Second semester vs. first semester

I feel that there is a noticible difference between the first and second semester. Time is going so much quicker this time around. I think that the first semester seemed like a big deal. I was living in an environment that I had never lived in before. My mom wasn't here telling me when to go to bed or when to hang out with friends. I was definitely not getting enough sleep, which made my classes seem even harder. I was trying to make a life for myself; meet new people, decided who seemed like a potential friend, make a daily schedule. Everything was just a big deal. The semester seemed to take so long because each day was something new. Now, I have established my daily routine. Also, it helps that I am taking chem II and physics II. I already figured the classes out, and I did not have to go through the stress of figuring out how the teacher tests, when to do homework, etc. This semester seems much easier for me. Some of my friends have said just the opposite. Some people say that this semester is much more time consuming for them, and that their first semester felt like it was just the social part of college. With my extra time, I have decided to get involved a little more. I started going to our Medicus meetings. This is like a pre-med club. We have a lot of academic clubs here on campus. We have a chem club and a veticus (pre-vet) club. Also, I finally started going to the women's bible study. This is something I said I was going to do all last semester, but never made it. I love going. It is on tuesday nights in a lounge in my dorm. There are a handful of girls, and most of us go in our p.j.'s (we meet from 9-10). It reminds me of the sleepovers we had at my church all through grade school. The girls are amazing. All of the girls seem genuinely sweet and like people you want to be around. You know when you meet someone who is just genuinely nice, well that is how all of the girls seem, and I'm not even exaggerating! Also, I joined a sorority (much to my boyfriend's dismay haha). Go Delta Chi Lambda's!!! Zak was a bit bothered that I wanted to join a sorority because of the stigma surrounding them. Hiram doesn't seem to have typical fraternities and sororities. We are too small to be able to get away with things. Besides, most students live on campus, so there is no place to hold wild, out of control parties. Also, each member must attend a session each year that tells us how wrong hazing is. Hiram has a zero tolerance policy for hazing. They said if we couldn't tell our parents and/or publish the story on the front page of the paper, it shouldn't be happening. I found that these rules seem to be obeyed. I joined the Lambda's because they seem so down to earth. At every meeting, they stressed that all the active members have lives, and they know we do too. The Co-Presidents are Nora and Kelly. They are both seniors, busy planning their life after hiram. Kelly is a theatre major and spends a huge amount of time doing theatre stuff. Nora is a swimmer. We had two weeks of activities, and we never had more than like 10 students (including active members and pledges) and that was perfectly OK. I wanted to get involved to get to know the girls, and because I would not feel pressured to let them consume all of my time. During the two weeks, we did various activites such as a board game night, decorating our big sister's door, and going for half price appitizers at the little bar and grille on the corner of campus. I guess we try to do at least one community service activity per semester, and we hosted a dance the week after inductions. That's all for now... I'll catch up more later!