It has definitely been a while since I've blogged I've been occupied settling in my classes! Well, my first day of class, this is directly right after our pre-sessional course.
The Dean of the Business Department wrote down the wrong room number for my Issues of Microeconomics class, so I was sitting in a class for 15 minutes that wasn't mine. It was funny. It was actually a class that people had last semester and continuing it for this semester. Figures why everyone stared at me! Well, the following day, Courtney and I ran into each other to go to our International Politics of Space class. We sat in the room they told us to write down. It was like 10 after, and there was absolutely NO ONE in the classroom. We decided to go to the Politics Department and see, turns out that class was cancelled and since we're the exchange students, we haven't been registered for that class quite yet. So, we weren't able to receive any e-mails from the professor. Great! So that Friday, we had that International Politics of Space class, I sat in the room that it was assigned. All these students had their books and print-outs. I turned to a girl next to me, apparently it was a history class. My class got moved without my knowledge! Of course, I ran into Courtney and we were definitely the lost ones. Once again! This was my first week of classes. What an experience! : ) 
I lost my $400 bus pass after having it for a week and a half. HA. How irresponsible. I decided to purchase another one because it's definitely not worth me buying day passes daily. It will just add up. A week later, I receive an e-mail that my bus pass was found in the Haldane Building! : ) How exciting. Not only that, I went to try to get a refund on my new one, since they found it and the lady was generous enough to give me back my money! Thank god! That's a lot for a bus pass! : )))
I lost my $400 bus pass after having it for a week and a half. HA. How irresponsible. I decided to purchase another one because it's definitely not worth me buying day passes daily. It will just add up. A week later, I receive an e-mail that my bus pass was found in the Haldane Building! : ) How exciting. Not only that, I went to try to get a refund on my new one, since they found it and the lady was generous enough to give me back my money! Thank god! That's a lot for a bus pass! : )))
I went to Bath, England last weekend. Lets just say, I want to become a resident there in the far future. It was BEAUTIFUL! I fell in love instantly! The Roman Baths, Circus, and Royal Crescent were my favorite!! : ) The day we went, the weather was surprisingly pretty. It was really cool how our tours went. We each received a portable electronic device with numbers on it. Once we stopped at a point with a number, we just press it in and listen to the device and it gives us information the specific item. How cool is that? (Right: Roman Baths.)
Moving along, this past Sunday, Michelle, Carly and I went to church! It was good for the time we were there. We actually left right before the service begun, Carly is Catholic, poor girl. I'm pretty sure she was uncomfortable the whole time.
I am going with Cierra, Jori and the guys this weekend to Brussels, Belgium this weekend! I'm pretty stoked about it! I'm not quite sure about staying in a hostile though! LOL! Brussels is the capital of the European Unions! How cool is that?! Then, I'm going to Amsterdam next for Valentine's day weekend! It's going to be such a blast! AHHHHH!! : ) Yay for traveling all over Europe!!
(Above: This is Church Abbey in Bath.) So, today I had plans to go on campus to drop classes, purchase books, and go to my classes. Well, we were SNOWED in!!! Can you believe it?! I woke up to the loud disruptive noises of students throwing snow balls at each other. 
Everything was literally covered in beautiful white snow. It was GORGEOUS. Who knew it snowed here in the United Kingdom?! Actually, this was the biggest snow storm in 20 years! AH!! Awesome! : ) (Left: Royal Crescent)
Everything was literally covered in beautiful white snow. It was GORGEOUS. Who knew it snowed here in the United Kingdom?! Actually, this was the biggest snow storm in 20 years! AH!! Awesome! : ) (Left: Royal Crescent)
Since the BOB (Bright Orange Bus) is our only means of transportation and obviously it didn't operate due to the massive amount of snow, Jori, Ben, Emily, Erin and Andie decided to walk a short distance to a nearby restaurant for lunch. I had mixed vegetable soup. Oh goodness, it was delish!!! I am currently sitting here with the girls deciding on what we're going to do with our trip to Athens, Greece. When
Where and when to meet/stay. Yayyy!! I'm so excited!! : ) That will be my trip from Oklahoma to Athens.
(Me in front of the main Roman bath.)
Unfortunately, I just got informed that my grandpa from Iowa just passed away this morning. He was such a great guy. He was very genuine and had a wonderful warming heart. Well, he passed away due to heart conditions. My mom and some of my family members flew out there a couple days ago when he was hospitalized.
From what my mom told me, he was perfectly fine yesterday. He knew I was over here studying abroad and said he'd be praying for me. It's weird, he's in my prayers now. : ) It is just unfortunate that I will not be able to attend his funeral this Saturday since I'm on the other side of the world. I'm just glad he was able to know that. It's hard. Hard because I'm around a lot of fun and happy people and I can't help but to be happy with them when I am truly sad deep down inside. While my family members will be mourning at his funeral this Saturday and I'll be in Belgium, traveling. : ( (That is a picture of Emily and I at the International Fiesta day for all the exchange students!)Well, I'm trying to blog more often- I'm aiming for a daily basis, but we'll see how that goes!
I'll be back to update you all more on this weekend and next since I've gotten trips planned! YAYY!! WHOO WHOO!
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