My final pre-university weekend is upon me. Most of the weekend will be spent doing normal things I do, working on the GITI project, talking to friends, etc. I will also be finalizing getting my bags, books and other supplies ready for Monday. I will also probably be doing some last minute purchasing for Monday. I want to be completely prepared. Anyone think I can justify a GPS as an educational expense? I am still worried about not being able to get where I need to be on campus. My navigational skills suck, this is not a theory, but a proven fact (roadmaps out of a paper bag come to mind). I have also considered purchasing a domain name on Monday morning to commerate the occasion of me becoming a university student. I am always accused of under utilization of my domain name property, but I use them for various things. I have at least 1 TCP service assigned to every domain name I own and they have their own purposes. My days of owning 17 domains are behind me, but I find myself now thinking I need a domain name that is mine.
Back to the college topic, as most of my friends have gone to different colleges I am now figuring out who my real friends are and who just needed someone they could count on for technical help. Matt Lamb, Guy and a few others have been in constant contact with me during the entire summer and into these last few days before classes. Some others, like Jeff have been out of communication and are now subject to being dropped from my address book in a few weeks. In orignal plans for my address book I decided to keep all contacts even the ones that I don’t communicate with. This policy has now changed, I want only people in my address book who belong there.
Life as it has been for me is about to change. I have been sheltered more than most people have up until this point. On Monday I will begin the seperation from my parents and begin to embark on a journey of my own. This journey will lead me to education, a job, a house and maybe a family. From that point I will be independant, but never truely on my own. My family has a very unique and close structure, nothing ever violates that. It is nice to know that I have such a strong support group, but it is sort of depressing because no matter what I will always return to this one central group of people.
Fears, Dreams, Conflict
Mentally I am having a strange week. Started out Monday doing great, Tuesday was pretty good other than a slight quirk which resulted from visiting UNCC. Today (Wednesday) I am deep in emotion and stress and fear as a result of the thought of the pending adventure to take place on Monday. Monday ends my summer vacation (which didn’t start until July 21) and I begin several months of classes, every day Monday through Friday. I have never quite had this type of a reaction to going back to school after a summer. This year I suspect it holds greater meaning because in my adjusted sleep pattern (roughly 1PM – 5AM) I have had a lot of time to myself as well as to develop stronger relationships with my friends.
With entereing UNCC for the first time on Monday I am fearful of making mistakes, primarily in navigation. I fear having to park on campus and then find my way to my classes. After the first week I will know my way around, but the first week won’t be easy. Another controlling fear at the moment is the fear of social interaction. It will happen and when it does it won’t have any negative impact on me, but because of past experiences I still fear initial social interaction issues.
I plan to be at UNCC for three or four years. Because I already have 30 credit hours I can graduate in 3 years, but I love college courses and might stick around for an additional year to take courses in my fields of interest, or I may add some minors to my degree in the proccess. My final decision for major is Management Information Systems, I dont forsee needing to make any changes to it any time soon.
I have been strongly encouraged to be social and get involved on campus in my time at UNCC. I don’t know what will happen with that, but I have a few hours of spare time each day in my schedule, I can use it however I like, it is very possible I will use it for doing activities to become involved in the campus, or my own social life.
4 days, 12 hours, 14 minutes to go….
Birth of a Web Log
I just finished installing MovableType 3 with much assistance from my best friend. The mission of this blog will be to document the next few years of my life as I enter real college life. I am a person of my personality quirks and oddities in the way I handle my life. I don’t presently do a lot outside of my bedroom, but I hope with my newest academic endevour I find many ways to amuse myself that don’t include a keyboard, mouse and multiple LCD monitors. Let the blogging begin…. [insert gun shot sound here].