the joys of returning to school...

so, the first week of school is over with! i have a total of 3 classes, but it's 12 credits. i am also doing an internship but i haven't gotten any information on that yet. i am taking a business spanish class, advanced spanish 1, and introduction to mexican culture (in english). i only have class with international students, so i don't feel stupid if i make a mistake, because they are learning too! the campus has wireless internet, which took a while for the computer "helpers" to figure out. they had to do something extra special to get my computer to work. it was a hassle, but at least i can use the internet now!

homework isn't too intense now, but i have a feeling it will get a little more hairy in the future. i have a one page summary of a story (in spanish, both to read and to write!) due on monday. i'm not looking forward to writing that.

the buses to and from school are tricky to figure out. it turns out the bus passes right by my street so i don't have to search for it, but others aren't so lucky. apparently they changed the bus routes and didn't tell us exchange students.....nice! besides the school symbol, there are no markings on the bus, so when you want to go home, you have to ask the bus driver which route it is. i think they line up the same way after school so i don't think it will be a problem anymore. i bought the bus pass, it was $2700 pesos!!!!! that's roughly $200 USD. the only "problem" is that i need to put a sticker on the back of my school i.d., but i won't get that until i get to school on monday, but i need to take the bus to school! (it's only free for the first week and next monday is in the 2nd week......obviously) i have the receipt, so hopefully all will work out ok.

on the way home, one of the mexican students tapped me on my shoulder. we ended up chatting the whole way home. i got his number and stuff. he told me that he would show me the ropes and help get me acquainted with mazatlan. he doesn't live too far away from me, so i won't have to pay a million dollars to go hang out with someone for once!

i told him i didn't know how to get off the bus because they don't really have specific stops. so when he got off the bus, he told the bus driver where to stop for me! that was really nice of him!
on saturday, i'm planning on going to rock island and go horseback riding and kayaking! i'm so excited! i've always wanted to go horseback riding on the beach, it's so romantic!



p.s. i heard about the plane "crashing" into the hudson. it was a u.s. airways plane. guess what plane i used to get here and am going to use when i go back?......u.s. airways. wish me luck everyone!