Week One - success!

Hello again, readers, and happy Friday! See, I actually remembered the day today. Praise school for re-establishing my sense of time again!
Anyway, here's a recap of what has happened in my classes this week:

History 250 - Synopsis: going through American history from the beginning of settlers moving in to the reconstruction period of the Civil War. The teacher digresses tremendously. I have a feeling if I just read my AP US History book from High School and take notes, I will do just fine.

Chinese 101 - A new program at SOU which is a good deal within itself; all SOU has to do for the teacher is provide her with a home and a meal plan. China pays her salary and (best of all) our school supplies, including textbooks! Ahh...bless China. Anyway, fun class, lots of tone uses, and I'm really glad I took Japanese beforehand, otherwise I would have been lost in the dust with the characters.

English 209 - Another new program/class at SOU, taught by a British teacher. The subject revolves around the reactions and materials created after the 9/11 attacks. Lots of novel reading. Very little time. But seems interesting enough (even though 9/11 was of no relevance in my life, I'm sorry)

Stagecraft - Essentially, a theatre class on how to build sets, get familiar with tools, etc. Since I've had prior knowledge of such tools and methods, I have no worries about this class.

Not so tough, right? Well, here's another interesting twist to the school system this year: The state had to cut out budgets from its school systems this year, so in order to save money SOU has cut its academic year by two weeks. It may not seem like a lot, but the effects include...
• Shortening the term, cutting down on actual class time, and
• Cramming in theatre performances, running two shows at the same time for three weeks. Plus auditions for the winter shows are in two weeks (for those of you who don't know, that's about a month earlier than auditions should be held at)

Oh and I found out that everything's been increased by 32%, including tuition and board. whoo.

So to wrap up, my main concerns for this week have been a) finding a job (my hopes are with Subway®, I'm just hearing back from them), b) finding an apartment/room to move into (because, frankly, it is cheaper than dorm rooms by far), and c) organizing my crap, because there is A LOT. I'm going to take time this weekend to donate/trash my junk......even though it's not junk to me *is sad*.

BUT anyway, I hope you all are doing well! I'm off to explore the Ashland I have left and eventually make cupcakes today! Yay! Later, peeps!