First week of school

Sorry that this has taken so long to be posted but school is just kicking my butt. Well, I live far from campus now and I've been walking almost everyday, a couple of days I've gotten rides. At first I hated having to walk that far but now I'm getting use to it. I still complain a little but that's normal. I did realize though that if the people in the house behind us would let me cut through their backyard, then that would cut about 10 minutes off of my walk. Oh well! I'm gonna lose a ton of weight this way, especially since my eat habits are changing. Don't worry, I am eating just not as much as I use to.
Anyway, classes are going. They are intense but I know that I will survive and get awesome grades to prove it. I'm taking a Shakespeare class and we are going to be reading 7 plays this semester and I have an oral presentation that I need to work on for that class. My day to present is October 7th. I hope that I'll do okay with that, I have a fear of standing in front of people. I'm trying to get over that but it's not easy. Also, right now we are reading "A Midsummer's Night's Dream" and it's so amazing. We acted out the first act on Friday which helped me to understand what all goes into a play.
Another intense class is American Novel; we are reading a total of 10 novels in there this semester. We already finished one and it was interesting. At first it was really slow but then in the middle it picked up and I loved it! The book is called "The Rise of Silas Lapham". It's an older book, written in the 1800's but the story is so beautiful and I loved every minute of it. We were suppose to have the whole book finished by this past Tuesday so I spent all of Monday (Labor Day) reading it. Once it got to the middle, I couldn't stop reading it. I think the main reason that I really enjoyed the book was because I could picture my older sister and I as two of the characters. I like when that happens, I love putting myself in the books. Another class (introduction to literature), we are reading a ton of short stories out of our textbook. With all this class reading going on, I won't be able to read anything for fun. I'm trying to fix that though, with all the stress that my classes are adding, I need something to distract me.
I'm also taking Italian and Creative Writing. I haven't been to creative writing yet, our first class is on Friday. Italian though, I don't know where to begin. Ugh! My teacher is disorganized and doesn't always know what she's doing. She goes too fast when it comes to taking notes. The class itself is interesting and I enjoy learning this language, I'm sort of getting good at it.
Hhhmmm.... other than that I don't know what else to talk about. I've got homework that I should be working on but instead I'm writing this blog. I'm pretty sure that I'm just rambling on so that I can postpone my homework. However, I have to get all my homework done by this weekend cause my aunt and cousin are coming up. I don't want any distractions from family time. Another thought, I need to get better at reading books deeper. When I read a book I don't look for the hidden meaning in it. I enjoy reading it for fun and not putting too much thought into it. Well, that's all I can think of for now. Guess I'll go get that homework done.