First Week of Classes

Moving back into my lovely cubicle of a dorm was not exactly on the top of my priority list right after bringing in the new year.  I love Clemson, I do.  My first semester here was better than I ever could have imagined.  It was just hard to comprehend that my wonderful winter break had come to an end.  And that I would soon be back in a desk in a classroom in a building that was very far away from my comfortable bed at home.  After accepting the blatant fact of life standing before me, that regardless of my emotional state classes would be starting up Jan 11, I began to get very excited for this new semester in this new year.
I arrived on campus the Monday prior to classes, in order to get myself moved in and adjusted to being back in Clemson.  I picked up my books, sorted all that mess out, and got what I needed organized for my classes that were rapidly upon me.  My schedule is a bit intimidating this semester, with the 18 hours worth of courses I have little background in.  I am hoping, though, that I will become much more studious than I was my first semester here.  It is not that I was not a good student, I just realize now that I got by with minimal effort.  I ended last semester, as well as the year 2011, with all A's.  It is my goal to continue that strong academic standing and achieve the same this spring semester.
So, now that I am moved into my dorm, I have began attending classes, and am currently working on homework, I can only believe that I am on the right track to achieving what I have planned.  It is a rather odd sensation, knowing that I have begun the second and final semester of my freshman year.  I keep hearing that college is the most stressful, exhilarating, and influential time period of my young life.  This has become very obvious to me in just a matter of months.  It is a bit frightening to know that there are only (hopefully) six semesters left in my college career.  Time moves more rapidly than I expected.
As long as this wacky weather cooperates, I foresee nothing that could make this semester terrible.  I am excited and terrified to get into my courses more diligently.  And I can only imagine the stress that comes along with that! :)