Lesson 12: Summer (Phineas and Ferb style)

For those diligent students who sacrifice countless summer hours for just a few credit hours, this post is for you! 

Everyone knows the pros to taking a class or two...or four...during the summer. But if you are anything like me, you might not have accurately weighed the cons. "Spanish 3 online? No biggie!" Wrong. Biggie. Really biggie. Unless of course you actually speak Spanish. Then, replace "Spanish 3" with "Calculus 3". Bam! Fear just entered the hearts of all college students reading this. Mwahaha (evil laugh through the computer)!

Dr. Doofensmirtz from Phineas and Ferb, laughing *not so* evily

I guess I didn't realize how easy it is to neglect a class when you aren't actually IN the classroom. I didn't even remember what day my class started, I just figured I would get an email! No. No, you don't "just" get an email. Responsibility check! I failed that "Grown Up" test. It's like when your parents trust you to do something, and you agree...but it goes to the back of your mind. Then, you end up without groceries in the fridge because you forgot to go to HEB. Maybe it's just me? I fail a lot of big kid responsibilities, and summer courses have been no different!

I guess the lesson here is: Even though the classes are cheaper and a little more relaxed, don't let yourself treat them as inferior. They still count for the same amount of hours, so you should work equally hard! Through trial and error and error and error, I have discovered a few things: incorporate studying into your summer routine. Bring the textbook to the pool. Not in the pool because that might get messy, but while you lay out and tan. I even practice my Spanish while I jog on the treadmill. Do a little bit at the same time everyday. This creates a "classroom-like" schedule that you will remember more easily. You won't miss out on your summer, either. Instead of doing a week's worth of assignments in one day of frenzy, spread it out, around your water-skiing and snowcones. When a test comes, it helps me to get out of the house, go to the library or a coffee shop, and just rid myself of distractions.

Summer school is what it is: school. You can't expect for it to be easy breezy, but you can make the best of it. And come the fall, you will have those extra hours on your degree plan and a little extra color to your skin from studying in the sun! 

Happy reading :)

Lesson 3: I'm not clumsy, I'm accident-prone!

I slept through my alarm, left my essay sitting on my bed, put my shorts on backwards, locked myself out of my room, and dropped my lunch on the floor.
Have you ever had a day like that? I think some of my days should be filmed and aired as a full episode of America’s Funniest Home Videos: College Edition.

So many things about college are different than middle school and high school. One thing never changes: embarrassing moments. They are inevitable and guaranteed.

Spinach is bound to get stuck in your teeth at least once during the semester. Since you cant avoid it, prepare for it. You need the kind of friends who will text you underneath the table and tell you there is a something green the size of a tree growing in your mouth. Honesty is the best policy when it comes to avoiding making yourself a public fool.

The one day you wear a white shirt? That will be the one day you feel like eating Italiano food. You will most likely order spaghetti with meat sauce. Then you will proceed to spill marinara down the front of your previously bleachy white tee. It's unavoidable and bound to happen at least once. You can't avoid noodly goodness forever. My suggestion?  You could carry around one of those bleach pens in your purse. Or you could wear the shirt shamelessly and tell everyone it’s the new style. Looking saucy today!

Does this post remind anyone of a certain Fergie song? "You got me trippin... (Oh)...fumbling (oh)..."

Anyways, dummies in college, don’t freak out about your freak-outs. There are going to happen.

If you can’t laugh at yourself... you can’t laugh at yourself…and you are missing out.