I'm Here to Learn?

Today marked the second day of class and I must say, so far, so good! I have a pretty decent schedule and only one class a day. But because we're only required to take four classes, I have Mondays off and thus far do no have any finals! I like it this way because it allows me to have a long weekend and the British version of "Thirsty Thursday" is "Messy Monday" so I am able to be well rested for a night on the campus bar! Then, luckily, I don't have class until 2:00 on Tuesday ensuring a very messy Monday indeed.

So Tuesday had a slow start. I woke up at noon put on my "first day of school" outfit and struggled to stay awake in class; my hardest class, multiculturalism and the media. Luckily I have it with three of my friends. Even though it is a higher level class, we only have to write two paper and neither one seems brutal. In fact, the hardest part of this class will be understanding my professor. I believe I'm pretty good with accents but I have NO IDEA where this woman is from nor does her last name give any clues. In short, she sounds like a female Borat. So while it is mildly entertaining, it is very distracting. She also does not seem to be a fan of American government.. maybe she's French? Anyway, it's only an hour lecture followed by an hour seminar, with a break in between so it shouldn't be so bad considering I have a 5 hour class on Friday! YIKES.

Today however, was a little different. Unfortunately, I have a class at 9:ooAM in central London. Meaning, with a half hour to 45 minute commute, I had to wake up at 7:30 further meaning, I was not able to go out with my friends last night, when really I should have because I couldn't sleep anyways. But it was okay because I hung out with my two flat mates and we watched the epitome of British comedy, Jimmy Carr. Pretty funny guy, nice and obscene but a little dry. I also received a package from Mom and Dad and a letter from my dear friend, Alexis, the two completely made my week.

Anyways, 7:30AM rolled around pretty quickly and I was out the door by 10 after 8 for my Art in Society class. I just switched into this because it is a lower level class and a good way to get in some sights and into the city once a week. The class that it replaced was something awful like Promotional Practices of Advertising, level 6; no thanks! (Level 6 being the highest) So in this Art in Society class, I just have to attend and hour long lecture and then for the next two and a half hours, we go to some sort of art museum or exhibition. No bad huh? And it turns out, Brian, from RWU is in the class with me. I was able to take this class because Roger Williams unfortunately won't count any of these classes for my major—I may be able to fight for one of them, but we'll see—so basically I can be taking classes about neuroscience and it wouldn't matter, which has it's costs and benefits.

So today, at 10:00 we all left class to meet up at the Tate Museum of Modern Art. It was pretty cool and their big exhibition was 10,000 porcelain sunflower seeds on the floor, each one hand painted. The picture does not do it justice but if you ask me, there has got to be more than 10,000. In order to get there, we had to pass St. Paul's Cathedral (beautiful) and cross the Millennium Bridge which is just amazing—and as someone pointed out, in the 6th Harry Potter movie.

Because I was in the city, I then met Erin and Natasha and their friend Rachel for lunch. We went to a place called Pizza Express, which is much more fancy than it sounds. Anyways, I got an amazing margarita pizza, fantastic, and then I got Starbucks—I'm lost without Dunkin'—and picked up a few more postcards (so check your mail!) I then took them to Platform 9 3/4 and attempted the commute home by myself. I thought I was okay until the underground through my a curve ball and stopped running my train, so I had to catch a connector one. With the help of an older lady and a little boy, I finally made it home a little before 5; essentially, I'm exhausted or as the British say "neked." So tonight, I am going to watch a movie with some of the girls and hopefully get to sleep early for my class at 10:00AM tomorrow, Issues and Challenges in Creative Practices, oh boy. At least I get to sleep in. So like I said, so far, so good!