What? Katelyn Embarrasses Herself? Shocking.
So, first day of school- woop! I’m a big kid on campus, not literally. Today was my first day and I was ready to dive in. I only had two classes today, an hour in International Organization and two hours in Research Methods.
Just my luck, there was a tube strike today so all the undergrounds were closed. That caused a major problem for two reasons: 1. That is how I have been getting to school and 2. Everyone in the world would be cramming on the busses. Fantastic. Last night I did a ‘dry run’ of my bus route- thank goodness I did because I definitely butchered it and ended up running around Oxford Circle trying to find the correct bus at 7:30pm on a Sunday. Oy. Always an adventure.
So, I did some last minute reading last night….untill about 2. I know I know- I didn’t procrastinate, I was just nervous. So, go to bed knowing that I would have to leave at least 2 hours early today. Yikes. 5:45 rolled around far too early but I peeled myself out of bed and got goin’. I got to the bus stop and it was PACKED. WHAT?! Go to bed people! I waited for probably 20 minutes when, of course, I started the panic game. What if it doesn’t come? What if it is so full like all the other buses that I can’t get on? What if I miss class? OMG. OMG. OMG. (Did I mention it was raining?) Eh, no biggie. Bus pulled up, I got on, we drove of. Got to school an hour early. Pat on the back, Katelyn.
So, let’s get to the juicy part. I head into my class with Hayley and we sit in this really nice lecture hall- oh, I might mention it was Charles Darwin’s actual house back in the day. We are chitchatting with a couple girls around us when our professor starts talking about Moodle, the online site we all go to in order to see classes, groups, discussion, etc. We all enrolled a while back and a few days ago they sent us an email asking us to fill out information about ourselves, emails, contact info, a picture, etc. So, I filled mine out promptly, attached the photo and sent it in. Well. Our teacher pulls up Moodle (my class in particular) and there were my face…right on the middle of the big lecture-of 109 people -projector. Talk about mega embarrassing. Of course Hayley and I (and a new friend Abbey) start cracking up. I mean of the entire class, only two of us had pictures- apparently it wasn’t necessary. Holy cow- I was red as a cherry and counting down for him to finish his speech. Needless to say, when I got home, the picture went kaput….as did my ego.
We had an hour break so Haley and I got some extremely needed coffee and headed into our 286 person Research Methods class. It is definitely a tough class and is really intimidating….but our professor is hilarious! We spent 30 mins talking about the American Gothic picture and the difference between descriptions and inferences. Pretty fun. Or I’m a nerd…probably both. Favorite moment:
Professor: “Tell me something you can infer from this picture.”
Some boy raises his hands: “They are married.”
Professor responds: “How can you tell that/ Why do you say that?”
Boy answers: “Look at how happy they look.” (The class goes nuts)
The day ended with me taking the wrong bus about 8 stops too far…turning around and heading back home. I went for a long run in Hyde Park tonight- it was beautiful. It was right at sunset and there were a million people out. I think a lot of people walk it after work (in work clothes and workout clothes). A lot of people meeting friends for a snack near the lake or Marble Arch. I did two laps and by my second lap I had a couple runners I’d recognized and would say “Hello, again.” Ah, fantastic.
With that, and no more Moodling, I’m off to bed.
Cheers and much love from London,
Katelyn
