This past week has been a little bit ridiculous. It's Fresher's Week, which is when all of the freshmen move in and there are events held EVERYDAY. You can imagine the noise and general confusion that a few hundred 17-18 year olds can cause, and none of it is very helpful to us international students who don't really know what we're doing. You see, we had to "enrol" for classes this week, except the way they run things at the Uni is so much different than it is at Converse. At home, we log on to the Converse website, check the classes that we want to take and that's the end of it. Here, you have to be pre-approved for a class, then speak to the person who's in charge of that particular department to make sure there's still room in the class and that its time works out with your schedule. If all of that ends well you then have to figure out when to enrol in the class, which could be in the department office, online, or on the first day of class...it's quite confusing and too stressful to be legal.
But, enough complaining, because I think that I've managed to sort everything out fairly well (hopefully). I am excited to start classes, mainly to have something to do during the day other than shop, but also because I think the classes that I'm taking are going to be really interesting. I plan on taking Victorian and Edwardian Glasgow (because when am I ever going to get to take a class like that again?) and Pagans, Princes, and Priests. Classes start tomorrow, and I can't wait!
On a completely different note, here's a picture of Jess, Myself, and Elizabeth at Edinburgh Castle that's just cute!
