Day 11- so this is uni, eh?

So, classes have started. They are quite different from home- I feel as if everything has been switched up on me- I feel relatively unprepared for everything. All three of my classes- Biochemistry, Creative Photography, and American Civil War history, seem so different from what I am used to, that I can't help but feel like I've got no bearing at all on the subjects. I am sure within the next 2 weeks or so I will indeed get my bearings, but at the moment I feel very exposed, very... unintelligent. The classes aren't difficult, but I guess through all the changes I have been going through in the past 2 weeks, I feel unprepared even for simple classes. Once I have settled in a bit more, I guess things will get better.

I do feel, by now, that I have a pretty solid group of friends. They students from America, New Zealand, England, Germany, Italy, Tonga, and Canada. All in all I feel like we are a fairly tight knit group. For example, on Tuesday a bunch of students were going to a local bar, as during Orientation Week the local places run a bunch of price specials. Me and my friend Fabian (from Germany) were turned away, as we didn't bring our passports as ID (and honestly, who is stupid enough to bring a passport out to a bar anyway?). We walked down the block and found a cool upscale place, and for 10 bucks got some really tasty bread and dip, and a drink each. We talked for over an hour, and it was one of those moments where you are just happy to be you, happy to be exactly where you are, and grateful that you have met the people you have.
Yesterday I had history and photography- the classes weren't bad, and I am excited about my creative photography class. The woman who teaches it, who goes by 'Panda' (though I don't know why) really wants to push creativity in the classroom- I am looking forward to getting to do some photography work while I am here. My history class seems to have a good lecturer, but the videos he shows are so incredibly bad it is laughable. I am sure once we actually get into the war, things will be much better.
Today I only had 1 lecture. After dinner we finished a game of risk that we had started on Saturday (I think) and I helped an Italian friend of mine with her chemistry homework. I am obviously way too tired to be able to effectively blog, so I am going to sleep. I have been sleeping a ton lately- averaging almost 10 hours a night. I can't seem to get any less than that- otherwise I won't function. I did give up Soda for lent for the first time ever- maybe the lack of caffeine is the reason for my sleepy demeanor.

Hey! Maybe I won't be lazy and will update tomorrow!