rainy

My heart in a knot
2012-11-29 18:45:55 (UTC)

Orientation

So today I had orientation, it went fairly well as far as I was expecting emotionally, however I did run into trouble with my files and being able to register for classes.

The issue is that I originally sent a transcript in that didn't show I completed my degree, and I think they had gone ahead and processed that information, then like 4 weeks later I sent another transcript that showed I had my degree and then instead of deleting and restarting I guess they created a whole new file and overlapped the information.

So I was not able to register for any classes this semester, well, I did but I don't know if it will go through. The bad news about all this is that a ton of classes are already closed, so I will have very few options to be able to work around my schedule. But I'm not too worried since I only want to take about 3 classes this first semester to get use to the place.

I actually got lost today about 3 times. I don't know if it's just that there are not enough signs or I'm just really bad with my sense of direction. It started after we went to the advising building and I sat with a woman for like 40 minutes only to find at the end she was not who I was supposed to be seeing, and when I went to the building she said I was supposed to be in they had no idea who I was or why I was there.. so it was a headache. After I left that building I went to go back to the first building to talk to the lady about the response I got from the second building, but that was when I got lost! I don't know what happened, when I went to the second building from the first building it seemed like a straight shot, however when I tried to retrace my steps back to the first building I couldn't see where I had come from. It was strange, almost like the building had disappeared altogether. And I didn't know the name of the building so I felt too dumb to ask someone where something was that I didn't know the name to. So I walked around aimlessly for what seemed to be 50 minutes but may of only been 20 minutes. The campus is very complex and large, nothing like what I'm use to with only 4 or 5 buildings. I ended up on the complete opposite side of campus from where I was supposed to be but eventually found my way from there since I knew the name of the street I was supposed to be on. It was a long way to say the lease.


I also took a visit to their cafeteria which had an assortment of all types of things, I just got a slice of pizza since I found it difficult to navigate the area and there were a ton of people in there and I felt out of place. None of the food I ate while there was healthy and I think the result of that is my current headache. I did see a guy I knew however we got put in separate groups so I don't know what his fate was.


The campus is pretty nice, I think right now they are working on beautifying it more, they have a nice fountain out there which is lovely. I'm actually excited about starting, but still worried about what to expect.


Oh yea, it's expensive there! I don't know what all the fees were about but I only had 1 class loaded on my account and it was only worth 2 credits, and my total was $650 for the semester! there were a bunch of other fees added on that I didn't understand because today I didn't get to talk to a financial aid person. But I will find out before I start paying. I decided I'm going to go ahead and write that 500 word essay so that I can get $900 for the year because every little bit will help.


I'm going into work at 8am tomorrow so that means I'm getting up at 6am, I think this weekend I will get a total of about 20 hours, then next week they gave me 35 hours! so that's great, what's even better is that the week after that I also have 35 hours, it's nice and I'm happy to pick up some hours but I still feel a great loss for not being able to get extra hours or a second job for these last 4 months that I've been doing nothing. Even with these holiday hours they are giving me I will still only have a little left for free spending.


Speaking of which my data is ending today, I don't know what time but hopefully I will have this posted before then lol. I've been wondering if I should renew it and I want to but I don't want to do it in the beginning of the month, maybe a few weeks after so that my plan can take me into next month easily. Anyway I'm going to be working more so I won't have much free time to be online anyway, of course I'll still come write.


Tasneem is still a ghost online btw, I guess she's living the good life.


Well, I guess I'll get this posted then head to bed, I'm tired from all that walking today, plus my head is still hurting.




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