Hi, this is Lizzie. Normally I wouldn’t want to be talking to people about my diary, but since you asked so nicely about what’s my day like, and, well, it’s kind of exciting to be famous, okay. Here goes.
So, no two days are really exactly alike. Some of my classes are Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and others are Tuesday-Thursday, but not everything is exactly on that pattern.
I’ll talk about Wednesday, since that’s my longest day. I will roll out of bed, into my robe, and wander down the hall to take a shower. I used to try to shower before bed, but most of the girls on my floor in the dorm all do that, because no one wants to get up any earlier in the morning than they have to. I’m told that once we get out of the Freshmen dorms, if we’re lucky we get one of the new buildings and you only have to share a bathroom with four people, instead of everyone on your floor vying for the showers in the middle of the hall.
Chemistry is my first class, which sucks because that really requires more of my brain than the rest. Chem Lab is on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Also in the morning. Also not good for a not morning person. If I got up earlier I could go for coffee before class, but I just can’t make myself get up any earlier than I do. So after class I go over to the library. We’ve got the best library! It’s right in the middle of campus, and there’s this sweet spot on one side where a lot of my friends will hang out. After chemistry I go to the Starbucks in the library for a big caramel macchiato – except in the fall, that’s when the pumpkin spice latte is in season. So I take my coffee, and go to the sweet spot to study. Unless Tiffany and Allie are there, then we usually end up talking more than studying.
I’ll grab lunch with whoever’s around, and then it’s calculus class. Calculus is also not my strong suit. But I’ve been doing better since I started going to see Professor Jacobson at his office hours. He’s really nice. He has a way of explaining things to me that makes sense. It’s not the way he says things in class – he must practice a lot of different ways to say the same thing, so that everyone with a different learning style can figure it out. Numbers are not my friend, so I’m glad he has figured out a way of explaining it to me.
After Calculus I get to go to Spanish class! It’s my favorite, and it’s a nice way to end the day. I’m taking Chem and Calc because my parents want me to go to Pharmacy school and be the pharmacist for their nursing home, and those classes are required. But Spanish class is for ME. I just love it. There’s a guy in class named Ken, he’s really nice, and we work on assignments together after class.
Then I grab some dinner, and I go to my job at the Law Library. It’s the best job in the world – I get paid to sit there doing my homework! Except when someone needs to check out a book. That does happen from time to time. But it never interrupts me for very long. Although when I’m trying to do Chem or Calc homework, the interruptions don’t help. Since honestly, I’m not very good at either.
What college girl doesn’t dream of meeting Mr. Darcy? Lizzy was certainly no exception. But when Darcy Fitzwilliam comes into her life, he turns out to be every bit as aggravating as Elizabeth Bennett’s Fitzwilliam Darcy. So what’s a modern girl to think, except....
How could my hero be so wrong?
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Sept 5
Well! That was interesting. My roommate invited me along to this frat party she was going to. She went through something called rush week, and she is now pledged to a sorority. She said the frats are less formal than the sororities, and even though I wasn’t a pledge I could go with her. I figured, why not, it should be fun, right?
I got to meet the guy she’s chasing. I couldn’t blame her for being interested. He’s cute, and sweet, and considerate, and a total people-pleaser. One of his parents must be the demanding sort who is never happy.
He introduced us to his friend… whose name is Darcy Fitzwilliam! I wasn’t sure at first that the guy wasn’t just pulling our legs.
“Your mother obviously loves Jane Austen,” I laughed.
“Obviously,” he answered. Not much to go by.
“I love Pride and Prejudice,” I continued.
“I hate Pride and Prejudice,” I can only describe the look he was giving me as hostile.
“I think you will find yourself very much in a minority,” I answered, returning his look with one of my own.
We didn’t talk any more that night. Talk about getting off on the wrong foot!
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