More New Things- Wednesday

Okay, you should probably go down a couple of entries and find the one for Sunday and start there, then work your way up the blog. Sorry.

Today. Today my Internet was hooked up and it made me rejoice! I am so happy to be in touch with you all again! Made my day. And sharing the news has made other people's days too.

So I haven't talked about my rooming situation at all yet, so here goes. My housing is in a flat where there is a short hallway where all six bedrooms (with their own bathrooms) and situated. At the end of the hall is the door to the kitchen/living room. My room is about the size of the rooms in Hospers, maybe a little bit smaller. There will be pictures put on Facebook shortly. I have five flatmates. Four girls and one guy. I haven't met two of them yet. But one is from China (I haven't met her yet), one from India, one from Canada, I can't remember where the other one if from, and then there is the guy that I have only see in the hallway twice and very briefly. The Canadian lives across the hall from me and is very nice and asks me how I am and how I am doing.

Weather. It was really nice when I got here on Sunday and fairly nice on Monday. Yesterday was raining and today cannot make up it's mind. The morning was partly cloudy but the sun was still coming through. Then when I went to town center (down town) to get plates and bowls and such it started to rain. When I got to my room and hour ago it was sunny. Then it rained fairly hard. Now the sun is out again and it is perfectly clear. I have this to look forward to all year. Yay!

There is a beautiful building on campus that I get to walk past every day. It is called Reed Hall. It must have been a residence of some kind at one point. But it is beautiful. I'll have to take my camera down there and take some pictures at some point. It is one of my favorite places on campus. There is a calmness there. It looks out onto the west side of Exeter and the hills beyond it. It is absolutely gorgeous at sunset.

Oh, yes. The university is built on a hill. A very large, steep, heart-killing hill. There are no flat places here, anywhere. I walked down to the bottom of the ill yesterday to the Catholic Chaplaincy. On my way back I got half way up (where I turn to go to my flat) and felt like I had just run a mile. Seriously. If you are carrying anything with you besides a small bag you will be breathing hard after walking up the hill. It is ridiculous! But I cannot change the way the university was built, so I will just have to put up with it. It is getting a bit easier. I guess that my heart will be in great shape by the time I get home. The only bad thing is that my classes and such are at the bottom of the hill, so I will have to walk up it at the end of the day.

I haven't really allowed myself to think about home. I don't think that I could stand it right now. I was so comfortable in Orange City. Here I am so awkward. Not because of the cultural difference, but because I don't really have "friends" yet I have acquaintances. I heard someone say today that the people in your classes and your course (or major) are the ones that will most likely become your friends. I am waiting for that to happen. I get to meet other people in my course tomorrow morning at library orientation (yes, we have one just for us, yipee!). I am ready to meet these people that I will work with over the next couple of years. That is what I am looking forward to right now. Sorry this is so long!