Days 9 and 10: Classes/First Week

Ah, sorry I've been so behind on everything. I've just being actually doing everything, so writing about it can't be the top priority. Plus, I want all of you to know everything (well, almost) that happens, so there's lots to say!
So Wednesday, I woke up a bit past nine and decided to drag myself to a module on Buddhism. I wasn't sure if I was going to take it, and I figured I should go and see. Sadly, my sleep deprivation was for no purpose because I decided not to take the module (oh well). The professor was really interesting, but the module is worth double credit, so I'd only get to (have to ) take 5 classes instead of 6. At this time, I was trying to narrow my list from 9 or 10 to 6, so Buddhism was an easy one to cross off the list. After Buddhism, I had an hour to kill, so I headed to the Student Centre and met up with Katie Bloom (goes to Pomona). We chatted for a bit, ate a quick snack, and then headed to our noon class (which happily were the same). So at noon, we had Celtic Religion and Mythology-- very interesting. The professor seemed okay, but the topics were sooooo interesting, and when else am I going to learn about Celtic Religion?? We took a few notes, but the professor let us out early, which was fantastic. I then had almost 90 minutes to grab more food (I think I'm always hungry here) and get to my meeting with the head of the math department. Again, I saw Katie and we ate and chatted for awhile before both heading to the beloved (ha!) Western Gateway Building. The walk from the Student Centre is not nearly as bad as the walk from Deanshall, so we got there with plenty of time. Just before two, I went to the head of the math department's office and we chatted for a few minutes. Basically, he was much nicer in person than over email and gave me approval to take three math modules (none of which meet on Friday! yay!). So the math dilemma, while stressful for a day, was resolved, and now I'm (stuck) in three math modules-- Metric Spaces and Topology, Differential Equations, and Graph Theory and Combinatorics (these are listed for Teddy and maybe Dad; the rest of you can ignore them :) ). But then I had a bit of time to kill, so I tried to get on a computer in the WGB, but they're for certain students only, so I was stuck. Anyway, at 4, I had my second math module-- Graph Theory and Combo. The professor cannot be more than 27; she looks so young. I didn't realize that she was the lecturer at first (oops). I don't think the class will be too bad; hopefully not too difficult, but we'll see. I headed back to Deanshall after it was over, and then ate some food, bummed around for a bit (I seem to be doing that a lot). About 6:15, I realized that I was going to meet Mirinda (my Irish flatmate) at the Students Union Council meeting, so I quickly changed and ran (speed walked) to campus. Luckily, nothing in Ireland starts on time, so I wasn't late at all. The meeting was relatively interesting; I mean, I couldn't do anything, but I enjoyed it all the same. The real fun happens after the meeting! Everyone heads to the Old College Bar, gets one free drink, and free pizza. Of course, one drink turns into many. :) But I was there with Mirinda and other SU people for about 3 hours, getting somewhat tipsy, before we headed out to the a club. Normally, clubs cost about 6 euro (way too much for me), but the SU has free passes to one club (called Freakscene), so we all went there. I had a blast, danced a lot, met a lot of new (and mostly Irish) people, which was really nice! The club closed at 2:15 am, so we were kindly kicked out, and then waited out on the street for the rest of our group. After everyone caught up, a few of us went to this hot dog place. I figured, how much could a hot dog possibly cost? one or two euro at the most... Well, again, I was wrong. A hot dog is four euro, even a plain one with ketchup. So I said no to the hot dog and yes to going to bed. Anyway, I got back to Deanshall, quickly showered, and passed out by 3:15 because I had class at 10 the next day.
Thursday, well, was a long day. Of course, I didn't get enough sleep before getting up at 9. But I got up anyway, got ready, and met other Arcadia kids to walk up to Celtic Religion and Mythology. I thought the class was really interesting and took notes fervently (lecturers sure can talk quickly). I mean, nothing terribly exciting happened. Then, an hour break (I have many), in which I grabbed a quick snack, and then I headed to the WGB for Differential Equations. Wow. That was quite an experience. The professor seems pretty nice, but she is sooooooo quiet, and no one in the class cares at all, so everyone is talking and it's impossible to hear. And I don't really remember Calculus, so that's a problem, but it'll all work out. Hopefully, the other Arcadia kid taking the class will be there, so I'll have someone to talk to :) Um, then I had an hour to kill before my next math class (woo fun), so I started reading a book on the Kennedys. It was definitely entertaining, although the author was a little bit in love with the Kennedys, so I'm not so sure about how accurate the book was. But, the hour passed quickly, and I went to my second Graph Theory and Combo class. The lecturer still looked young, but again, the hour passed quickly with nothing exciting enough to write down. After Combo, I basically ran (well, speed walked again) to my next class-- Celtic Saints, which is about Celtic Christianity and saints (particularly St. Patrick-- shocking :) ). This class was really full, and when polled, almost 90% of the people were visiting students. The professor is a little old lady, but she definitely likes to maintain order. There is no talking in her class... I'm not so sure I'll make it, but I still have one class to drop, so I might be okay. We read letters from St. Patrick and semi-analyzed them, and then we got out around 4:30 and I was done with classes for the week!! The rest of my evening consisted of grocery shopping, eating, and then hanging out in Emily's apartment. Thursday is a big going out night, but I was so tired, and it was really, really, really cold (as per usual), so Emily, Bridget, and I decided to stay in, which was really fun too. We hung out with some Irish flatmates and drank tea and watched tv. Anyway, I was glad to have done basically nothing because I finally got enough sleep on Thursday night. :)