Long Time, No See?

Hey everybody!!!
Sorry 'bout the long wait. I was dealing with a small episode of slight depression I think. I got over that the week before my parents let me come home for the first time since I moved up here to Ames. Logan came and saved me by taking me to Winterset for the weekend. Ever since then all my weekends have been booked. It's been wonderful and keeps me distracted from missing my house too much. I'm starting to not miss home as much but I still am a little bit. I'm ready now to start my own life with my own family and place. This is just a transition I guess. Logan is helping me make it through.
So after the weekend at Logan's, I got to go home. And weekends after that, my cousin Sera and lil' sis' Lauren came to visit. It was a lot of fun. Sera stayed the night and we had fun with that. Showed her around campus. Lauren came the weekend of this event called Closets Collide. It's an event where you go in the morning to donate your clothes and you get a maximum of 10 tickets. Then in the afternoon you come and "shop" by trading your tickets for clothes. One ticket per clothing item. Lauren and I had a lot of fun doing that together. After Lauren and I had dinner, she was all like 'I don't want to drive home' so we convinced my parents to let my come home for the night, which I liked a lot. I still made Lauren drive so she could figure out how to do it, but she wasn't alone so it all worked out. Last weekend Logan came up and stayed the weekend. It was a really nice weekend. He took me on a fantastic date to Hickory Park, which I loved, and then we watched Princess and the Frog the next day before he left. I also had a Lyrica concert and it was fantastic!!
Been figuring out my classes for the next four years and that's going very very well. I've decided to declare an Art Minor. I pretty much have all four years planned out. I have everything, all the classes for my Major and all the classes for my Minor, plus two extra classes just because I'm interested in the subject and want to learn about them more. One's an Introduction to Catholicism and the other is Latin 101. I also think that next fall I'm going to ask St. Thomas's if I could go through catechism to learn even more about Catholicism.
My sewing class has been really fun. I'm doing so much. In class in the labs I've made a mini bodice and a mini skirt. Also for a out-of-class assignment I had to make a skirt, which so many people have loved and now want me to make them one. I told people I would as long as they payed for fabric etc. I think I'm going to start making a bunch of my own clothes because it's fun and it could possibly save me a lot of money eventually.
My homework load hasn't been too bad. It's been sort of easy, actually. The only class that has given me a somewhat heavy workload is my TC 165 class. There are a lot of stuff that I have to do for out of class so that I can get enough points to pass the class. I also have had to write three extensive reports on data that I personally had to collect through observing people. It took a lot of work. I'm starting to not like that class because it involves a lot of busywork. Come to think of it, a lot of my classes are starting to just give me a lot of pointless busywork. I really don't like it.
So through my CyMail I got a job offer asking me if I would be interested in participating in reviewing products online through surveys and online private chat room discussions. I can make a lot of money doing it so I'm going to talk to my parents about it and I think I'm going to sign up/ apply for it this weekend. I'd love to do this because I could make a lot of money in a semi-easy was. I'd have completely flexible hours too. Logan and I have agreed that it would be a great opportunity for me.
I get to go home this weekend to see my lil' sister in her musical Anne. I can't wait. Plus I get to see the grandparents which will be nice because I haven't seen them in a while.
I've been watching way to much Disney Channel lately. It's kind of nice that I do have some down time like that, but I should probably try to find something more productive to do. Oh well. There will be a one hour Hannah Montana Forever showing on Sunday at 6:30pm. I think it's like a season finale which I'm really excited about. I can't wait to see it. I'm actually going to make sure I'm here and able to watch it. I've never done anything like that before. Lol.
So so much has been going on. I'll try to do better about keeping updated with my blog. Got to go do my nails. They're getting too long and the paint is chipped up. Yes, I've actually been painting my nails. It's kind of nice. I've also realized that I've had to dress up a little bit. That has definetly been nice. I like it. I should've done this long time ago.
Anyways, got to go. Blog later!!!
Jenna Lynn

Long Time, No Blog (There's Kind of a Reason for That)

So yeah, greetings again. I know I haven't written in a long time. Things up here have been kind of weird and a little hectic. School's been going great. I have two projects done way  in advance. Math is pretty easy, the only classes I have issues with are Psych 131 and Relig 205. Psych 131 is just stupid and pointless, and with Relig I basically I just have to actually take the time to study the subject. Haha.

Haven't really made any friends. Lucas, Erik, and Andrew are basically just ignoring me, and I was right about Brittany and Erin and about the church thing. Things are a little awkward and a little more distant. I have started making two new friends, one is Psych and one is Lyrica. We're not quite at the point where we can hang out yet though. That kind of sucks. So yeah, definitely having issues making friends.

Last weekend Logan came up to visit and his car broke down. Crazy weekend for us both. I ended up having to get a parking pass for his car and watching it until someone came up and got it for him. Crazy crazy.

Parents came up on Monday. It was nice, I've definitely missed them. Personally I think the whole "don't let your kid come home for the first six weeks of college" thing is really stupid. I miss my family a whole lot. I really need my kitty too. I don't really get any hugs or anything which sucks for me. I just miss being in an environment where I have people that I love and who love me back. Here I'm just left to fend for myself it feels like. I'm totally not used to it.

I'm going to stop blogging now. It seems like I'm just complaining again, which I don't really want to do. So until happier times,
Jenna Lynn

*Sigh*

Dear followers, bloggers, people, anybody,
There's so much I'd like to say but much that I probably shouldn't for fear of whining and complaining. The past couple days, weeks, whatever you want to call it, have not been that great for me. Adjusting to college life has been harder than I expected, and so far the friends here on campus that I knew before college are a)ignoring me or b)not being very nice. I hope that sometime soon in the future that can be mended, as I don't really have that many friends up here and those people in my classes that I talk to are not good enough friends yet to hang out with. I need a social life or else I kind of like wilt. That's just how I am. I get my energy and joy by hanging out with other people.
So because I've mostly been spending a lot of time by myself, school work has not been a real problem. I have a few projects I need to start but only about two. School work and just school in general hasn't been very difficult. Besides getting to and from classes of course. The bus system is so confusing and difficult. When I do catch the right bus and when it shows up on time, it's really nice and helpful.
Set up an appointment today to meet my new doctor at the health center and to get my last HepB shot. Made sure I had all of my information that they needed too.
Mom and maybe Dad are coming up on Monday. That'll be nice because I really miss them. I wish they could bring up Zoe too. I really miss my kitty.
Logan's coming up on Saturday, I hope. It's been two weeks since I've last seen him. I miss him really bad too.
Basically, I really wish I could just go home. I miss everything about it. My sister, parents, kitties, Logan, his family, and just like everything.
Please everyone, keep me in your prayers.
Jenna Lynn

Lonely Little Jenna

So I found out this weekend that quite a few people from DeWitt are here. Hung out with Lucas and Erik on Friday for a little while. Stupid thing is that I haven't heard from either one of them since. It's kind of hurting my feelings.
Went to mass with Andrew again. I didn't hang out with him this weekend because he was at a retreat with a new student group from St. Thomas. But yeah, met up with him for mass at seven and he said he had to go back downstairs for something or whatever, but I just found out that he pretty much didn't do anything and got back to his dorm about 15 minutes after I got to mine.
Brittany and Erin aren't here, as they are at a freshmen group for the Salt Company.
I've basically been alone all weekend. It's not that there hasn't been effort. I've been trying my best to find people to hang out with but nobody responds to me. Basically I'm being ignored.
I just want to go home now. I want to go back to a place where I am loved everyday and have that interaction with people. As hard as I've been trying, I have hardly hung out with anyone.
I miss Logan. He's my best friend and I don't know what to do with out him. It seems that no one wants to be friends with me up here. I just want to go home. I'm already really tired from trying to find friends or to stay connected with new friends. I miss my old life and I want it back. I don't know what to do.
Jenna Lynn

Meh

Ugh this has been an awful first week of college. Busy days, having hard time finding time for meals, but I've gain weight though. I'm sitting in Andrew's dorm room right now just chilling because I've been pretty much by myself all day except for when I went to see Lauren but the whole thing took like two hours and I wish it would've been longer because I miss her a lot actually. It was really nice to see her again and hang out. I'm trying to figure out how to get her to come up and visit for a weekend. It'd be so much fun I think.
I'm so tired right now. I'm not sure what else to blog about which is weird because I kept thinking of things to blog about all day. I'm sure I'll remember tomorrow. I get to kind of sleep in tomorrow, but I have to make up a lab to the class I missed. I think it's stupid because my instructor told me that I wouldn't have to. Oh well I'll be able to get more use to the machine. It's a really nice machine too.
So I'm just chilling tonight. I have all my work done for tomorrow so homework is alright. I'm definitely going to take this weekend to recuperate and slowly work on homework. So it's all good.
Miss my Logan. We both had a busy day today so I didn't really get to text him today. I really wish I could have called him today too, because it was another bad day and I hurt. Like my hip hurts, my knee hurts, and my shoulders hurt from my freaking heavy backpack. I haven't been to my dorm room since 7:45 this morning. Bleh.
Well signing off, because I can't focus very well anymore.
Prayers for me please!!
Jenna Lynn

Woot Woot

So school has been crazy. Yesterday my classes were fine. All short except for my AESHM 111 lab class. I found a girl that lives two doors down from me and we share quite a few classes. Yay! I think I found a buddy. It'll be nice to get to know her.
Actually found time for lunch yesterday and took the CyRide for the first time right after lunch and I think I'll use it much more than I have been. My right hip-joint hurts and I'm pretty sure it's from all of this walking. It's not as hard to figure out as I thought. After classes I went back to my dorm to finish all my homework from that day and the day before. Got it all done during a informal study party in my dorm with my roommates. At 9:15 Brittany, Erin, and I all were done and Brittany declared a end of study dance party. It was so much fun. We just turned on some rocking tunes and jammed out. It was so fun and funny. We decided afterwards that all study parties we have in our room must have a 9:15 dance party even if we are not done with work. Good times.
During my first choir class, someone came in and talked to us about private voice lessons. I so am going to try and see if I can take them. I would love to improve my voice like that. Plus it's a one credit course if I do take it.
I've been feeling so upper-classmen right now. I bet people can't even really tell that I'm a freshman. It's so easy to identify freshmen it's ridiculous. They have stupid lanyards for their IDs and keys, maps, lost expressions, and most walk everywhere. I felt very chique today actually when I walked from a coffee shop to my second class. I had a coffee in one hand, backpack on, newspaper and small brown bag with a bagel in the other, and an Ipod in my ears. I felt like "oh yeah". Lol.
Well I have class right now. I'll check in later with another update.
TTYL!!
Jenna Lynn

Missed Class (Uh Oh)

I know I didn't get around to blogging yesterday. It was a really busy day and a horrible day. I went to my first class, TC 165, in which I am going to be learning about diversity in dress and learning about what dress is. Its a really interesting class. Now here comes the bad part. I was wondering what room my last class was (TC 221) so I logged on to my Iowa State account and looked up my schedule. Well I found out that instead of being at 3:10pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays like I thought, it was Monday at 3:10 and at 8:00am Tuesday and Thursday. So I had missed the first two classes of it. That just made me so freakishly stressed. I ended up calling Logan to vent a little and to calm down so I could somewhat concentrate on my last class, Psych 131. That's going to be a stupid class. I thought in my psych class we'd learn about different people's study habits and as to why different people need different study environments to learn. But no, the whole class is about reflecting on ourselves and learning about ourselves etc. I'm basically calling it my counseling class, which is stupid because I've had enough counseling in my life, thank you very much. I know who I am, I'm not stupid.
After my stupid counseling class, I walked over to my TC 221 instructor's office to talk with her about me missing class and makeup work. She said she understood and said I didn't have to make up the first lab because of my sewing background, as the lab was sewing lines on a piece of paper. I've done that like 5 times before. I just had to do some reading and watch a little bit of a class DVD she gave to me.
So I went back to my dorm real quick to drop off a few things and then I went down to Conversations to get something to eat. I was so hungry because I hadn't had time for lunch. So I read some assignments while I ate a big dinner. Went back up to my room and tried to study some more. Ended up not being able to study or anything for about an hour and a half because of massive cramps. I couldn't get comfortable at all. Erin came back up to the room for a short time only to find me sitting in my arm chair crying, because I was in so much pain and I was frustrated because I had a lot of school work to do and I couldn't get any done. She ended up throwing a damp rag in the microwave for me to put on my stomach, and that helped a lot. Fourty.-five minutes later I was feeling so much better. I ended up get all of my reading and stuff done, except for two reading assignments, but I don't have to have those done till tomorrow so I'll read them today after classes.
It's going to be another semi-busy day. I've been struggling to find a time for lunch as well. My classes run right to the next and there's just no time. So that means I'm going to have to eat a really early lunch or a really late lunch and then a really late dinner. I don't know what to do.
Well, class starts at 10 for me today. I'm probably going to have to leave my room by 9:30 because I'm not entirely sure where my class is so I'm going to need the extra time. Wish me luck on another crazy day! I can't wait for the weekend.
Until later,
Jenna Lynn