I don't think you are a whiny dropout. I think that sometimes you have to enter and go through a situation to determine whether or not it's for you. Once you determined that that particular program wasn't for you, you had to move on. You have to make the right decisions for your life.
My hair takes NO TIME flat to do because I only wear puffs. (I'm working on an upgrade!

) That's the easiest style for me and it's that traditional, pulled back thing that seems to work for women with long hair. I haven't straightened in eons. I usually straighten when
I want to straighten, not because I'm feeling corporate pressure. That's for the birds.
As for the time, I have NO idea where it went. I can remember the day I got my acceptance letter. I remember starting the pre-law program. I remember my first day of school. I remember my first set of finals. Now, here I am on the eve of my last two sememsters. It's almost unbelievable! All I can say is wow.