Well, I like doing things independently too, but I don't mind being with my extended family every now and then. If they don't want to leave you alone when you want to be alone, then that's a different problem, and one on their part.
Yeah, not everyone is an artist. But by that I mean, most of us aren't artists.
Ah, it's not as bad as when you first got them on, but it'll be weird for a few hours, or the rest of the day. You shouldn't feel awful soreness and pain like when you first got them on, though. I'll just be spending time at the campus Pokemon Club like usual, so my day is busy enough for me.
Being an Applied Math major, the Calculus classes I'm taking right now are just the beginning. Has that event been done in years past? Sounds like a lot of people have a good sense of how to have the most fun with it.