Oh yeah...I do have to go to school...

After having 8 weeks of school off (winter break and then starting late here) I sort of got comfortable with the idea that I didn't have homework or studying to do.  Now, I'm finding that Scotland is not all fun and games (about 65% fun, 30% games) but it also requires work (about 3%, the other 2% is sleeping.)  I had my first class this morning and it was a little tough to get up for since I'm still sort of on Chicago time and since I'm your average college student who loves to sleep.  So I got up at 9, which is 3 am back home, and made some breakfast (toast...again...)  Luckily I had my class with my roommate Louise so I didn't have to leave quite so early to find my class.  Seriously the building is meant to make you feel like a foreigner.   My first class was fine, should be fairly easy with the brains I've got (or the fact that I'm taking all my classes pass fail.)  My next class is Friday, it's an introduction week so it's fairly light.  

Yesterday was probably the most fun I've had here so far.  We (Kacey, Annelise (from Ohio) and Lauren (from Wyoming)) went into Stirling to buy some things that were essiential to comfortable living here.  I finally got a cell phone!  It's a really high tech Nokia with sweet monotone rings, color background and a keypad lock.   I also bought a clothes rack for over the door, some kitchen utensils, a shirt and most importantly a pillow to replace the sheet of paper that they called a pillow.  We ate lunch at this really cute restaurant/bar in town and people watched.  Then we found a pub that we stumbled upon towards the outskirts of town.  It seemed really cute and off the beaten track.  When we came home we told some locals where we went and told them about the cute pub only to discover that the pub we went to was a old folks pub.  Ohhh so that's why we were the youngest people in there by a good 40 years...and I thought the young people just didn't drink before 5.  Clearly we have a little bit to learn.  So all and all, the adventures in Stirling were a success.  I really love it here and cannot wait to explore more.

Cheers!