Authors note: This was written during my second semester at JCCC winter 2013 but published one year later during my first winter semester at KU 2014. Interesting contrast.
This second sober semester was harder than the first. Let's see, aesthetics. I took one more class. I switched to trying a Tuesday Thursday schedule. I took an 8 am class. It was in the winter. The winter semester was harder than the fall. I relapsed several times. I missed a few classes at the beginning of the semester because of our El Salvador trip. There was a spring break in there. I was working on the application process for Costa Rica for a good portion of the semester. And last but definitely not least, I have been working on transferring to KU.
All in all, it was a good semester. I am pleased with how school has been going for me. I really like learning and I wish that I had realized my super nerdy potential a bit earlier. It was hard being in another town at 8 am, even if it was only twice a week. I got up at 5 am to be on the bus at 640 to be at school by 730 for class at 8. For part of the semester, it was dark when I left and dark when I came home. The bus rides got old. I am really grateful to be headed to school in the same town I live in next fall. I have still not gotten over the fact that my drug addiction brought me to the one town in Kansas that I had always wanted to live in but thought I could never afford. I don't know if that gratitude will ever dissipate.
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