A different kind of smog over here...

So yesterday, as I was walking around outside with my friends, I believe it was Mary and Mary-Beth, I was commenting on how cloudy it was outside and wondering if maybe it was gonna rain... I got kinda excited about rain :) I miss it a bit. Anyways, I was quickly informed that no, the clouds above were not rain clouds but smoke clouds from the LA fires.... sighhh. I keep forgetting how different La Mirada is from Seattle.
I guess I really miss the rain because yesterday in one of my classes, (Old Testament History and Literature) I could've SWORN that I heard the sound of heavy rain outside, and I was SO EXCITED to get out and stand in it, and that's when I realized that it wasn't rain at all, but the room's air conditioner making the noises. SIGHHHH.
Don't get me wrong - I love the weather out here! It's so nice to be able to know exactly what the weather will be like today, tomorrow, next week, or next month even! It will be HOT!Planning picnics is a heck of a lot easier here. I truly am enjoying it. I would be complaining a little if there was no AC, but the whole campus has a good system, so it would only be really bad if you were to run in it or something like that. So I love it. But I do miss the rain.

Homework from classes is getting pretty heavy. I'm ahead of the game though, so it's all good. I was really worried about my first paper (just a mini 2 pager) for English the other day. It was just a rough draft, but I'm a perfectionist, and in high school I NEVER had to do more than one draft of a paper. It was a painstaking process, but if I spent hours (usually a whole day) in front of the computer writing a paper, I wouldn't have to re-write it, and I'd get an A every time. It's a stupid process I know, but that's how I would do it in high school. THIS IS NOT HIGH SCHOOL. I'm fully aware. And the previous method of paper writing shall NOT be used here at Biola. I'm not an idiot. So anyways, the point is that writing a rough draft is hard for me. And I had to turn it in Monday. fjklad;jfdlka;jf. But I did it, turned it in on time, and GUESS WHAT! My professor put a section of my paper up on the powerpoint in front of the class as a GOOD and CORRECT example of how it was to be done. I was quite thrilled because mine was the only one put up as a good example... all the other she tore apart. Which I personally have a HUGE problem with. She didn't say whose paper it was or anything like that, which is good, but still, I just think it's slightly cruel to put up a paper in front of the whole class (including the author) and say, "what's wrong with this?" People are harsh. My goodness.

Ok. I'll depart. I gotta read Old Testament Today, and take notes. How in the WORLD will I ever retain all this reading I'm doing? Any helpful tips would be very appreciated!

Oh but first! I have one more rant real quick. It's my opinion that students are the most underappreciated group of people in the world. We work hard all summer to make a good amount of money, so we can go to school, to work even HARDER, and by the end of all this hard work, guess what?! You're back at the summer. With no money. Needing to work hard. I came up with this little theory after spending $515 for textbooks this semmester. I had one more $100 book to buy but my dear friend has the book already (we're in the same class) and she's letting me share it with her. BLESS YOU, ANNA!
and I can just hear my dad laughing his head off at this rant, telling me "Welcome to the world, Anna! Life isn't fair" and pulling out his "mini violin" and I can just see my grandpa handing me one of his "cards" saying, "Your story has touched my heart, never before have I heard of someone with such troubles as you. Please take this card as a token of my sympathy." I realize that you two as well as allllll the moms and parents reading this are laughing at me. But give me a break, I think school work is harder than a job work. Well maybe not, but still. You felt this way too at one point, so just be understanding, ok??

Ok I'm really done now. Till next time!