new major, new classes, new coat, new year

I started my new classes Monday, and it really could not have come at a better time. Because a certain football team was busy in Pasadena the day after classes were scheduled to start, (ahem, ROLL TIDE) the capstone pushed the start of the spring semester back from the 6th to the 11th and as a result we started school on a Monday instead of the traditional Wednesday half week start up. Lucky for me the full week of work and class does not bother me for two reasons.
1. I am so excited about my classes and after my first days I think I am really going to enjoy them (but only time will tell)
2. We have next Monday off so our first full week is followed promptly by a three day weekend Thank you, Dr. King.

It has been surprisingly cold but we lucked out by the weather being in the 30’s and 40s rather than the 20’s or the, uhh, teens(?). It has gotten close to the single digits at night, but I don’t have to walk all over campus at 11:00pm, so who cares? I was not thrilled with the temperature when I locked my keys in my (running) car this morning (don’t ask), but I could not have asked for a prettier day and I had a cup of coffee in my hands which soothed my chagrin.

Despite the weather I have been comfortable sporting a new coat around campus (old coat but new to me). What do I wear when I am not on campus and want to look a little more put together and what not? None other than a happy new coat Santa brought me. It is a classic style and yellow (don’t judge till you see it) like a technicolor Bugsy Malone.

The new year is (as it always has been) closely followed by a new age for this girl. My 21st birthday is fast approaching meaning I will soon leave my 20th year behind, which by the way went by much faster than year 19 which was lack luster at best. So with January 26th on the horizon everyone is getting very excited because that means it is time to start getting ready Tyler and Beth’s really big birthday… I’m just sayin’.