Life of Sass: College Student vs. Art Student

Monday night. I get ready for bed, take some Tylenol PM, and hop into bed. I watch one show on tv since the Tylenol hasn't kicked in. I start yawning during the show and must finish it. After about five yawns I know I've made a big mistake. I missed the window. If I'm not asleep after the fifth yawn, it's too late, the PM part of the medicine has passed and I missed the window. My mother thinks I am absolutely crazy to believe in such a thing, but it's true. I proceeded to toss and turn in bed until around 3:30am. Well thank God, Tuesday is my late start day, I don't have class till 11. So it's Tuesday morning and I am peacefully enjoying sleeping in when disaster strike.

Two words college students NEVER want to hear.

Knock Knock. "HELLO MAINTENANCE."

You have got to be kidding me. Must you change my crappy air filter to another crappy air filter at 8 in the morning.

So, I'm in bed in my underwear nonetheless due to the fact that not enough residents got their lazy butts down to the office to sign the petition to get the heat turned off! So the door unlocks (how safe is this by the way? If any creepers out there want a buffet of girls to creep on BE A MAINTENANCE MAN). So I scramble out of my bed half awake and burst into the bathroom to safety.

Why is the shower running? Ah crap. I am a terrible suite mate.

I apologize to my suite mate for barging in on her in the shower and explain to her that there is an 18 year old maintenance boy in my room. She is immediately annoyed given our other experiences with these little gems of repairmen. So I peak my head out with a towel around me and the weirdo tells me he is almost done. So he finishes in my room and heads to my suite mate's room who also answers the door in her towel and proceeds to tell him to "get the hell away". I can only imagine what he thought of both of us talking in the bathroom. Awkward!

Speaking of awkward, being an art student is sometimes quite awkward. I recently got an email that said because U of A's internet is public, people can often see what you search for. Great. So between my google searches for "how to cure insomnia" and "how to ship an ex-boyfriend to Mars" one might see things like "Fat girl's torso" or "Muscular male chest".
Please don't think I am a total creeper. These are things I am MADE to draw and I need a reference. But let me tell you, I usually have to mentally prepare myself before using Google Images for anything art related. The things people put on the internet. Dio Mio! Another awkward thing about being an art student, carrying the supplies! I have a huge art board that I carry to class with me on the two mile trek to the art building. So, days like yesterday when we had HURRICANE WINDS are not very pleasant. It is basically like carrying around a sail and one day I may take flight. Okay, one last awkward thing about being an art student then I'll shut up. We use things like sticks of graphite or charcoal, both very messy. So what I have learned this year, do not take a normal class that you have to rush to right after a messy art class. You may show up looking to class like this without even knowing.