Power steering... you don't know what you have until it's gone.

Parallel parking can cause you to break a sweat. Just do it in 90 degree weather without any power steering into a tight space. Turning the steering wheel was so hard I'll probably be sore tomorrow.

You know that group meeting that was supposed to be quick and last "less than an hour"? Don't believe your group members. It will definitely last closer to three hours and you won't leave the library until after eleven at night.

If you get grossed out by under-cooked foods, made sure the no bake cookies that you are really looking forward to get heated all the way so they don't end up gooey.

Just because your boyfriend doesn't answer his phone for a few hours doesn't mean he got in a brutal car accident and is dead. You can let your imagination rest because  his phone just ran out of battery.

Not supportive at all.

Putting on a sports bra backwards is not effective.

You know that toenail that is still  black? Don't try covering it with bright nail polish. It just turns a dingy, dark, gross, tinted color. And then you'll put on five layers to try to cover it up. But then you'll put on shoes too soon and it will get smudged all over the inside of your shoe because it still wasn't dry.

Blogs are not quite as exciting when your camera is broken.

Don't set up a budget to save money. As soon as you do, a thousand fun, costly things will come up that you can't go to because it is not in your budget. 

Emergency brake error.

If you are leaving the parking lot right after getting your windshield replaced, check to see if your parking brake is on. Just because your car isn't moving doesn't mean it's broken. And then it will be embarrassing when you go inside to complain that the repair guys broke your car and the receptionist tells you the parking brake is on.

Never ask a simple, quick question about a credit card at your bank. They will keep you there for half an hour explaining the details very thoroughly.

Don't over-stuff your pantry and fridge. You will knock your spaghetti off the shelf and it will spill all over the floor, then you'll be frustrated from cleaning it up. Then, less than five minutes later, your jar of jelly will get knocked out of the fridge and painfully land on your foot before it shatters on the ground.

Don't read analog watches when you're tired . . . you'll read them wrong.

Make sure to press the "on" button when setting your alarm to wake up. Otherwise you will wake up, glance at your watch, and rush to work because you are late. Then you'll look at your watch again once you are driving to work and realize that you are about to arrive an hour early to work.

If there is a yellow sign posted in front of the bathroom, read it. You might assume it says "caution" when it actually says "closed". When you walk towards the bathroom to go in it the custodian standing close by will tell you that it's closed. Then as you walk away they will talk to their co-worker joking about how nobody can miss the "closed" sign.

If you decide to wear a sweatshirt with no bra to class, make sure the classroom is going to stay cold. Otherwise you will get hot and won't be able to take the sweatshirt off.

Don't jump up the stairs in the dark. 

Photography is not my forte, clearly.

If you are watching Jason and Dana run a half marathon and at the finish line it is up to you or Nat to take pictures, let her take them so you don't end up with pictures like this:

And this...

But when you finally give it to Natalie you'll get a good one like this.

Look at the the cartoon picture on the door before you walk into the bathroom at the library. Girls have a dress. And yes, you did just walk into the men's bathroom.

Don't lay out by your pool when you have 100 pages left in your book. Even though you didn't want to stay out there very long, you will want to finish the book so badly that you will forget you didn't put on sunscreen and end up getting a really bad sunburn.

Never going back to that museum again...

If you happen to go to an art museum on campus with your boyfriend when nobody is around, don't start kissing him. And if you do, you should probably listen when he pulls away because he thought he heard something, otherwise you will be interrupted by the employee who works there telling you the museum is closing soon. And you guys will get out of there as fast as you can without looking back.

Scandal!

Take a quick glance in the mirror before you leave your house. Walking around all day only to get home and notice that your shorts were inside out the whole time is not a pleasant surprise.

That pizza on the table? No, it's not free game for anyone to eat. Even if your new roommates mom mentioned that she was going to get some pizza for everyone, you should probably double check that she actually did before you eat your other roommates food.

If you are driving on a deserted street you should still look around before you start picking your nose. There might be some runners coming towards you with a clear view of what you just did.

Panic attack in class.

Don't use nicknames for contacts in your phone. Then when you forget your phone at someone's house you'll think you lost it and some stranger will look through recent messages to see that you put the contact "pillow. sex." in AS A JOKE and you will have a mini panic attack. In class, too.

Stef is the only one who calls you the nickname "Man" (short for Amanda). So when you are walking to class and you hear someone say "hey man" you should not respond in any way. They were talking to the guy walking towards them, not to you.

Go to the bathroom before you pick someone up from the airport. Otherwise when you get home both bathroom/showers will be in use for another ten minutes and you'll really have to pee.

When one of your students is talking about her first son, don't assume he has already been born. She's seven months pregnant.