Good news and bad news to start off the first post of the year. Bad news first: I did not get my scholarship back. I ended up having a 2.87 and I needed a 3.0. The only Class that I was really disappointed in was World Lit and I'm on the verge of thinking that I got screwed in that class. I'm usually not that type of thinker when it comes to grades. Usually I don't argue with them because the grades I get are usually the grades I deserve but I got a C in that class I think I deserved at least a B. I was too tired to argue, though. Though writing is one of my strong suits, I've never been great with research papers. But I feel that when an instructor keeps handing you back a paper and tells you to fix it but never really states what's wrong with it and you review the MLA style book and you go to the writing center and take advantage of the services offered by the school library, that you should at least get a full C and not a C minus. It is also frustrating when you do extra credit in the same class but it has very little effect on your grade. It is even more frustrating when you make consistent C's on the exams in that class because the short answers that the instructor requested that you provide weren't long enough. And what's even more frustrating than all of that is the fact that you would actually attempt to do the 60 page reading assignments in the two days allotted and make A's on the quizzes and believe that you have at least a B in the class because of what you see on the grade sheet that is passed around the class every week only to find out that the information on the grade sheet is inaccurate. I'm just glad to be done with the class. Microeconomics wasn't much better. I really did put some effort into that class and I learned a great deal about Microeconomics. Unfortunately, the information that I knew was not the information that was on the test. I read the chapters in the textbook and I took notes. I'm just not that great with graphs. The graphs killed me. I'm proud of the D that I got in that class, though. At least I didn't fail.

The good news: I did finally get a work-study. It's only five hours a week but it is better than nothing and the hours are actually pretty good. My roommate moved into a different dorm because she got a job as a resident assistant. Great for her. I decided not to get another roommate and that's an extra $400 but it's worth it. I love my roommate but I'm loving the private room even more. This semester's classes are actually okay. I should be able to pull A's in most of them. Let's just pray that none of them turn out to be like World Lit. I'm looking for more scholarships online but if all goes well this semester I should be able to apply for another scholarship from the school for the fall semester.

For most of yesterday I was feeling like I felt last semester. That's not good. At some point last night I finally managed to pull out of that slump and take a look at all of the good things that I have to be thankful for and try to get into a positive frame of mind. I have no doubt that this semester will be better. It is going to be better because I am going to make it better. So, here's to a new year and a new semester!