Did I really not post yesterday? Sorry!
Hmm, Sunday... Well, I woke and my roommate wasn't here, I actually didn't see her until the evening. The winds roaring against the window made me want to huddle in bed all day long but I actually got up and meandered about for a bit. I braved the winds and the rain with Caitlin as we made our way to the stores. I bought some cleaning supplies and got soaked. I tried to look in their cheap clothing store for a good sweater or some leggings (forgot my long underwear) but no luck. However, should I need to spruce up the wardrobe, they have plenty of stuff for that.... Mom,I definitely shouldn't have packed so many bright colors. Dark colors are definitely "in" here... thus, I am not. I feel like I stick out like such a sore thumb, but oh well... can't do much about it now other than maybe buy a black shirt or two, but even that might wait a bit.
Coming home I passed time somehow, obviously nothing very important. I joined the other Caitlyn for dinner and watched my first ever episode of MTV's "The Hills." I could have lived my whole life with never having seen that tv show. A bunch of rich 20 yr olds and their dramatic lives... but it was time spent in the company of another, and she really enjoyed it so all was fine. Then, what should happen, but Caitlyn's flatmate returned! I can't recall her name but she is quite a pleasant girl. She is a first year and even as a first year she made me feel lame... really, what am I doing in such a party city? Scratch that, I fail partying everywhere, even at home... but especially here! Anywho, we got to know her a bit, asked tons of questions about going out and such here. She informed us that people dress up when going to school... boy did I ever find that to be the truth today!
So after I left Caitlyn's around 10 or 11 I returned home and my roommate, Irene was home(the Italians must pronounce it slightly different b/c I think it's pronounced "Irena" but she spelled it for me today "Irene"). She was actually cleaning. I think our clean personalities are going to quite get along. Here I had gone all day freaking out about not having seen her or having pissed her off and really she is nice and very willing to work out this smoking thing. Windows are open a lot but the smoky smell is much less awful now! and I can breathe (better). So we talked a bit and then I crashed.
Today I woke and made my way to my first class "Globalisation and Democracy." I wonder if I'm going to have to spell words like they do when I write essays or if they'll count it off if I write "globalization"? Random, I know. I write like I think so good luck following this blog. Anywho, it was sort of awkward. You know, that first day, don't know anybody but it seems like everyone knows someone else kind of feeling? Yeah, that was it. I had about two hours until my next class so I went to the library and tried to see if I could figure out how it is set up... no luck. I'll try that another day. I did, however, find the Spanish novels ( I was just looking for the casual reading section, something to pick up to pass the time). Instead I picked up an Isabel Allende book, Casa de los espiritus, and read for an hour or so.
On my way to my econ class "Environment and Natural Resource economics" I asked a girl for directions and come to find out she was headed to the same class. I made a friend, or at least classmate! One success, yay! That class, as well as the other, looks like they are going to be fascinating! I didn't originally intend to take the Globalization and Democracy, but I am going to check it out for these first two weeks and see what I think. If I do decide to take it, I'm on six classes total, including Irish, which is a full load here. But I'd still have Fridays off. I'm just going to see what I think the workload might be like... but I think I'd learn a ton from them and they seem perfect for my IDS major!
After the econ class, which, like the first, was just an intro, I made my way to a 1.5 hr line to do sociology/political science registration. During the wait I met an American who has already been here one semester who was kind enough to impart some very useful info and he and another American girl were fun company on the walk home. All three of us have tattoos, it's like I've joined a new club with mine ; ) Tattoos are lovely ways to start up a convo...
Back at home, Irene was here and she did some shopping but I haven't really been up to much. I have mostly been looking online at facebook, flight tickets and the news. I heard from my CR family that the quake didn't directly affect them, thank God. I remembered that I need to work on my scholarship essay and then proceeded to see what I want to do with my life so I can answer the prompt: within the first five years of beginning your professional career, what three things do you hope to achieve?
I've no idea what my professional career is going to be.
That just led me to open a million tabs off of Google's search "what to do with a global development major?" ... ridiculous I know, but I was bored and it worked... ish.
On Facebook, Melanie provided me her parent's address in Nantes, France. For kicks I decided to look it up and see how much a ticket from here to there is... I found one that is zero euro with only a tax fee of 10.50 euro round trip! Oh my goodness! For only 10.50 and free lodging and meeting Melanie's family I think I might be going back to France even though I can't speak it worth a darn! Let's just say I got excited!
And then I started making a list of where I want to go... damn, the list in Spain is forever long! As is the one within Ireland... geeze, way to go and encourage the travel gene Mom and Dad and Rachel... not sure how you work in my genes but we share a brain so there!
And, like I said before, Irene is proving to be quite a fun roommate! She makes me think of Kevin and Wendy a ton because of the Italian. I need to learn some from her!
anyways, that's it for tonight. I promise I will try to make these shorter. You all try to get skype!
Buenas noches!
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Jillian! I hope you're classes are going well...I'm stuck in KC waiting to get back to Europe...hopefully by Wednesday, but that depends on the weather gods...
ReplyDeleteI sure wish you would post longer things. I can't really get a feel for what you are doing over there....
ReplyDeleteAnyway- sounds fun! So jealous of the 0 Euro dealio. Grr.