Welcome to College

                Well, after 18 years of waiting, I've finally made it to college. I must say, it's a bit weird having so much freedom after pretty much having my every move watched and criticized for the last 5 or so years. In case you don't know me all that well, allow me to give you some background info about myself. I'm the youngest of 4 kids and I have 2 brothers and a sister. There's a pretty significant age difference between us (there's a 13 year age difference between me and my oldest sister, and a 10 and a 5 year difference with my brothers)
                Basically what I'm trying to say is that when my last sibling left for college, that left me alone with my parents at the house, which, after 13 years of being around my other siblings, was the last thing I wanted. So for those next 5 years, I felt like my parents were focusing ALL their attention on me. Even though I know that last statement isn't true, it seriously felt like I couldn't do anything without my parents being all over my back about it. Now that I've ventured off to a new life at Middle Tennessee State University, I've finally made it out of good ol' Georgia. It's not that I hated Georgia by any means, its just that in the last couple years, I've kind of gotten tired of it. I've increasingly wanted to get out and experience life from a different place. That place turned out to be MTSU.
                Now, I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, "but thats not all that far away." See, I was thinking the same thing, but then I realized that I had gone further that any of my siblings went for college. And trust me, its pretty hard to find something that my siblings haven't already done or mastered. So, I figured Tennessee was far enough. For now, at least.
                This whole idea of Freedom for me is pretty strange. Having started classes yesterday, I now have the Freedom to skip classes whenever I just don't feel like going. Now I'm not planning on skipping classes by any means, I'm just saying that it feels weird that I have that option. This Freedom can be used wisely or the the complete opposite of wisely. I've already seen examples of both in the short time I've been on campus.
                Along with classes starting, I've met more people than I can even remember just since I moved in on Friday, most of them being pretty cool people. For me, meeting new people is one of the best parts of college because these people I'm meeting now are the same people I'm going to be around for the next 4 or so years. At least in theory. These are the people that are going to impact my life and personality either in a good or a bad way. Personally, I'm going to try my best to stay away from the people in the latter category.
                You can go ahead and expect more posts as I continue to get used to college life and all things surrounding that. Hope you enjoy them!