College Life

Hey guys! Remember the last time I posted on here? Me neither. O.o My posts are becoming few and far between. Sorry for that. I blame it on my hectic college schedule.

I am at Gallaudet University in Washington D.C. and I have to admit that at first, I abhored the idea of coming here. I really wanted to go to Kenyon, a well-known writers college that I was accepted to. I kind of still want to go to Kenyon, but you know what? I am at Gallaudet for now and I might as well make the best of it.

And it's not horrible. Not at all! Although I still have to work a lot since the teachers assign a lot of homework, the classes are fairly easy (hang on, is that bad?). My scary college math class is a piece of cake and so far my hardest class is French. My French teacher is insane, but he's sure entertaining and he does challenge us.

I am also joining the swim team. People who know me well know that my favorite thing to do (besides writing) is swimming. I'm so happy that I'll be able to get back in the pool this year as a competitive swimmer.

I also have made some good friends. I met a girl from the Honors Program who I have a lot in common with, and I have been reunited with old friends. Yesterday, I went to Georgetown and watched a scary movie with my good friend from good, old NMSD. We came back with tons of stories.

Oh, and Washington D.C. is amazing. Everything is so deaf-friendly. I went to a restaurant in Chinatown the other day and the guy who was cooking my food was signing, "would you like cheese on your pasta?" It was just such a cool experience. The museums also have ASL tours and the movie theaters have Closed Captions glasses. I feel like it's not hard to be deaf anymore. It never was extremely difficult, but now everything's just so...convenient.

Okay, I'm babbling. You can tell I'm happy. So far the only damper on the experience has been swimming in jellyfish-infested waters when I went camping with the Honors Program...and the weird guy I was talking about in my previous post...I think swimming with jellyfish is an adequate metaphor to describe him.

What about writing though? All I can say is that I'm trying to find time, and I'll find it. Even if it's just one Saturday out of a month, I'll find time. Right now though, things are a little hectic.

That's college life for ya!