You really shouldn't read this post

So far, this trip has been pretty darned fun, but in the spirit of keeping where my thoughts are for posterity's sake, I've decided to write about my worries/neuroses as well.

First off, damn JCU for switching my International Economics class. My schedule was perfect, and now I will be taking a class I don't think I will like at all. And damn that Italian cinema class for filling up. Maybe I can talk the professor into letting me in (fingers crossed). Being who I am, I constantly am stressing about this awful class I am in.

Secondly, I have yet to find my travelling soul mate, and I think he or she does not exist among the ND kids. All a lot of the people want to do is go somewhere that it would be sweet to get completely bombed (Amsterdam, Barcelona, etc). Also, it seems that nobody here but me enjoys strolling around looking at old stuff. I question why people came to Rome, then, but maybe that's just me.

Third: way more schoolwork here than I expected. Not cool, JCU (though I guess technically it is called study abroad). The kids who are full-time say that you never have to do the work and it seems all they do is party, but I am the kind of kid who gets really nervous if I don't do the assigned reading, for whatever irrational reason. And I say irrational, because most of the time, or at least often at ND, required reading isn't as nearly as required as the teacher implies.

So, considering that's all I can complain about, things are going pretty well. I have class in ten minutes (Italian), so I should probably go.


UPDATE: I found a class that works really really well. There was no space yesterday in it, but somebody opened some up. It is immediately after my Italian on Mon/Wed, and I'll be home by 6PM, which is so much better than 8. Of course, not all is totally well: I am not sure it will transfer for my 2nd philosophy requirement. I really hope it works; I very well may die if this emotional rollercoaster that is scheduling at JCU has another drop.