This past week has been hectic and very busy indeed. Strangely the only free time I've had this week has been at school. This Monday I started a new chapter of my formal education at Glendale Community College. College so far has been a good experience for me. I love ALL my classes (almost), and I actually don't dread studying or completing homework. College has been great.
This quarter I'm taking five classes. On Mondays and Wednesdays I have Running Aerobics, Piano I, and English 101. Tuesdays and Wednesdays I have Audio Production and Women in Literature (bleh). Both days classes go from 9:10- 3:05. Although, this is because of my bus schedule I arrive at school roughly around seven o'clock and I don't get home until sometime around five. In addition to this I sometimes have 2-3 hours in between classes depending on whether or not the Professors decide to let class out early. I don't really mind this because it gives me extra time to study and classes. The only downside is that I often find myself bored, and by the end of the day I'm completely knackered.
I don't have many friends at GCC. Well to be honest, I don't have any friends. Period. I have made a few acquaintances though. You know. Just those people you talk to here and there. One including a Swedish exchange student in my Audio Production class. She's really nice, and actually very interesting. Her English is superb by the way.. There are others like her who I only talk to here and there, but there isn't anyone there that's a solid friend. Luckily this doesn't unsettle me at all. I don't mind sitting in the grass by myself, or walking around campus on my own. I'm just bored. ALL the time. I'm constantly looking for something to do.
Like the other day, on my way to one of my classes, I couldn't help but notice that outside the music rooms in the halls, there are about 8 baby grand pianos aligned next to each other in their own little soundproof cubicles. The next day one of classes let out about an hour early, consequently leaving me at a three hour break in between another class. For the first 40 minutes I just sat in the library and studied my required reading. After a bit I was sick of the indoors so I went outside and sat on one of GCC's many hills. I tried to fall asleep underneath a tree but to no avail. I was probably there for maybe an hour trying. At one point even I texted Tina about how monumentally bored I was, and within two minutes I got a call from her, (She's such a sweety) and when I answered all I could hear was my favorite Strokes song blaring through the phone's speakers. That was all I needed for a small pick me up. At this point I was in a musicy mood so I headed to the hall with the pianos. Upon arriving, There was a sign on the cubicle doors stating that I must sign in somewhere to utilize the pianos or risk getting banned from using them, so I decided to walk into one of the office looking rooms nearby to ask where I could sign in. As I walked into one of the rooms I came across two people. One female filling out a few papers at a desk and a man, not much older then me (maybe 4 or 5 years) looking after the equipment in the room. After a moment I inquired as to whether or not this was the place to sign in to use the Pianos. The woman looked at me and mumbled something about being busy and walked away. Bewildered I was about to walk away when the random man says 'excuse me, do you need help?' at this I repeated my question. Our conversation henceforth went along the lines of this:
Me: Where can I sign in to use the piano's outside?
Man: Here.
Me: uhh okay, can I sign in then?
Man: Sure. ..You have to cross the entire school, battle a dragon, and retrieve the king's gold, first.
Me: (I'm so confused at this point) I..would I need any special weapons to embark on this journey?
Man: Yes. You'll need a battle ax, a shield, a renaissance helmet, and your GCC I.D or Driver's license.
Me: ..I don't have an ID.
Man: aw. Sorry I'm afraid you can't use the Pianos until you get one
Me: ..What if I left you my wallet
Man: *laughs* you cant PAY me.
Me: haha I'm not paying you. Just hold my wallet as collateral.
Man: *laughs again* Sorry no I can't. But you can get your ID here (pulls out a GCC and points me to the right building)
I mention this because it was probably the most interesting conversation I had had all day. It certainly made me wonder if its going to be like this for the rest of my life.
Although this was, at the end of the day, in spite of being okay about being friendless at school, the lingering notion of loneliness that hangs over the atmosphere around me can feel unrelentless, but instead of being brought down, I've been given a sense of enlightening independence and moreso emmence gratitude for the friends I already have in my life. They are the best people in the world and I'm so glad to know them. Even if I only get to see them ever so scarcely.
As a side note, I GOT MY POTTERMORE LETTER ON MONDAY WAS SORTED INTO GRYFFINDOR!!!
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