Primo giorno di Scuola

Today is my first day of school and my Junior year. I can honestly say that I feel like I am on top of the world right now, even though I barely got any sleep last night. Yesterday was a great and simple day going grocery shopping, making dinner, and stopping by some girls' apartment for a little birthday get-together. When I got home I spent the majority of the night skyping Jessie, my parents, and Eric in Madrid to figure out our plans for Oktoberfest (!) I even chatted with Wanjae who is in Korea right now so I truly felt like a global citizen haha. It was great to see everybody's faces and hear their voices. After going through much anguish looking at cheap air fair, train tickets and hostel reservations, I am hoping we now have a plan for our trip. We found an all-inclusive weekend trip that includes bus transportation to Munich, camping accommodations, meals, and access to the festival. I think it will be inexpensive and convenient to have it all organized in one purchase. I can't think of a better way to spend my birthday weekend which is quickly approaching.

Aaaannd the best part of the night (the news that got me too excited to sleep), was that I learned that I got accepted to Comm! This was such an amazing feeling of relief that I am officially on-track in my college career. I have literally had nightmares about not getting in to my major so this is a huge joy for me right now. I can't think of better news to hear before starting school (and the second half of college).

Later that day...
Just got out of my first class and boy am I impressed! My professor immediately hooked me in on the subject matter, Rome in the Age of Augustus. I can already tell that the class will be nothing like what I have taken at UCLA. There are only 7 students in the class! I really think I will do well in this class as long as I participate which should be easy given it has a very intimate feel.

Later later that day....
Finally finished my first day. It was quite along day and I'm glad to be home. Everything was great except for my broken phone accident (the cheap p.o.s. broke when I dropped it barely a foot off the ground). But before all that happened I first had my Communication class that already looks interesting. My professor seemed to be a little harsh in his opinions and leading the class but I think it will hopefully be okay if I disagree with him at times during the discussion. Even better is that there is no required textbook for the class; all the readings are posted online (in a blog??). Somehow I feel there is something illegal about that but I'm not complaining.

My Italian class was again, quite a new experience. Just by the professor walking in I knew this would be a class unlike any I have ever taken. My professor ONLY speaks in Italian! Right when he walked in he began to converse with us and I was amazed at how much I could already understand. I really liked the interactive feel of the class; I hope it stays this discussion-oriented so I can really dive into speaking the language instead of only reading and writing it.

Overall this should be an awesome semester, I couldn't ask for more for on my first day (other than a working phone).
P.S.: In trying to learn as much Italian as possible I will try and post a few things in Italian just to get a better feel for it; sorry if this causes any confusion. There's always Google Translator!