Many has changed since my last journal entry, I have been in school for about four months now. I have had lots of homework from classes, it has been somewhat stressful but I am trying to adapt myself to completing homework and using my time wisely. I have been working hard this year because my senior year has came with a lot of more work and harder classes. Not to mention that I still have to work on my senior project. I am trying to make sure that I finish my journals on time and update my website so that I can have it ready for others to see. Before the semester ends I need to make sure to pass all of my classes because I am looking forward to graduate with my all classmates. I want to try and graduate with honors so I am also making sure that I am on pace for my classes so that I am able to pass them for the semester. I also began to apply for colleges and scholarship to help pay for college. I applied to four different CSU’s and am also planning to apply to UC’s and community college as a backup plan for myself. Thinking about it makes me nervous and scared because college is right around the corner and will be a big change in my life, where I will become working towards my future career and prepare to become independent. I have been preparing for college because I have taken school more serious and set deadlines and goals for myself. I have also been managing work after school where I work with elementary students to help aid in any homework troubles and to better their academic development. This has gave me an insight on how my life will become in a couple of months although it may be even harder. Besides school work, I have really enjoyed my senior year I have made more memories with my friends. I have attended football games, gone on fields trips and met new people since my last entry. I even went to visit a University between that time, and took a trip to scicon and reminisced of the time when I was younger and went with my classmates. Thinking about it makes me really miss being young naive while in elementary. The time when I had no worries besides getting in trouble by teachers, now I have to worry about turning in essays, managing work and making sure I apply to college, scholarships and financial aid. Since after graduation I plan to go on to college, I have to make sure that I am aware of all the different deadlines there are because in order to go to college I first have to apply and the application comes with a process. I have completed the California State Universities and am currently working on applying for EOP in the process. After I will do the same for the UC’s which come along with a personal statement and a different essay to add on. Throughout the whole process I have had major support from my sisters because they help me in anything that I need especially questions about college since they’ve been through the process and for that I am thankful. In my next entry I’ll be done applying for college and hopefully a weight off my shoulders.