First Couple of Months of College

Hi everyone,

       My name is Kristina and I'm a freshman/junior in college. This is my first year in college yet I have transfered over 63 credits due to this awesome college program I did in high school.

      It's awesome and sad to be away from home. I can do things on my own and I have my own responsivilities. I don't have to worry about drama back in Michigan. I can focus on my homework and working towards my career in Music and Business.

     Even though it is awesome to be away and think about myself, there are benefits of living in a house with family that I have taken for granted in the past. One thing that I mainly miss is everything for me being FREE!!! Since I'm in college now, I have to pay for my food, classes and other necessities. At home, my parents would cook or pay for the food that I was going to eat. I also miss my bed. Even though the beds here at the university aren't that bad, I still miss my comfortable bed and sheets.

     I really do miss my family. I didn't think I was going to admit to that, but being alone has made me miss the togetherness of my family everyday. When I was at home, I would always see my parents and my siblings everyday. I would take that for granted a lot of times. I would spend time in my room on my computer or sleeping the whole day away during the past summer. I realized after coming to college that I want to spend more time with them. I always get happy when I receive mail or even a phone call with my family. I really miss my older sister. She is the sibling that I get along with better. She has been through college and pretty much has dealt with things that soon I will have to deal with. I look up to her a lot and sometimes I feel like she looks up to me too. We have a great relationship and I thank God for her being in my life.

     I also miss my church. I remember the final prayer before they sent me off to college got me so emotional. There is no other church like them and I also thank God for raising me up in an environment with such lovely people. I also thank God for the relationships I formed with a lot of the teenagers and kids there. My best friend LaDonna is someone I miss truly. She is the closest friend that I have at my home church. I miss being able to see her everyday and tell her all of the crazy things that I have been through. I also miss all of the youth of DDY. I grew up with mostly all of them (Jameelah lol) and I like everyone's quirks and personalities.

      I also miss my bestie Elizabeth. She has been my best friend since freshman year. We have helped each other through great and horrible situations. We have had a couple of fights but that is what sisters do. She is definitely a great Christian example and someday I will be as bold as her when talking about my faith. I have a high respect for her. Thanks to her I met my best guy friend Jakob who is an awesome person. He is the only person I know that will get weird when I'm weird.

    I can go on and on with people that I miss but let me tell you about my life here at college. That is technically what this blog is about. Life here is pretty interesting. I have met the great people with great personalities and those who are bad. College life here is associated with partying. There is always a party off campus everyday and they always gets busted by cops. There is also a lot of great things that happen here. For example, I have been to many concerts on campus, due to being a music major, and they are all pretty awesome. It's amazing to here how talented people are here. I always feel like I have to step up my game every time I hear a piano or cello player playing so well. The homework life is crazy. I feel like my teachers like me to suffer everyday with homework and never give us breaks. One thing that is definitely crazy is my class called Seeing Disease. Although it may seem interesting, it's definitely not interesting for a music and business double major. None of these things pertain to my future. I pray that God brings me through that class.

     I have met a lot of new people here and I am in a bunch of clubs and organizations here on campus. I'm always busy so sometimes it may take me a while to reply to your responses. I have been participating in bible studies, Cru (which is a Christian group), IMANI Gospel Choir, Concerned Black Students, American International Association, The Torch (School Newspaper), Common Ground (group that covers all of campus ministries) and Colleges against Cancer. I think that's all I participate in. I will describe in detail every single club and organization I'm in for the next blog. Hopefully I can keep up with this blog.

~MusicalGenius~