Last semester my Focused Inquiry course was at 8am three days a week and of course living on another campus and having to catch a bus, I usually woke up around 7am. I am very grateful that now this class is at 11am and I no longer have any 8am courses. Now my earliest class is at 9:30am and that’s Monday thru Thursday. Still, I’m not complaining. But I am complaining about Eric.

Now before anybody jumps to any crazy conclusions I’m not talking about actually leaving, as in dumping, my boyfriend. But I am literally speaking of leaving him in the mornings when we go to class… Or anytime we have a class together or at the same time. Although I am a freshman and Eric’s a sophomore we still take Math 151 and Chemistry 100 together. When it comes to getting to class, his motto is “I’ll get there when I get there.” My motto is more like “If I’m early I’m on time. If I’m on time I’m late.” My mom has been constantly preaching that to me for so many years it is permanent in my brain and in my conscience.

Eric was enrolled into his classes almost at the very last minute and by then I already had a daily routine as far as when to get ready for class. I usually take my showers at night that way in the morning I just have to get dressed and eat breakfast. For my 9:30 classes I wake up around 8:00, get dressed, eat, and leave the dorm no later than 8:45 (the busses are not that reliable). But Eric likes to take his showers in the morning and, might I add, he takes FOREVER! By the time I was dressed and getting my breakfast Eric was JUST getting out of the shower. I wanted to slap him but that probably would have woken Manny up, Eric’s roommate. I’m too nice for that anyway J

In the end I really couldn’t complain and I did apologize to Eric for fussing (because I did once we got to bus stop). We were on the bus by 9:07 and still got to our math class about 10 minutes early. Still I don’t like being paranoid or feeling like I’m going to be late to anything. Besides, we don’t need to be together in EVERYTHING we do anyway. This evening we have Chemistry at 3:30 and Eric has already told me he’s leaving the dorm at 3:00. I’ll be leaving no later than 2:45.