Just a little procrastination

Why is it that I want to read for pleasure when I have 200 or so pages of reading to do for my college classes? Okay, maybe it's not that many, but it sure feels like it! That doesn't leave time for leisure reading. You see I'm addicted to Amazon.com's top 100 free kindle books list, so I probably have like 300 books (not an exaggeration this time) that I have acquired over the past two years that I no longer have any clue what they are about, but I thought sounded interesting when I read the description. Granted, some (or many) may turn out to be quite awful-there have been a couple of those in my reading experiences-due to lack of proper editing, misuse of words (then/than is one that really drives me nuts!), and general blah-ness. Here I am, however, with 4 more books of the Odyssey, a Shakespeare play and a book about it, and a novel, all to be read in the next couple of days; but I would much rather read a short romance (my preferences change like the seasons weeks days) or something fantasy instead. Not going to happen though, so I guess I should stop procrastinating and get to work, or my new Midnight Hobby of sleeping will be replaced with one of doing homework.

Ciao,
Julia

What's it like?

There is something I'm curious about, but will never know through personal experience, so I'm putting my curiosity out here for all to see.

No longer would I consider myself a traditional college student: I'm no longer straight out of high school, I'm married, a homeowner, and a mother. While I am completely happy with where I am and wouldn't change a thing, that leaves me without a clue what it is like to have what I will call an immersive college experience.

I'm really curious what it is like to live on campus, perhaps in a room with someone you've never met until move in day. Dorm life. Spending a majority of your time on campus and attending whatever events you want because you can and they're a form of entertainment for you. To participate in clubs, groups, organizations and traditions.

You may be thinking, "you can still do a lot of those things," which is true, but it is a 45 minute drive to campus, and if I don't absolutely need to go up there-I don't. Not only because of the time and drive but because I hate to leave my son if I don't really need to.

So what is that experience like? Fun, disappointing, lonely, busy, boring? I bet it's a mixture of those and more. So, have you lived this experience? If so, how is/was it? Or is this a completely antiquated idea? I'm fairly good at vicariously living through stories, so what's yours?