Let the semester begin! Week 1 [of classes]

The familiar feeling of settling into a semester had just begun. You're gonna need to go to Student Services to check on uniforms for this class... and you just realized you're gonna need a whole seperate notebook for that class... and you definitely need to buy the book for that class because you're already behind in readings and it's only day 2...and... and... and...!

Seems like the week fills up more with "housekeeping" items than actual studying!

But the glory of it all, being it is the second day of class - you still have the fire burning. Here's what I mean - You still have full intentions on being weeks ahead of deadlines and completing all the readings before your lecturers even assign it. Now, don't get me wrong... this is a feeling that only lasts for the first week. So it is to be enjoyed and taken advantage of.

That being said, Sarah and I (found and) walked to the library to do some reading for our classes. I had the afternoon open and what better way to spend it than in the library (certainly not the beach that lies just outside my window). To conserve funds, I decided that I wasn't going to purchase any textbooks; especially since they were all on reserve at the library. I just figured Don (the librarian) and I were gonna be bff's for the term; ya know, on a first name basis.  Go figure - the week that I'm all fired up about about reading textbooks (which obviously wasn't going to last long) is the same week that the lecturer's have all the books to display to the class, so they aren't available. Super.

Plan B?  A walk to town to enjoy some Ben and Jerrys!



Creepin out Sarah's window.



The rest of the week really slid by, finding the correct classrooms and getting in a pattern. With having no Friday classes, seems like the week was over just as soon as it had started! The biggest challenge was to make it through 6 hours of classs on Monday, then the following 3 days were cake!

This gave me plenty of time to spend outside of my room (i.e. In Sarah's room soaking up the view) and being a tourist around Manly and Sydney.

It was perfect.