And we're off . . .

Well I've had all of my classes. Let me tell you, this is gonna be a tough semester. But I'll be fine. I'll be VERY busy so hopefully I won't have time to miss people too much :) Just kidding. I miss everyone a lot, but it's getting a bit better. I just want this whole thing to go by FAST and have a lot of fun so I can get back and be with everyone!

British Studies is crazy. Everyone in the whole school is in the lecture session from 8:30-9:30 in the morning on Mondays and Wednesdays, and it's held in this amazing room called the Long Gallery, so all I want to do is stare at the ceiling because it's so pretty. Then I have a little break, and my British Studies seminar is at 11:00-12:00pm. That's just a section where we have individualized instruction from a professor. Mine seems pretty cool. He has the quintessential British accent (at least, the one Americans think is quintessential) - deep voiced, very articulate, like he's from a Jane Austen movie.

Renaissance and Reformation European History is on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 4:10-5:00. That will be a little different, it's taught by an American professor. It's a small class - only 7 people! I thought I left LTU! Haha. But everyone else in the class is a History major, so we'll see how that goes. It seems interesting enough.

British Politics I had this morning, Tuesday and Thursday from 10:15-11:30. I don't know how I feel about that class yet. The professor is actually the Dean of Students, and one girl here has a huge crush on him -- she says he looks like a combination of Jude Law and Viggo Mortensen. But the class seems hard! And for something I'm not interested in, that's not a good sign. Oh well.

Alex got here finally which is AWESOME. It is so much easier with her here - we know the same people back home at LTU, we both have boyfriends so we're not like the other girls trying to pick up dudes, we both would prefer to stay in on schoolnights and do homework in the Bistro with a beer than go out to Grantham and get shitfaced every night, but I will definitely do my share of partying like I always do. Just not every night. :) And the other kids I know, none of them are going on the school trips because they say they are too expensive. They are traveling independently almost everywhere. Well, Alex and I are like, ummm, no. I'm going on the school trips. We don't trust ourselves AT ALL. Plus I think you lose the money you paid.

Anyway, I have to go read. Tonight is the trip briefing for London, which is where we are going this weekend. I'm super excited!

SCHOOL. MUST. END.

I'm so sick of school right now!  I know that's not unique, it's what most all students start to feel this time of year.  Projects are piling up, I'm neglecting my housing duties, I'm doing "just enough" work, not going above and beyond like I should.  I always start the semester strong, and then slack off heavily during the last month or so.  Well, it's the last month or so, so my internal clock is set to "slack" mode.

On the plus side, I have something to look forward to besides a summer of being locked inside earning next-to-nothing.  I booked some of my school trips for the Fall, so I'm signed up to go to London, Stonehenge, Edinburgh, Ireland, Paris and Italy!  For my independent trips I want to try to go to Germany (don't really care what city) and Prague, maybe Vienna!  Actually, I want to go to Salzburg to walk on the fountain like the kids do in the Sound of Music.  I would video that for Katie.  I also registered for classes, and will be taking "The British Experience from the Celts to the Present Day", "Modern British Politics" and "The Birth of the Modern West: Europe, 1350-1603".  HISTORY!  I'm so excited.  I've always loved History and LTU just doesn't have much of a history curriculum.

I can't wait to get out of here for a semester, but I'm nervous too!  I just need something different for a small period of time--I'll still be taking classes, and they will probably be difficult.  But it will be something out of the ordinary!  That way, hopefully, when I come back I'll be more motivated and dedicated to this school.  Because right now, it's just a hobby.  Seriously, I place more priority on work and family and friends than school.  Which, I know, is awful and I should be beaten, scourged, dragged across pavement, and burned at the stake for saying that.  But the amount of time I devote to school is roughly equivalent to what most people devote to playing a recreational sport or volunteering at a hospital or something.  I spend more time on HogwartsLive and doing stuff for my sorority than I spend on schoolwork.  

SAD.