The College Transition ~ Dorm Rooms ~ Comp131.02

            Like a lot of other college freshmen I am living on campus in the dorm rooms. Wow is it different. In more ways than I expected would. One of the more obvious changes is the amount of space. I used to have a large room back in San Antonio, in fact it was so large most of the time I didn’t use most of it. I had plenty of room to spread everything out, do some rather absurd art project, or even just lay in the middle of the floor. Here if feels like I’m living in a box. It’s not that bad really, but it’s going to take some time to. There’s my bed my desk my closet and a walk way. It is actually quite efficient. There is just enough room so you’re not cramped but there not any extra space.
 
           Another thing I’m getting use to is the lack of extra stuff, it wonderful and terrible at the same time. The lack of, distractions has greatly improved my attempts at studying, but once I’m done it feels like there is nothing to do. Not only is there not stuff to mess with but also there’s not nearly as much space to clean! It uses to take me an hour or more to clean my room, partly because I would always get distracted, now it takes ten minutes.
 
           Aside from that studying is different to. One I half to study, that’s new. And two there is someone else in my room. I'm one of those people who studies bets lying in bed or stretched out on the floor. Sitting at a desk, I just can’t manage to do for long periods of time. So I usually end up studying in my room. As I said before the lack or stuff has improved my ability to focus, but if my roommate is in there, it doesn’t matter what she is doing, I really just can’t focus. Something about having another person in the room with me obliterates my focus. It’s not a major problem now because we never seem to be there at the same time, but that might not be the case in the future, so I need to find somewhere else to study.
  
          One of the things I miss most about living at home is the food. I can’t randomly decide to make a sandwich or macaroni. Yes I have a refrigerator full of snacks, but it’s not a kitchen where I can make pretty much whatever I want whenever I want.
 
           There are other things to. One minute there will be a bunch of people just walking down the hall and then they're gone its rather spooky I know they just got to where they were going but still it gives me the creepy that I don't know where everyone is. I don't even know who most of the people on my floor not to mention the building. And there is always someone around, even if you don't know where they are at the moment. I can't stay up till three in the morning practicing because my violin is in the music building and I don't want to wake anyone up. Aside from school itself, the dorms are probably the biggest change for me.