May 31

I had no morning class, so I slept in and went to my favorite American professor's class. He scared us about the final exam, went over some material, and then we filled out course evaluations. After class, we all discussed study groups and I was invited to two, both of which I wanted to be in. I'll gain two different perspectives! The more the merrier, I say. Off to a TSA meeting, where we discussed the end of the semester and elections for new member positions. Then I went to the Business Faculty and requested a drop-in appointment with the academic advisor (I didn't get a reply to my email). Luckily, he was available, so I sat down and explained my situation and we discussed my options. Basically, I was doing everything I could to search for classes, there were no short-cuts or tricks he could give me. If I didn't find an online course at UQ, I could try to do an online course at one of their affiliated exchange abroad schools or take a summer class instead. I also considered taking a course in my major that I know would be pretty easy (no group projects) and then just not attend half the classes. I did more research when I got home about online courses and was able to find a few realistic options. The most likely is an Education class about identifying youth at risk. It seems easy enough, but I'm not sure if I would rather do a course that's within my major or not. I emailed my mom and surprisingly she was very supportive of those two choices, so they are looking pretty likely. I just need to decide and think about what to do for that month I'm back here, and then find out where Jillian is at with her process, when she's talking to Michael.

Pretty quickly after I finished researching, the internet cut out and was down for the rest of the evening. So, bored, Jillian and I got to talking about religion and life, etc. I love my deep conversations with her! And then suddenly we started developing a theory about life and both got excited about it and continued for the next few hours discussing and analyzing this theory. We thought it was so genius, in fact, that we must be redeveloping someone else's theory. But we wrote it all down anyway. Before we knew it, I looked up and it was 1am! So, with my mind reeling with that and all of the housing stuff, I helped a classmate out with an assignment and then went to bed around 3am! Jeez!