Week One Down

Well...I MADE IT. I accomplished my first week at grad school. I'm not going to lie to you all and say it was easy or horrible or boring. It was a mixture of all three of those. For this blog...I'm thinking a list will do:

1. Talked to my advisor and realized that a Masters course I had taken at EMU is transferring over to JMU leaving me with only needing to take 9 credits next semester which will all be paid for by my graduate assistantship. Yay!!!

2. Speaking of graduate assistants (GA), I am now friends with my co-workers, all three of them. So out of the program which exists of about 70 students, I have 5 friends. I guess 5 friends per week isn't too bad. At this rate, it will only take me around 14 weeks to make friends with everyone...so the whole first semester I'm going to be a loser with no friends. Great. Just great.

3. Two of my classes are relatively easy which leaves me time for my third class, Tax...which I hate and don't understand. The advisor has a different method of teaching though so I think I'll make it threw somehow.

4. Today I registered on the recruitment site for JMU and started applying for jobs. I forgot how long and difficult applications can be :( I'm still attempting to decide on what area/region will be the best fit for me...a fight to the finish for sure.

Still love my apartment...and still miss home on occasions. Besides that, not much is new here. I do need to end this though as I have to do double homework tonight as Kat (my roommate) and I are attending a Lady Gaga concert tomorrow evening in Washington DC. Its still weird to write that after living here for 4 1/2 years...I'm super excited for the concert though and while I'm sure none of you are jealous...you most definitely should be!!!

Love,

Ash