FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL
Also, I have no idea what's going on with the text color - I've tried to fix it about 20 times but it doesn't work. Sorry!
Also, I have no idea what's going on with the text color - I've tried to fix it about 20 times but it doesn't work. Sorry!
Okie doke. This is basically going to
be a rundown of my first week of classes here!
Monday
Got to campus quite early and went to the Library Café and met up with Zoe, Jordan, and Carly. Then I headed to my first (and only) class of the day: The Global Sex Trade. This is a sociology class, and I think it’s going to be very interesting. It’s a 2 hour lecture (12-2) once a week, and there’s a one hour seminar once a week (3-4) on Mondays. I think it’s going to be a kind of emotionally heavy class because it’s talking about the sex trade… so basically prostitution. But I think it will also provide a different perspective, and I’m really interested to see how it will go! I’m sure there will be updates throughout the semester about it!
Got to campus quite early and went to the Library Café and met up with Zoe, Jordan, and Carly. Then I headed to my first (and only) class of the day: The Global Sex Trade. This is a sociology class, and I think it’s going to be very interesting. It’s a 2 hour lecture (12-2) once a week, and there’s a one hour seminar once a week (3-4) on Mondays. I think it’s going to be a kind of emotionally heavy class because it’s talking about the sex trade… so basically prostitution. But I think it will also provide a different perspective, and I’m really interested to see how it will go! I’m sure there will be updates throughout the semester about it!
After class, I went to the Library and
found Carly – I basically caught up on some YouTube, and chilled and headed
back to Oadby around 5 and got dinner.
Tuesday
Woke up for breakfast, got ready, headed to campus, and I had my first Art History class (12-1). I am SUPER excited about this class because it is about art from the 1700s-nowish, so really cool stuff. This is a twice a week, 1 hour lecture, with a 1 hour seminar. Usually I would have my seminar on Tuesdays from 3-4, but since it was the first day of class and it was just introductory stuff, we didn’t have one. I did go to my professor’s office and chatted to him a bit. Since we didn’t have a seminar Tuesday, he said to try to go to one of the seminars on Thursday, but I have class through those, so I went to talk to him about that, and we ended up talking about photography quite a bit, and he said we’ll talk about photography near the end of the class, which pumps me up because HEYO, it’s my minor.
Woke up for breakfast, got ready, headed to campus, and I had my first Art History class (12-1). I am SUPER excited about this class because it is about art from the 1700s-nowish, so really cool stuff. This is a twice a week, 1 hour lecture, with a 1 hour seminar. Usually I would have my seminar on Tuesdays from 3-4, but since it was the first day of class and it was just introductory stuff, we didn’t have one. I did go to my professor’s office and chatted to him a bit. Since we didn’t have a seminar Tuesday, he said to try to go to one of the seminars on Thursday, but I have class through those, so I went to talk to him about that, and we ended up talking about photography quite a bit, and he said we’ll talk about photography near the end of the class, which pumps me up because HEYO, it’s my minor.
I headed back to Oadby after that, and got dinner. Don’t really remember what I did in the evening… most evenings this week have either been “chill in my room” evenings, or “chill in someone else’s room” evenings. So assume that I was either in my room watching TV/Facebooking, or in someone else’s room haha
Wednesday
Got up… don’t have classes on Wednesday, but I got up and went for a walk, and then the Emilys and I went to town and did some shopping! We went to Primark, Superdrug, H&M, TopShop, NewLook (I think… I don’t remember 100% what the last store was called). I walked out of the day with a yoga mat (£2), 7 pair of socks (£2), and some Haribo Sour Cherries (new favourite candy!) (£1).
Got up… don’t have classes on Wednesday, but I got up and went for a walk, and then the Emilys and I went to town and did some shopping! We went to Primark, Superdrug, H&M, TopShop, NewLook (I think… I don’t remember 100% what the last store was called). I walked out of the day with a yoga mat (£2), 7 pair of socks (£2), and some Haribo Sour Cherries (new favourite candy!) (£1).
Made it back in time for dinner, then went and hung out in Canadian Emily’s room, then went back and Skyped with Katie Fife, and Julieee! That was super fun. (And basically as soon as I saw Julie I started crying because I hadn’t seen her face since I left, and now I’m getting emotional typing this in a public place so I’m going to stop thinking about it hahaha)
Thursday
Got up, went to breakfast, went to campus, went to my Art History class (1-2), and then SPRINTED in the HAIL/sideways snow/rain/snain like half a mile to my next class, which is called Global Affairs: Communications Culture and Power (2-5). This is a once a week class, but thankfully it isn’t three hours of lecture – it’s separated into lecture and group discussion (which is what I’m told seminars are haha – also, apparently every country but the United States has seminars/tutorials… cool.)
Got up, went to breakfast, went to campus, went to my Art History class (1-2), and then SPRINTED in the HAIL/sideways snow/rain/snain like half a mile to my next class, which is called Global Affairs: Communications Culture and Power (2-5). This is a once a week class, but thankfully it isn’t three hours of lecture – it’s separated into lecture and group discussion (which is what I’m told seminars are haha – also, apparently every country but the United States has seminars/tutorials… cool.)
After class, I caught the bus back with Jordan, Carly, and Zoe. Zoe and I were planning to go to Mary Gee where Carly and Jordan live, but the bus was taking forever, so we ended up just chilling in Zoe’s room – I did her nails, and we watched Just Go With It on Netflix – British Netflix has an AMAZING selection of movies/TV shows. Four for you, British Netflix!
Friday
I also don’t have classes on Fridays, but I went to the jam time that I mentioned in my last blog post. So I caught the bus and made my way to Leicester City Vineyard (LCV). It was really fun! I learned some new songs, met some new people, etc. I played piano most of the time, but I also got to play bass for a couple of songs which was so fun – the bass that they have there is ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. Uhg. It has such good tone. And it was really loud ;)
The afternoon was super chill. I felt like I hadn’t had a chance to properly unpack/organise, so I put some New Girl on and got to work – I actually completely unpacked all my bags and put stuff in places that they will stay in (hopefully permanently) during my time here. I got a Facebook message that some people from LCV were going to a pub downtown, and I really wanted to go, but I also had only a slight idea of how to get there, and I didn’t really want to walk by myself at night in a city that I’m unfamiliar with, so Michaela (who I also mentioned in my last blog post) volunteered to walk with me, so I met her at the church, and we walked to Dan’s and then to the Pub, which was quite fun! I met some more people and just had a chill evening sitting and chatting with people. I was planning on taking the bus back, and again I didn’t really know how to get there, but thankfully one of the girls there lived on the same street that has all the bus stops, and she walked me there and my bus came a couple of minutes after I got there. I got back to my room, and crashed.
I also don’t have classes on Fridays, but I went to the jam time that I mentioned in my last blog post. So I caught the bus and made my way to Leicester City Vineyard (LCV). It was really fun! I learned some new songs, met some new people, etc. I played piano most of the time, but I also got to play bass for a couple of songs which was so fun – the bass that they have there is ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. Uhg. It has such good tone. And it was really loud ;)
The afternoon was super chill. I felt like I hadn’t had a chance to properly unpack/organise, so I put some New Girl on and got to work – I actually completely unpacked all my bags and put stuff in places that they will stay in (hopefully permanently) during my time here. I got a Facebook message that some people from LCV were going to a pub downtown, and I really wanted to go, but I also had only a slight idea of how to get there, and I didn’t really want to walk by myself at night in a city that I’m unfamiliar with, so Michaela (who I also mentioned in my last blog post) volunteered to walk with me, so I met her at the church, and we walked to Dan’s and then to the Pub, which was quite fun! I met some more people and just had a chill evening sitting and chatting with people. I was planning on taking the bus back, and again I didn’t really know how to get there, but thankfully one of the girls there lived on the same street that has all the bus stops, and she walked me there and my bus came a couple of minutes after I got there. I got back to my room, and crashed.
Saturday
Hey! That’s today. I got up, got ready in a very chill fashion. Breakfast (really brunch) isn’t served until noon, so I just took my sweet time getting ready and it was really nice. I grabbed brunch, got my stuff together, and ventured downtown. I had picked out a coffee shop from the internets to go to, and I got off the bus and got there fine, but unfortunately that particular coffee shop had gone out of business, and there was nothing on the website that really indicated that, so that was a bummer. I wandered around for a while… there was a short period of time that I was in what seemed like a very light foot-traffic area, which seemed kinda sketch, but I found more people, and followed signs to the city centre, which is an area that I’m familiar with.
Hey! That’s today. I got up, got ready in a very chill fashion. Breakfast (really brunch) isn’t served until noon, so I just took my sweet time getting ready and it was really nice. I grabbed brunch, got my stuff together, and ventured downtown. I had picked out a coffee shop from the internets to go to, and I got off the bus and got there fine, but unfortunately that particular coffee shop had gone out of business, and there was nothing on the website that really indicated that, so that was a bummer. I wandered around for a while… there was a short period of time that I was in what seemed like a very light foot-traffic area, which seemed kinda sketch, but I found more people, and followed signs to the city centre, which is an area that I’m familiar with.
I really wanted to find a coffee shop that wasn’t Starbucks, Café Nero, or Costa (the major chains), so I wandered around a little bit and found this really cute place called Coffee Republic (probably a chain, but still nice.) They have delicious coffee. And it’s been a great place to sit and type this all out!
I think the rest of my evening is going to consist of posting pictures from London/the first week, and maybe watching a movie or something! So look for pictures soon!
It’s really weird to think that as of tomorrow, it’ll be two weeks since I’ve left. It seems like it’s been such a long time, but also not long at all. I’m sure this semester is going to fly by. I’m really excited to see what it all holds though!
Until next time, fine readers!