Jam Packed Timetables

So here is how our schedule is looking for the week:

Monday: classes

Tuesday: Strike Day 1

Wednesday: Strike Day 2

Thursday and Friday: No class – Spring Break!

Saturday: We leave for Fiji!

Because of the upcoming Strike some of our classes have been moved from Tuesday or Wednesday to Monday so that we don’t miss out on class time. Instead of two classes Lauren had three today, which included an overcrowded Creative Arts tutorial. Riley still only had one class, but maybe that’s because his other classes haven’t really been cancelled yet. I know that I didn’t mind having some of my classes moved to Monday because that means I only have one more class on Tuesday (if it doesn’t get cancelled) and then its officially spring break! This week may seem even longer than normal with Fiji is at the end of it! Riley waited for me to eat lunch until I was done with my 2 o’clock class. I think that class gets more boring every time; the class is supposed to be about International Education which I am interested in, but I just feel like half the stuff is over my head. We had a guest speaker leading the lecture today and he repeatedly kept getting phone calls. Finally he amswered it to let the ringer know that he was in class and he’d call back in an hour. He hung up shrugging, “Oh, that was just China” nonchalantly. My jaw almost dropped cause who gets a phone call from China in Australia?! So I guess I was in an International Education class after all, with my professor going to Beijing that night to discuss educational programs with the leaders. Pretty cool! Riley was trying to get the majority of his school work done for the week so he had been cooped up in the library since 11 o’clock that day. That being said we ate lunch outside to get him some sunlight! We went back inside to get some more work done after lunch though and before we knew it 4 o’clock had rolled around and I was off to my last tutorial for the day. Tutorials for the International Education are usually more exciting because each student has been assigned a week to present the topic covered in lecture more in depth. I will present in week 7 on history that has affected United States education. I know, I went with the easy topic, but who better to talk about it than a fellow American! After class it was time for grocery shopping and making dinner. We’re getting better about thinking ahead on what’s for dinner that way we can thaw out beef or chicken throughout the day! Definitely helps making dinner a lot easier.  I had to register for classes at UNCC at midnight so after dinner we headed back to the 24 hour computer lab to get more work done before the clock struck 12. Those that know how excited I get whenever the new course catalog comes out may be surprised to know that I hadn’t even made my schedule yet. Maybe it’s because I wasn’t so excited about the idea of creating a ‘backup’ schedule in case the faculty-led Germany trip got cancelled. I was supposed to not already whether or not the trip had been cancelled but the deadline had gotten moved back. I created a schedule that was good enough for me and by 12:01 AM I had successfully registered!