Settling in

I've had at least one lecture for all my classes now. Biochemistry seems like an absolute cakewalk right now, though I'm sure all the review will end soon. But hey, I'm not one to complain about an easy class while I'm traveling all over the place. Archaeology is going to be a lot more work than I bargained for, but it shouldn't be that horrible. Plus, I can't take an archaeology class back at Loyola, so it should be a really fun experience. Any my professor seems really nice, so I guess it should all even out. Sociology should be alright I guess. Humanities classes just really aren't my forte. So far, so good on the academic scene.

Still playing rugby. I've officially made it through the first week of training alive. I have the most disgusting, yet amazing bruises covering my entire body. Small price to pay for a game so fun. We haven't gotten official positions yet, but we'll get to that next practice. Our first game is this Wednesday! I surprisingly have a class on Wednesday afternoons, even though the University technically is supposed to have Wednesday after 1pm free for sports matches. So I split my time between tacking people on the rugby pitch and learning about archeaology. Or just skip the boring stuff and go right for running in the mud ... sounds like a plan. I really like my teammates, too. The freshers and older girls mix together really nicely, and I had a great time at the rugby social last night. We do a team bar crawl every Wednesday to visit all of our local sponsors. Each week is a different theme, and last night was Lara Croft night. So basically about 30 girls looking hardcore and tough like we just walked out of Tomb Raider took the Newcastle nightlife by storm, complete with army face paint and everything (naturally, we all still managed to look ridiculously cute!). Rugby players looking tough and nasty? Who would have thought?

I leave tomorrow for Oktoberfest! So beyond excited right now. I'll fill you in when I get back. This time I promise to put up pictures on webshots (time is tight, sorry!).