May 12

Thursday was a super long day. I woke up and met with Jane and Manuel for a group meeting, which lasted right up until our class and we still weren't done. So, we headed off to our least favorite class - Research Methods, where the professor spent more than half of the class discussing the assignment that is due tomorrow. I thought I was ready to turn it in, but he brought up some new points, so I tried to figure out when I would have time to do it without making a special trip to campus on Friday just to turn it in. During the break, I complained about taking up so much class time answering questions about assignments and my tutor basically explained that assignments are more important than lecture notes (I agree, but am shocked to hear the teachers say so). Then she called me out for not attending tutorials. UGH.

After class, I met with my group again for more discussion about our group assignment and we picked up an assignment, which I got a high 6 on! Whoo - higher than Jane. I was a little happy about that because she always does better than me. Still undecided about whether to go to tutorial or not, our meeting finished with the perfect time to go, so I headed over there. Jane attended my tutorial, because she missed hers. In my tutorial, I added a couple more sentences to my article review that included points discussed in class. Jillian started texting me, panicking about her guy situation, so right after tutorial, I raced over to the library and met her. I could only sit with her for a few minutes, but hopefully it was enough to calm her anxiety about the situation. Then I printed my paper and turned it in! Whew! Feeling proud at how much I had accomplished, I headed home for a short break, changed clothes and walked to Auchenflower for a dinner with my upcoming Italy class. It was good to meet a couple of the people who are going to be there, although I am definitely the loud, obnoxious American. I think it's very different being a post-graduate student because I'm a lot more comfortable with my tutor and professor, so I was cracking jokes with them the whole time. I hope I didn't intimidate some of the other students. =(

During dinner, I got a text from Jillian that apparently because Lina is moving out, Michael says we are all responsible for her portion of the rent or find a replacement roommate. Uhhh what?! I would understand that with a lease, but we don't have a lease, so he can't really hold us to that. I hurried the mile and a half home and talked with Jillian, but didn't make any progress. Never a dull moment, that's for sure!