on top of your comforter.

-Education is a choice and privilege we are to take advantage of.

-Living the Jedi code would not be such a bad idea.

-You are the master of your own time.

-When your drinking cups are as big as a flower vase, your roommates will use it as a flower vase.

-Sleeping always comes second.

-Eating always comes third.

-When you move out and live on your own, you learn more about yourself than you can describe to anyone.

-When you live in an apartment with 4 girls, the Notebook gets watched excessively. (Our record was 4 times in 3 days I think...)

-You can have a lot of condiments in your fridge and have nothing to put it on.

-Roommates can make or break your experience. I am extremely blessed with RAD roomies.

-Your oven can be a good substitute for a fireplace.

-Guys don't date. And they don't date because they are bad at dating. Deiter F Uchtdorf said it so its a commandment. Start practicing, boys!

-When you don't check expiration dates for your roommates who are never home, you find alien species living in your fridge.

-I have discovered that baking and cooking are a form of therapy for me. I like to do it!

-My family is truly amazing, and the BEST FRIENDS I will ever have.

-Boys can be more domestic than girls. I learned this when I had to go to a guy friend's apartment so he could sew a dress together for me. When I got there, his roomates were paper mashaeing hats and baking a casserole.

-Exceeding your phone bill by $200 means you shouldn't call home so much.

-When you go on a date, make sure the guy knows how old you are BEFORE you go.

-Money?... What is this distant memory?....

-When someone in your apartment is ALWAYS singing (and I mean always), don't be surprised when you all have the same song stuck in your head.

-The scriptures really have all the answers.

-University propaganda cannot be trusted.

-I LIVE for grocery store deals. They are divine. It IS possible to buy 3 weeks worth of groceries for 20 dollars. Trust me.

-Music is more deep and complicated than I ever knew.

-Driving for 2 hours in rush hour traffic in bad weather makes any other driving situation seem easy and short.

-Having a shelf 6 inches above your bed makes for a lot of goose eggs.

-People you know... Your friends... ACTUALLY get married. (I got news of my 5th high school friend to be engaged today)

-If it isn't a necessity, don't buy it.

-A macbook is the best investment you could ever make.

-I actually like math. The fact that there is ONE right answer and ancient dead guys gave you the exact pattern to find the answer is actually kind of nice.

-Life goes by quick. Stick to the way. Fulfill your purpose. And live every second.

-When your microwave dies, so do your meal options. And a little part of your soul.

--Filling my gas tank= $28; Tuition payment= $4000; Life lessons learned= Priceless--