"So scared of getting older, I'm only good at being young"

I am terrible at keeping journals... both offline and online.  I realize that I tend to keep things to myself, which isn't always a good thing.  So, here I am to keep the 3 people that read my LJ updated on my life.

This second quarter has been quite a turnaround for me.  Socially, I feel much more comfortable.  I have friends that I can actually trust to be able to call up and do things with, as opposed to the "aquaintences" I had up until now.  I have a great roomate set for next year, which is something I was so scared about.  I was originally going to have the school pick a random roomate for me, but I really think God saw how much I was struggling and decided to step in.  Now I'm going to be rooming with the one person I feel closest to here at the school.  And hopefully if all goes to plan, we'll be staying in a much nicer dorm with a beautiful view of Westwood and the ocean!  I'm also getting a lot closer to my bible study group, which has really been helping me out.  

I'm taking a speech class next quarter, which I'm hoping will help me to open up more (plus it's a requirement for the major I want to pursue).  What I really want to do is to somehow get involved with the UCLA softball team.  I was so dedicated to softball in high school, and now I'm attending a school that boasts one of the best teams in the country.  Thing is, I can't expect to get involved if I never speak up to the players and coaches.  I actually went all the way to Palm Springs last weekend just to see UCLA play against Northwestern and Texas play Oregon State in a tournament.  Texas is home to one of my favorite softball players, Megan Willis. 

So socially, things are going well.  Academically, however, I've been slipping.  Not to the point of failing, I couldn't possibly let myself get to that level, but my study habits have really suffered.  I have trouble focusing on homework and tend to procrastinate everything until the last minute.  It all worked out fine for me last quarter because my classes were a little easier and I was able to type up a paper the night before it's due and still get an A or B.  It also worked for my History paper during this current quarter:  I wrote a 5 page paper the night before it was due and pulled out with a B.  So I used the same method for my Communication Studies paper that was due today.  We've had the prompt for nearly 2 months, and I just started yesterday.  Turns out I couldn't do it this time.  I didn't even turn it in.  I'm going to hand it in tomorrow and lose points for being late.  I suppose this is a wake up call for me.  This is also coming two weeks before finals, so I still have a chance to make things better.  

Okay, so that's school.  My birthday was Saturday.  I had a great weekend.  Friday was my family birthday dinner.  My mom had asked me earlier in the week what I wanted her to make for my birthday meal.  I think I said ham and potatoes with cornbread, but come Friday my mom surprised everyone with catered Chinese food.  I thought that was hilarious.  After dinner, my mom decided to give me my first gift.  I didn't really ask for any specific gifts this year, so I didn't know what to expect.  I was very pleasantly surprised to unwrap 2 orchestra-level tickets to Wicked at the Pantages Theatre!  I'm going March 28, and I can't wait!  Yay for moms.

On Saturday, my actual birthday, I took a mini road trip with Sharon to visit Zainub at UCSD.  We went to the beach at La Jolla Shores, and then went shopping in downtown La Jolla.  It was such a beautiful day, it didn't even look real.  That night, we met up with my oldest brother Adam in San Diego for dinner at CHILE'S!  The waiters sang "Happy Birthday" to me and gave me a free milkshake... yayuh. 

I'm going to stop typing now, because this is just getting way too long.  But first, a link to pictures from my weekend: 

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