Yes, I have that Journey song stuck in my head, hoping one day I can enter a room smelling of wine and cheap perfume. My first semester of college is over and I can hardly believe it. Christmas seemed like an eternity away. I would never get to it, I would forever be in school. Now I'm here. Finals are done, GPAs have been calculated, our house smells of Christmas tree. I did it. I went 600 miles away from home and made new friends and started a new life. I discovered independence. I went to my first bar and my first club and went to the state fair and was in a class with 200 people. I didn't drop out. I cried occassionaly. I made some enemies. But in the end, all that matters is that I did it.