Day 4

I want to write this while I still have the feeling. I havent done very much today, but I just had a very calm and happy feeling. My friend Margaux and I walked down the street to get ice cream at about 4:30 in the afternoon and we walked back to the AJY center eating ice cream and laughing in the sun when we ran into other AJY students and we all stood in the sun eating ice cream and watching a female saxophone group. It was one of those times that you wish you could bottle up and save for, lets say, this morning. I went to bed very late because I got internet in my room last night and I had to wake up at 7. There was a ton of traffic on our usual bus route and we were almost late for our placement test, so we didnt have time to eat breakfast. The placement test was difficult and frustrating, and immediately after we had to wait in line for 2 hours to get our german cell phones and run back to the AJY center to fill out more forms. I was exhausted, frustrated, and starving. I wish I could have had this feeling then, but instead I was called into Dr. Tracys office and he basically told me in german that we cant all have what we want and that if I am having a hard time adjusting I should have told him or Dr. Heckmann. I was very confused until he told me that my mom had called him about changing my housing. I know I wasnt lucky in the housing draw, but that is life, sometimes you are lucky and other times you arent. I want to learn to make the best of it on my own and Im sure I will, I just need a few days to adjust.

I was put into the highest group based on the placement test, but I am not sure I belong there or will stay there. The professor is very aggressive and in your face, which is not very fun or conducive to my learning capabilities. We will see how it goes. I think a few of us are going out to dinner soon, after we finish our homework!