We are about 10 weeks into the semester, and college is already taking an interesting turn.

Beside all the classes and stressful exams, I'm enjoying the resident life. I have a great group of friends that keep me sane, but also know how to have a good time.

I've noticed, however, the group of "close" friends is getting smaller. It's not to say I have less friends, but rather growing closer to a couple that stand out the most. I can still see my other friends around, say "hey, what's up?," and have a conversation, but these close friends are those whom I can spill my secrets and concerns to. These are the people I can see myself graduate with, and know for the rest of my life. Without them, I don't know what I'd be doing.

Living on campus is also become easier. I learned that I can take care of myself way better than I thought I could in the beginning of the semester. Through this, I am also learning managing skills, such as my time and money, a couple of skills worthy to have in the real world. I still hate doing laundry though... like, very much.

We got our first taste of snow recently. Through the weekend, snow fell from the sky for a couple of days. As expected, snow in Vermont is beautiful, however I have my doubts about how much snow this place can hold. From just the weight of a couple of inches of snow, many trees around campus broke in half. It will be interesting to see how our campus can do when the real snow comes; like several feet of snow!

My roommate brought his car up, which opens up a lot more opportunity to go around and explore. Because Norwich is basically in the middle of nowhere, we've driven to near cities such as Montpelier or Burlington to spend a nice evening, maybe get some food or go shopping.

Although living here is great and all, actual school work ruins the moment every time. We are in the point of the semester where we have to constantly be studying for exams and homework. Some of us had midterm exams just a couple of days ago, so It'll be fun to see them for the first time in a week. As for grades, It can be a lot worse. I'm not getting the grades I usually did in high school, but I'm earning enough to be happy and confident for the rest of the semester.

As I expected, my worst class would have to be Chemistry; I hate the fact that it is self-taught. There is just so much to memorize and practice, it becomes very stressful at a point to learn all the material on my own. My favorite class is Pre-calculous. My professor lectures very clearly, and in a way that makes sense. After each lesson, I feel like I can perform any problem that I learned that day without a problem. To confirm this, I aced my first quiz and 2 tests. Definitely a great boost to my GPA!There are some things that are upsetting me, first being how we are in the middle of nowhere. Coming from Boston, I miss having access to a larger and dense city close by. Vermont isn't that, unfortunately.

Also, I wish the food here was better. I feel that Sodexo does not provide much healthy options when it comes to food. The high carb menu isn't what I am looking for, especially while trying to stay fit. Other food options would be the Mill, and Dunkin Donuts, which I LOVE. I don't know what I would do if it wasn't for Dunkins, My closest friend and I get a coffee and muffin almost every day. I guess it's safe to say, we run on Dunkin.

There it is, Norwich is going by great so far. Aside from some hiccups here and there, My friends and I are enjoying ourselves very much.