So I'm in college now. Everything is different and yet it's really not; I'm still in school, still learning things, I kept a few friends from high school, and I'm only going to school an hour and a half from home instead of 45 minutes from home. It's definitely a different and a liberating experience not living at my parent's house any longer and having to take care of myself. In terms of goals for this semester, my #1 goal is to survive. Basically, I plan to eat some food, shower, and do laundry enough to get by, and everything else is secondary. In terms of academics, I want to do well but I'm not going to beat myself up about less than perfect grades. I see college as an experience with homework and academics as an integral part but not as the only part. I'm looking into joining multiple organizations as well, model UN in particular since I enjoyed it so much in high school. I'm also planning to learn to ice skate while I'm in college. I don't have any particular goals regarding talking to my family... I told them to call me as necessary and whenever they wanted to talk but aside from attempting to make sure I talk to my mom at least once a week I have no concrete plans to keep in touch constantly. Being only an hour and a half away from home, my parents aren't particularly distraught by the situation; if they need to they can just drive down for a visit.