Hello Helicopter, have you heard the news?

So, in some random fit of wanting to tell people what's been going on (and in hopes that it will actually help me somehow) I've created a blog. I'm going to try to write at least every other day, if not every day. I find it relaxing, which I think will be very important for me.

Classes started this week. Due to a crippling depressed episode last semester, I am only taking two classes: Physics of Societal Issues and Civil War and Reconstruction. I think the work load in both classes is going to be okay for me. I feel like an idiot only being in two classes, but at least I'm still alive to feel anything. My hope is that I will pass these two courses and be able to handle a full load next year. I know that I'll be in school considerably longer than any of my peers, but my goal is to survive to finish school. I don't know what I'm going to do with a history degree, but it has always been a subject I've loved.

I was recently started on Abilify. I was last on Seroquel for sleep, but it made me feel like a zombie. I take my Abilify in the morning; so far my sleep is actually regulated quite well. I get 7 to 8 hours a night. It's weird feeling tired at night and being able to sleep. I wake up a few times each night, but it isn't impossible for me to sleep again. It's a nice change for me. I'm not sure if this is the miracle drug for me, but so far any stress seems manageable. I'm able to leave my dorm when I have to.

I'm looking into apartments for next year. Probably a studio apartment (they're the cheapest) where I can have my cat. So far, I have contacted three places. I really hope I'll be able to have an apartment, even if I am alone. It'd be great, because then people could visit me and actually have a place to sleep. I just hope it won't be too expensive. I can't do another year in the dorms. I need to learn to survive on my own, take care of a home and pets. It would be a good lesson for me to learn. I really, really hope I can do this.

I suppose that's all I have to say for now. We'll see in a couple days what happens.