fat tuesday, pub night, & Ceilidh

So where was it that I left off? Classes, I think. Well classes are going tough and strong so far, I am really proud and appreciative of ISIS/the registration process at Iowa now. I just found out today that I have a tutorial (discussion) every other week for American Politics that collides with my Thursday History of Scottish Society lecture. And I will now have to skip that lecture every other week. That will be an adventure. Today I went to the bookstore to buy the rest of my books for history and they didnt have any because theyre just "recommended texts". We have no course textbooks, we get to choose what to read off of a list of about 5 or so books. Weird way to learn. I walked thirty minutes away to the Mitchell Library to check out a book for children's literature on Tuesday (it was checked out at our library). I refuse to buy a children's book that costs 10 pounds (aka 21 bucks) just to read it once and talk about it for an hour! I saved money and got in a good walk! So Im trying to be thrifty. For American Politics there are books on "short loan" at the library, and we have to read them for class. With short loan you can only read it at the library for 3hrs or overnight. Im not camping out there first off. Second, how are three books going to be available for a lecture class of 150 students, or so?! Weird learning concept indeed! But I may camp out there this weekend to catch up on some reading and hoard some of those stinking books in a corner to myself. Maybe I'll hide them. Yesterday was our second pub night. We went to a club called Yates, it was expensive! But it was just as fun as last time. We got to talk to our newly acquainted friends again, made some hanging out plans, and stuff like that, so that was a lot of fun. I also had aerobics again yesterday!! It was intense because Wednesday's instructor is the Cross country coach. And I tell you, she is probably in her late 50's and has the body/mentality of a 25 year old. Im very impressed! For today/tonight there is a lot on my agenda. I have some reading to do (Goodnight Mister Tom for childrens lit :) ) and I might go to Combat or step class, and then there's Ceilidh! Which Ive heard is really cool. It's slogan is "come along for a swig 'n' jig, it's like a traditional Gaelic Scottish social dance. Oh and I have to go grocery shopping today too! I forgot to talk about Fat Tuesday. I didnt really do anything exciting, just hung out and that sort of thing. But I made of list of things I could potentially give up in celebration of Lent!! Im not Catholic, but I like to have that challenge. Last year I gave up gum and it was a success. There was one time I almost didnt make it though. I was at blockbuster and got a 25 cent bubble gumball out of a machine and had it in my hand and everything. I just starred at it and then remembered that I couldnt eat it and so I gave it to kayla. Any who, so this year I decided to give up cereal, chocolate, gum, and candy. But I went grocery shopping on Tuesday and accidentally had to buy cheerios and hot chocolate. At first I didnt know if hot chocolate counted, but Ive been told it does. So now Im not eating gum and candy. Which will be very difficult since I have a drawer full right next to me. Well that's all for today. Id better get to reading!!! Fun times tonight and I'll keep you all informed :) cheers