An American Girl in Avignon
Monday, June 22, 2009
Different Time Zone
June 2
So on top of all of the papers I had to write, we had a grammar exam today, and since the classroom was so stinking hot, we had to move to another one and waste half of the time we could have been taking our exam on waiting to find out if another class was available. What a disaster. I miss air-conditioning. I wake up in a sweat some nights. I’ve started leaving my window open at night, but since we are in the center of town, I either wake up to people being obnoxious outside at ungodly hours of the morning, or loud tourists outside my window at 7am, not to mention the petite garbage truck that noisily drives through around six thirty. Again, I have just accepted the fact that I will be sweating, and not sleeping, most nights. I can sleep when I get back to the states. Again, I will NEVER stop thanking God for coffee. Some nights however, I really enjoy having my window open. I get a nice breeze and can look out at see the lit-up bell tower in the Place Horologe, or get a nice view of the moon. Monsieur le Chat still insists on sleeping either on the end of my bed or on my desk chair, so I am sometimes awoken by his meowing if he wants to leave the room and use the litter box. Oh well. I like him staying in my room. I love animals, so it’s nice to have some company at night.
After our exam, which I took up to the last minute checking and rechecking as usual, we had 6 hours of class, in between which (we had a two hour break), I went home and edited my grammar and literature papers that were due that afternoon via e-mail. I was stressed and pressed for time.
This night also happened to be when I had to register for classes, which becomes interesting when one tries to do this while abroad. My registration time, which would have normally been at 5:30 in Athens, was at 11:30 at night, meaning, I could not go out with the others that night. I had to sit in and register for classes, which proved to be okay, because frankly, I was mentally fried from the day.
I was happy that none of the classes I was registering for were filled, but when I tried to register for my journalism class, it said I did not have the pre-req. Seriously? I am thousands of miles away! I did not have the time or patience to deal with this. I emailed my advisor, but to avoid any unnecessary stress or trouble, I just registered for another class and decided to take the journalism class online during the summer. I just hope I can find a job as well to keep me occupied.
So on top of all of the papers I had to write, we had a grammar exam today, and since the classroom was so stinking hot, we had to move to another one and waste half of the time we could have been taking our exam on waiting to find out if another class was available. What a disaster. I miss air-conditioning. I wake up in a sweat some nights. I’ve started leaving my window open at night, but since we are in the center of town, I either wake up to people being obnoxious outside at ungodly hours of the morning, or loud tourists outside my window at 7am, not to mention the petite garbage truck that noisily drives through around six thirty. Again, I have just accepted the fact that I will be sweating, and not sleeping, most nights. I can sleep when I get back to the states. Again, I will NEVER stop thanking God for coffee. Some nights however, I really enjoy having my window open. I get a nice breeze and can look out at see the lit-up bell tower in the Place Horologe, or get a nice view of the moon. Monsieur le Chat still insists on sleeping either on the end of my bed or on my desk chair, so I am sometimes awoken by his meowing if he wants to leave the room and use the litter box. Oh well. I like him staying in my room. I love animals, so it’s nice to have some company at night.
After our exam, which I took up to the last minute checking and rechecking as usual, we had 6 hours of class, in between which (we had a two hour break), I went home and edited my grammar and literature papers that were due that afternoon via e-mail. I was stressed and pressed for time.
This night also happened to be when I had to register for classes, which becomes interesting when one tries to do this while abroad. My registration time, which would have normally been at 5:30 in Athens, was at 11:30 at night, meaning, I could not go out with the others that night. I had to sit in and register for classes, which proved to be okay, because frankly, I was mentally fried from the day.
I was happy that none of the classes I was registering for were filled, but when I tried to register for my journalism class, it said I did not have the pre-req. Seriously? I am thousands of miles away! I did not have the time or patience to deal with this. I emailed my advisor, but to avoid any unnecessary stress or trouble, I just registered for another class and decided to take the journalism class online during the summer. I just hope I can find a job as well to keep me occupied.
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