I went to my first lecture
Yesterday, I got up early and headed out to be a little early to a lecture on Economic history of Britain at 9. I found my way to the building it was to be at, and asked where the room was. I was the first, and only for a while, person to get there. I read through the PPE handbook to get an idea of what the program I am applying to is about. The lecturer eventually came in and he was American, not British. At first, I thought maybe I had just gotten used to the accent so if it was small, maybe I couldn’t detect it, but then he put up a diagram of Aggregate Supply/Aggregate Demand and said if he were teaching a macroeconomics course, he would start with that rather than the Keynesian diagrams. Which that’s how we learn it in the US, which is why I had no idea what I was looking at during my first readings here. It made me laugh.
After the lecture, I walked to look for Mansfield so I would know where I was going for my interview. I found it and the office where I report to. So that’s good to know. Then I headed over to Regent’s and read until lunch. I finished my book just before lunch, so yay. I sat with Ruth and we talked some, but then she had to leave early. Esther sat near us too and this girl named Sarah, who I don’t know all that well but she hangs out with Ruth and Esther some. They asked me how things were going and I told them about the interview and they tried to give me some advice.
After lunch I walked over to the social sciences library, stopping to look for where a lecture I am going to today will be held. Then I changed my schedule for G-town around a bit. I figured out how to get it so that I can still take the classes I really want to even if I graduate, so that was exciting. It’s sort of complicated so I won’t try to explain it to you. But yeah I get to take some cool English classes that I think will be fun. Then I read another chapter in a textbook and read some more from the PPE handbook. My stomach kept making noises the whole time, so I was sort of embarrassed, but it wouldn’t stop so there wasn’t much I could do about it. Just growling and stuff, but I don’t think I was hungry. Crazy.
So then I headed back to Regent’s for the Christianity and Culture lecture, so I could fulfill my requirement of three. Dr. Curry was there but none of the other G-town students, including Kyle, so there was no discussion afterward. Which I don’t know if I’ll be able to come to another one so it sort of made me mad because I think I’m supposed to be at three discussions too. But oh well. I tried. Kyle had been sick the night before so I thought maybe that was why he wasn’t there, but then I saw him in the library so I guess he just forgot. I also didn’t have anything to do because I had finished everything I brought with me because I thought I would be discussing until dinner. Both the computers in Regent’s library were being used, so I just sat around until dinner.
At dinner, we had fish. Ruth was surprised that I got the main, but I said I like fish so I always get it when they offer it. Yum! We talked about the interview and she tried to offer me some advice, but she said she really didn’t have much. The girl sitting next to her said she wore jeans to the interview and then she tripped and fell when she went in and then her bag got all caught up or something. She said she thinks they just let her in because they felt sorry for her. Haha. But that made me a feel a little better about it. I’m going to dress nice but not too nice I don’t think. They say be comfortable but not sloppy looking. Ruth and I planned to hang out a bit after dinner tonight, so she can give me some more of her “expert advice.” But maybe she’ll make me feel better the night before it all. One in every three “qualified applicants” are accepted according to the website, so I don’t have much hope. But I’ll just do my best and if it doesn’t work out, then I might actually be relieved.
I walked home and talked to Kyle for a bit. His work got cancelled because there was supposed to be a tornado coming Louisville’s way. We hung up before the storm got there so he could turn off his computer. Then my mom called and we talked a bit. She had to e-mail me more forms to fill out. Even when I’m gone I have a ton of stuff to do for G-town. I e-mailed some of my friends back, but still have a couple to reply to. Then I went to bed, hoping to get up early and get some work done this morning, which didn’t exactly work out as planned, but oh well.