Back in high school I really had a problem with procrastinating. I would watch Netflix until really late and then remember at the last minute that I had stuff to do or a test the next day. Since I've been at college I really surprised myself because I haven't had many problems with procrastinating. I've figured out when I have free time and when I get my homework done best. I know that if I don't do my homework right away I will want to push it off later and later, so I usually try to do it right after I finish all my classes. If I'm really tired that day and want to take a nap, I do my homework after I eat dinner. I think being close to my friends I've made here actually helps because when they're doing their homework I have nothing else to do so I feel obligated to do it too. I also know that I don't want to be up until 1 am doing my homework because then I would never catch up on my sleep.

Last week was the first time me and my roommate got into a fight. We usually get along really well and we have no problems, she's one of my best friends here. But of course living in a small room together, I knew we were going to run into some kind of problem at some point. I've been having problems sleeping for the past month or so. I wouldn't be able to fall asleep no matter how tired I was. The night I got upset with my roommate I was finally able to fall asleep without a problem and I was in bed at a early time compared to usual. My roommate was still up watching Netflix. At about one in the morning I heard a drawer slam close and it woke me up. This was followed by the door opening and slamming closed and a lot of other noises keeping me up. Then my roommate turned on her desk lamp, which was pointed right at my bed waking me up even more. By the time she was done getting ready and in bed I was wide awake. I couldn't fall back asleep for another hour/hour and a half. I talked to her the next morning, when I was still pretty mad so it probably came out meaner than I meant, but after our classes we talked again and now everything is okay.

A couple weeks ago my roommate, my two other friends and I signed our lease for a house next year. The whole process was really long and annoying because the guy who were leasing from had three houses that we looked at but his grandson got first choice. He took a while to decide which one he wanted, and when he finally chose, of course he took the one that we wanted. The other two houses were still really nice so we weren't too worried about it. Then for our second choice, one of the guys that was living there this year wanted to renew his lease but he needed to find more people by a certain date or we got the house. Thankfully he didn't find enough people and we got it. Now that our lease is signed I don't want to live in the dorms anymore, I'm so excited to live in my own house with my friends.

This weekend was my first weekend going home. It was really nice to get away for the weekend and see my family. My grandparents even came down to visit for the day on Saturday. My favorite part of going home, besides seeing my family, was the food. On Friday we grilled out steaks and on Saturday we went to my favorite sushi place. I also got too catch up on my sleep which was really nice. I am glad to be back though.

On Wednesday I went to the study abroad fair too look around. I'm an international business major so I am required to study abroad. Looking around and talking to the students who have gone abroad made me really excited to go. I want to go to Spain or any other spanish speaking country because I am thinking about a spanish minor.

This past week I had my first two big tests, one for philosophy and one for spanish. I wasn't very nervous about them because I know being nervous isn't going to help me in the long run. I was a little worried about how I was going to study for the tests because I never had to study in high school. I figured it out though and I think I did really well. I guess we will see.