So like I said in my last blog, things have been pretty crazy busy for me lately. Today I had to finish my essay and then take an exam for the same class. Turns out the exam was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be. At least I hope I actually did well and don't just have a false sense of confidence. The exam was pretty much just 10 questions of 'True or False' (we only had to answer 5 of them) to which we then had to explain why they were true or false. But I'm feeling pretty good about this. My friend Ivy, who looked over my exam, said that it was really good, which makes me feel a lot better knowing that it took me forever to get started on it. Although Ivy started her paper like 2 1/2 hours before we had class so I really can't complain too much. I just had her look over my translation of my paper to make sure it was grammatically and then I just sat and talked with one of my friends until I had class.
One thing that didn't quite go as planned today was scheduling for classes. This whole time zone thing still gets me. My scheduled appointment time to sign up for classes was at 8 a.m. today so I woke up 15 minutes early so that I could make sure that everything was good to go. The only problem is that my scheduled time was at 8 a.m. Wisconsin time... That means that I woke up an hour earlier than I needed to. I |
remember this happening another semester because they changed the time that I was supposed to schedule. But at least I should have gotten all of the classes that I wanted. I have an internet course that said it was open when I first scheduled this morning, but when I went back to explain to a friend how scheduling in the states works, it said that I was on a wait list.I'm sure I'll get in. I'm really enjoying how my schedule looks for next semester though. I kind of hate that I'm going to have an early class again but at least it's only 2 days a week instead of 3, and I get Fridays off again. I could have taken a later class time but I decided that I'd rather wake up earlier so that I could get out earlier. It's so weird how scheduling and classes work here. They do everything online but they have to do what's called a petition. So they write down what classes and times that they want and depending on how many people ask for that class, they either open it, or close it. It's pretty much like the Hunger Games I've been told. I mean I had to do it last semester but I still think it's weird. I like that at my school they have a set list of classes that we can choose from and then once we schedule, we have our schedule. Here they have to wait forever to get their classes, and they won't even know if they need to find a new class right away. I've adapted to a lot of things here, but the lack of structure is something I will never feel comfortable with.
So something that has been happening a lot lately is that I've been having a lot of nostalgia. For some reason I've been thinking a lot about Freshman year of college. I've been going through all of Jenna Marbles old videos on YouTube (that was a big thing that happened Freshman year), looking at old photos of me and friends, and listening to a lot of the music that I used to listen to back then. What music I am obsessed with is forever changing. Back then it was mostly new rock like Adelitas Way, Breaking Benjamin, Anberlin and stuff like that. I've also been missing a lot of my friends more. I always miss my friends, but it just feels extra strong as of late. I think that part of it might be because I've been feeling really stressed lately and they were always kind of my stress release. I especially miss all of my hoop friends because there aren't any hoopers here other than Deidre, but we don't have flow sessions like my other friends and I used to have. It's going to be so weird when a lot of my friends are graduated, or in other places, next semester. But I'm going to fall into nostalgia some more. Have a wonderful night loves!
XOXO Ericka
So something that has been happening a lot lately is that I've been having a lot of nostalgia. For some reason I've been thinking a lot about Freshman year of college. I've been going through all of Jenna Marbles old videos on YouTube (that was a big thing that happened Freshman year), looking at old photos of me and friends, and listening to a lot of the music that I used to listen to back then. What music I am obsessed with is forever changing. Back then it was mostly new rock like Adelitas Way, Breaking Benjamin, Anberlin and stuff like that. I've also been missing a lot of my friends more. I always miss my friends, but it just feels extra strong as of late. I think that part of it might be because I've been feeling really stressed lately and they were always kind of my stress release. I especially miss all of my hoop friends because there aren't any hoopers here other than Deidre, but we don't have flow sessions like my other friends and I used to have. It's going to be so weird when a lot of my friends are graduated, or in other places, next semester. But I'm going to fall into nostalgia some more. Have a wonderful night loves!
XOXO Ericka