Off to school we go,
It's off to school we go,
We'll take our lunch and ride the bus,
With everyone we know.
Off to school we go,
It's off to school we go,
We learn our ABC's and more,
With everyone we know.

so i beat the system yesterday, paid off the money i owed to UNM, and i have one more stop to make today before i can register for classes. it's hard to believe a year's gone past since i started college, and it's a good feeling to be going back!

i have all my classes picked out, and if they're still there this afternoon, i'll be in creative writing with a focus on poetry, music appreciation (i know, cop out, but fun!), math 121, statistics, and theater. it seems like a really level course load, with two challenging classes and three easy ones, so i can't wait to get started!

i'm nervous, honestly. the last time around, i really didn't do so well... i was so burned out on school from scrambling to graduate, and i wasn't ready to walk right back into it. i should have just waited a year, but i let everyone get to me, telling me that if i didn't go now i'd never go back.

how little they knew me!

i feel like i'm more prepared for this now. i've gotten a lot of partying out of my system, which is going to make it easier to go to school and not be tempted by frat parties and the such. i know that there are much better parties to go to! also, i think i'm more academically minded now, but i'm not as much of a perfectionist. i don't think it's going to break my world down to get a C anymore.

david's a little worried. he doesn't want school to get in the way of our time together, and i don't blame him for being hesitant. school has never meant the same thing to him as it does to me... he doesn't necessarily see it as something that's going to make me happy because it hasn't always in the past. i'll just have to prove to him that i'm a better person when i'm in school!

mom's proud of me for going back, and a little relieved, i think. she think's i'm still on all my scholarships, and i'm going to let her believe that. it's not a huge deal; i'm still not paying for my education, and she doesn't need to know otherwise. i think she's scared for me because she doesn't want me dealing with loans, but i think it's worth it. i've got a ton on my plate, but nothing is permanent. things will change with time, and i've just got to go with it.