So I had my second day of classes today. I started out with Western Civilization: Part 1 with Dr. Silver. He sort of reminds me of a shaggy hobbit with little glasses. I don't think he's that old but he has a full beard and shaggy hair and little spectacle type glasses. He's very interested in his subject, which is always a good sign. I think his class is going to be good; we're discussing ancient and medieval whatnot, which I don't think I've covered before. Mr. Middlebrooks, if you're reading this, please forgive me if I've forgotten, but we didn't cover the Neolithic Revolution, right? So there's lots of reading from that, which is exciting.

After that I had a two-hour break with lunch in there somewhere. I mostly just tried not to look bored like a silly freshman, although that was what I was. I didn't have my books with me, so I couldn't do homework. It's just a lot of work to carry them all the way up the hill. They're quite heavy and thick. Anyway, after lunch I had College Algebra with Dr. Erich Prisner. His German accent is so thick that at first I thought he was speaking German, not English. He obviously loves math and I think he'll be a good teacher since he tries to be understanding of students who have a harder time with math. He's been doing this a long time.

Then after math, I had English100 with Dr. Matthews. My goodness, this man is a magical combination of Leprachaun and poet. He's from Ireland and has an amazing accent and a bigger vocabulary than anyone I've ever listened to; I swear he speaks in poetry. It was sort of crazy and sort of comical, and I wanted to laugh terribly, but I, thankfully, refrained. He's more a poet than anything else, I do believe. He went on a number of delightful tangents about literally getting slapped in the face by an passerby biker while he was reading Hemingway. Something about getting slapped back to reality. I will have to keep you updated on him. He's quite the character; actually, most of my teachers are.

After classes today I went to the reception and picked up three lovely packaged boxes and a card from Oma, Mom, and Soraya. I was so excited!! You have no idea. So I took the boxes down the hill and then had to sprint back up the hill to catch the 5:00pm shuttle to Carrefour, the supersized (for Switzerland) supermarket that's about 30 minutes away with Swiss traffic (surprisingly solid for such a small area). I made the shuttle and went to Carrefour and bought 94 francs worth of groceries. I bought lots of basics that should keep me going for quite some time: flour, sugar, jam, peanut butter, olives, pasta, onions, potatoes, etc. Thank goodness there was a school shuttle because we were dropped off at Girasole and didn't have to walk all the way down the hill with all of our groceries. And then to make things even better we got a ride back up the hill to get dinner (which was pork and spaetzle with gravy of some sort). So that was good news. Then we sprinted back down the hill because it was starting to sprinkle.

It's Trash Night in Sorengo so students keep walking back and forth between Sorengo and Girasole with all sorts of trash finds like couches, tables, wine racks. It's pretty entertaining to watch. Anyway, I have to do my reading for marketing. Early morning tomorrow. I'll post again soon!

I miss you guys!