I caught up on most of my Global Challenge work; I finished reading The Reader for my Intro to Lit. class; I motivated myself enough to keep my room organized; and this morning, I missed my morning Intro to Lit class because of sheer laziness. I had thought I was over my laziness. All signs pointed to motivation.

I have a trip into the city again tomorrow. The Honors Program is taking some of us to the Museum of Natural History. I'm quite excited because I've never been there before. I like going on educational trips, but only because I end up learning as well as having a good time. I am an easy person to please, I'll have fun anywhere, usually.

I really want to find time to finish reading The Fountainhead. Perhaps as a reward after doing some homework. :)

Last wednesday I went on a trip to NYC. The group took a tour of Central Park (well, about 1/5 of it, it's so big!) with a really awesome tour guide who knew all about the real history behind the park that you don't normally hear/read about. I had some paper and a pen with me and I wrote down a lot of things he said and a lot of things I saw around me.

While on a bathroom break, I looked down a set of stairs at the park and there was a man playing the standup bass. I went down to listen to him. No one else was around and he turned to me and played solely to me. It was such a beautiful experience. After a song, I talked to him and asked him how long he's been playing. He said, in a cute foreign accent, that he's played for 40 years. It made me think about my life and how important music is to me. I want to be able to say, thirty five years from now, that I've played the guitar for 40 years to some random girl in Central Park.

Freshman Seminar Post #4

I feel as though this is the first assignment that I have committed myself to this whole weekend. I really need to get on track with things, but it's so hard to stop procrastinating when it's all you know and have known all your life. Perhaps tonight is the beginning to of this needed change. I will go to bed early. I will do my homework earlier and with more motivation. I will not allow the lazy college student in me to take over my life.

I'm going home this upcoming weekend. I believe I'm taking my friend LA with me. I can't wait to show her the fields and the bridge and the river and the waterfall in my back yard. I'm sure she'll enjoy the nature because she is from Maine. Also, it is my friends birthday and we plan on going to his party. I'm excited, but at the same time I want to be able to do some homework while at home.

I'm delirious; I need sleep more than I need anything right now. I will put last week's lesson in use and prioritize:

1) Sleep
2) Homework
3) Fun