Here's some pics of my dorm room/bathroom (excuse the mess...)
Note the cool lamp.
Also check out my awesome omelette from the downstairs cafe.
Today was a pretty epic day. We went to the class building for the first time this morning to have testing to figure out which class and level we would be in for the semester - Brittany, Kaitlin, and I (all the ND kids) apparently ended up in one class! I'm not sure if it's just us, but it seemed like it might be, which is pretty funny, but I guess not THAT outrageous, since we did all learn Russian from the same sources.
After we had our testing we went to Italian for lunch and I had the special, which yet again, came at a pretty amazingly reasonable price.. about 5 bucks for a salad, soup, pasta, a little dessert, and tea! And they were decent-sized portions! After lunch we had a little meeting back at the hotel with our RD and we paid for and received most of our textbooks.
When I met with Nathan to get my textbooks, he asked me how the dorm was and whether I was still interested in him setting me up with a host family because he apparently had one in mind for me.. I told him that the dorm had been just fine, but then afterwards, my Catholic guilt started to kick in and I started wondering whether I should consider switching into a family. When some of the girls and I went grocery shopping (cool experience, btws, more on that later) I told them how I was feeling and asked what they thought. One of the girls told me that if I had really felt like I could go either way (which I had said that I did when I filled out the app.) then she really thought that staying with a host family would be a good idea. And the more I think about it, the more I'm sure that I will feel better if do.
So later on, Nathan stopped by to help a girl that had been staying in our room for the night move in with her host family and I told him that I was reconsidering his offer if it was still possible to arrange. He told me that I should definitely sleep on it and then let him know and he would arrange a meeting with the family if I wanted.. So far I feel like that is what I am going to do. I feel like that way I can be sure to get equal amounts of language practice as everyone else without really having to seek it out like I would here. Ooh, my evil, fickle mind.
After he left, Kaitlin and Lexy made themselves dinners from what they bought at the grocery store, but I didn't really buy any dinner foods when I went, so I brought my Kindle downstairs to the cafe to get some food ($3 for a salad, tea, and vegetable spaghetti!). So I was just minding my own business, reading Anna Karenina and enjoying my meal, when all of a sudden, Nathan was like, "What are you reading?" He and Bridgid were waiting on her cab so they came to get some coffee at the cafe to pass the time. So I brought my food over to their table and ate with them. We ended up having a pretty sweet conversation about religious upbringing (the effect of Catholic schooling on a person's future religion, relgious views on sexuality, atheism, etc.). So that ended up being a nicer meal than I expected.
Then back in the room later on, Cheryl ended up coming over because apparently she was having some drama with her host family that she's not exactly sure what to do about yet.. Which is a little ironic since she's the one that strongly recommended staying with a host family. But I almost feel like that's all the more reason why I can trust her instincts, if that makes any sense....
Welp, I think I'm going to try and shower BEFORE bed tonight and see how it goes.. wish my hair tomorrow luck!
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