Working for the Weekend

Hello Everybody! Its Friday! Let the weekend begin! I know you've been patiently waiting for news on Day#2 of Classes.

I have mixed feelings about it really. The morning classes were a total success in my book because I talked to several people throughout my morning classes, and even had someone to talk with on the way to my car after class. In between my first and second class I had to opportunity to get a free lunch thanks to TRIO.

Trio is like government aid, except they don't give money, they let you  borrow books so you don't have to buy them. Their only conditions are that you have to qualify by yearly income(Under 55,000), or be a [1st] Generation College Student. I qualify both ways, because both of my parents graduated with Associate's degrees and their definition of qualification is Bachelor's Degree. 

After leaving classes for the day, I had a hectic but good day at work, until I realized I was running late and had to run out so I wouldn't be late for my evening class. This is the part of the day when I wonder why I even bother coming to class. My teacher is not ideal. I think she was wondering why she was even there too. I kind of felt sorry for her until she started talking about Darwinism and Evolution. Now, I'm a Christian, and I personally believe that in some ways, evolution could make sense BUT I do not believe though, that I evolved from bacteria. I 'm not going to sit around and bash other peoples thoughts though, so I'm just going to say that I think God created the Earth and all of its creatures, and I think that its completely possible that God's "days" as described in the Bible, last possibly "thousands" of years in human time. I'll just leave it like that. What really made me mad though was sitting in class with an annoying guy who came in late, and spent the whole class on facebook while he was "typing notes" on his laptop. I wanted to beat him senseless when he asked about a lab schedule she had just went over with us. Luckily for him I had a friend who got me out before I could damage him. 

My evening did get better though, because I spent a good hour hanging out with my friend after class.

As for the week as a whole, I'm giving it a total A+ because other thank Biology, I like my classes/teachers and I'm being social. Work is going fantastic too! Now its just time to enjoy the calm and free time I have over the weekend. I'm thinking I may go to the mall with my mama and then scrapbook a little later.

Have a great weekend and we'll chat again later!

Kelci

Living the [Community] College Life

Please accept my humble apologies for any spelling errors, I haven't found spell check on blogger yet...that what I'll do next!

Just over a year ago I graduated from a local High School in North Alabama. I am now a college sophomore at Snead State Community College. I work at a local bank in the accounting department, and I live at home. My parents really didn't want me to move off and I really-REALLY- didn't want to have to completely support myself yet.

Luckily for me, thus far I have been able to stay debt free through the first year of my college studies, and I am going for year two. I plan to graduate with an associate’s degree in Business in the spring of 2013, and transfer to a university for my bachelors next fall. I've got a lot of work ahead of me!

Monday was my first day of classes for the Fall 2012 semester, and I went really well. I acutally suprised because it went so well.

Allow me to explain....

Snead was a place I was choosing to get my education from out of convenience. I wasn't really excited about college because I lived the high life in highschool. I had a job by the end of my junior year that I aquired through a teacher. Friends, Boyfriend, Car, Money. I'm set right? It put a damper on my excitement when it came to college. It made looking into college far less awesome. I ended up choosing community college both because I didn't know where I wanted to go, and because I really didn't know what I wanted to be when I 'Grew Up'. I knew I liked the aspects of graphic design, especially because I was artsy. But that was all I had to go off of, and with the economy so bad, My artsy dreams didn't seem practical. So I applied to Snead trying to buy myself some time to get my head together. I ended up getting a scholarship and that pretty much set it in stone. KELCI IS GOING TO SNEAD. Nothing else to it.

Snead has two campuses, the main is about 30 to 45 minutes away from my house depending on traffic (usually closer to 45); the other campus is close to my highschool. I had a job and school, so my main focus was getting out of class and going to work. If I made friends that was great, but otherwise I would deal. That was what I thought until I hadn't heard much from any of my friends in two to three weeks. Suddenly, I was unhappy with my life. By October of 2011, I had attemped to join Phi Beta Lamba and I broke up with my boyfriend. I tried to stay in touch better... and my job seemed less awesome. I attempeted making friends on campus but I found myself totally alone because they all already had friends. My social life came to a screetching halt...which I have since slowy improved apon.

With all this in my past, I was not expecting it to be much different this semester at Snead. To my surprise, It went way better than I expected. I was really scared in the first class because I didn't recognize anybody..AGAIN. When class got out, I really wanted to go to the Student Union Building which I reffer to as the SUB, but I managed to let my shyness talk me out of going. In the end though, I was really early for my next class and got to talk to my teacher who is also my advisor, and I spend atleast 20 minutes talking to several girls who were also early. I made my day...Literally. I felt like a complete loser before my second class, but by the end of that class, I had chatted with several people including to guys to the front and side of me.

Are my socially awkward days behind me?

You'll have to tune in tomorrow for that, because I even though I have moring classes at 9:10, I also have a night class after work today, so you won't get any details until tomorrow!

Average and Socially Awkward

Kelci

To the Readers:

Hello everyone! Welcome to Collegely!

My name is Kelci Carter, and I am 19 year old in Small Town, USA. I live in a family of four plus a weinerdog named Scooter. I am a college student, and I work the max hours a part time employee is allowed at a locally owned bank in the accounting department.

Just so you know a little about me, I have brown hair and hazel eyes. I stand just over an amazing height of five feet. And just in case you were wondering, my bra size is a 34A. I'm really just your average young adult. My favorite colors are pink & turquoise. I'm a music junkie. Some of my favorite bands are Shinedown, 3DoorsDown, and Halestorm, but I'm in love with Keith Urban, and I'd probably kill to get to see AC/DC in concert. Oh, was that not average? Well... I also love Usher, Train, Bruno Marz, Maroon 5, and Carly Rae Jepsen. I like a lot of modern country music too though.

I drive the prettiest little mustang. She is a fox body LX convertible. The top and interior are both factory black, and the car itself is a turqoise color by the name of Reef Blue. I couldn't have asked for a more perfect car. I'll say more on that later.

I'm a bit of an artist. Ive liked to draw since I was small, I even took classes with a pro for a little while. I read alot of manga, and I watch a little anime, so I really enjoy drawing in that style. I read alot of books. I find that I really enjoy most of the amazon books that I find for $0.99 or a little more. I highly recomend trying them. I'm a craft-a-holic. I love to take pictures and then scrapbook them. I make wreaths, and flower hair pins/magnets. I can also sew.

I am in fact single at the moment, I am talking to someone, but I have been single for a year after ending a 3-year relationship with a guy I dated all the way through my highschool years. Typical girl of me, I'm a total romantic. I have several close friends, one who stayed home for college as well, and the other two both went off for school. Last year was tough of us, but this year we are all determined to do better at staying in touch.

So as you can see, I'm alot like you. I may have differend hobbies and interests, but the premises is alot the same. This blog is for me, but also for you because I know how it feels to think you are walking through something alone. Its really hard and kinda scary to be thrown out of highschool to be all on your own, and though our situations are probably slightly different, I hope this blog will help someone with similar situations as me. I look forward to talking with everyone again soon!

Your average 19-year-old

Kelci