Classes so far...

Today is the first day of classes. It really hasn’t been very exciting so far. In fact, it has been rather confusing. To start the day, I had a fight with my alarm. The original plan was to get up at 7:30am because that is when I need to be up for Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays. My courses start at nine, so that gives me a little less than an hour to get up, shower, eat breakfast, and make myself lunch when I need to. But for today, my 9am class was canceled. As excited as I was to not have to go to class, I wanted to start to get myself into a morning routine right from the get go. Let it be known that the alarm clock will never win. I let myself sleep in until past 8am. I finally got up and got myself together and somehow managed to forget that I needed a lunch. Two minutes from campus I realized that I forgot lunch. Not wanting to be late on my first day however, I decided to just buy myself a sandwich on campus. I was, of course, twenty minutes early to class, which for me is about the time it takes me to get my lunch together.

The first class I attended was a food science class pertaining to product development. I sit down in a row by myself  thinking that there will be a full lecture hall like my classes back home. I was wrong. The lecture hall remained pathetically half full. The professor walks in, sets up for his presentation, and then begins talking and finally a few girls walk in and sit down next to me. The professor starts going over the boring syllabus stuff and then starts in on the schedule. Apparently even when your timetable says you have class, it doesn’t always mean you have class. I was practically told that the three hours of lecture I am supposed to have on Mondays only happens three times the entire semester and the rest of the time, I only have an hour and occasionally two hours of lecture.

My second class of the day was Crime and Social Exclusion. I am technically not in it yet, but it didn't look full, so hopefully I actually get in. It was a nice short lecture, but should prove to be very enlightening. I do not think the class itself will be very active because of how quiet it was, but I could be pleasantly surprised.

My last class of the day was interesting. I couldn't find the room at all. Luckily, I ran into a couple of women who were looking for the same place, so we looked together. We asked eight people where it was and each of them had no idea. They kept saying that it wasn't in the building. Eventually we found a man who explained it to us. It is in the back of the building, but you can only get there from the outside. You have to go in a sketchy ally to get there too. We ended up being late, but so did our professor. He happened to show up an hour and a quarter late. He too couldn't find the room. It turns out he is the same professor as the first class I attended, so I will be seeing him a lot.

Now I am waiting to attend a meeting for a group, but I am unsure whether I actually want to be a part of it. I am very tempted to just walk home because today has been a long day. Luckily tomorrow should be better and shorter!

Cheers!
-The Adventurer