Wow. Classes are really easy here. I know this is a terrible attitude to have, but only three weeks into the semester I feel like I could scribble my name on a piece of paper, call it an essay and get a decent mark. There is so much homework that seems pointless to me and I have mini tests coming out of my ears that I don’t study for and still get 100% on. I have the distinct feeling that I’m going to struggle to keep myself motivated here, because it appears I will be without challenge all semester. Plus, I’m only taking three classes here: 2 x 3 credit classes and 1 x 6 credit class. The norm is to take four to five 3 credit classes, so I have so much more free time than my friends and my roommate. Since I have no job here (not that I would recommend getting one) I’m bored out of my mind and have been occupying myself by shopping myself into oblivion. So now I feel like I’ve spent a million dollars, and I still have nothing to do and I miss my mummy :(
What’s really weird though, is that I’ve really only know my “friends” here for three or four weeks and it would be really weird to hug them (the arm around the shoulder in photos is still a bit awkward) but my godfather, I would kill for one of those giant rib-crushing, lung-wringing, eyeball popping cuddles right now; it’s been at least 5 weeks since I had one.
And although I’m sure many of you will feel the same way while away from home, please don’t be an idiot like me and compensate for your lack of bodily contact by buying a stack of useless crap … it doesn’t even work, and I put quite the hole in my ‘budget’ and now I own a bunch of books I will never read, an embarrasing amount of souvenirs and a mass of clothing I will never be able to transport home.
What’s really weird though, is that I’ve really only know my “friends” here for three or four weeks and it would be really weird to hug them (the arm around the shoulder in photos is still a bit awkward) but my godfather, I would kill for one of those giant rib-crushing, lung-wringing, eyeball popping cuddles right now; it’s been at least 5 weeks since I had one.
And although I’m sure many of you will feel the same way while away from home, please don’t be an idiot like me and compensate for your lack of bodily contact by buying a stack of useless crap … it doesn’t even work, and I put quite the hole in my ‘budget’ and now I own a bunch of books I will never read, an embarrasing amount of souvenirs and a mass of clothing I will never be able to transport home.
Of course now I have decided that organising a trip to see a concert in New York City will do me a world of good and I do believe that getting out of Amherst for a while is exactly what I need. So I have put my faith in NYC that it may momentarily relieve me of my slump in excitement about being here.
Updates on their way!
Updates on their way!
1 comment:
I wish my classes at University of Colorado, Boulder were as easy as your's were!
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