Funky Tasting Alfredo Sauce

My roommates finally came today! I haven't talked to them much; one of them, Milena, seems really really nice, but she's quiet and keeps to her room when she's here. The other two (I'm supposed to have 5 total, but I've only seen 3 so far) are friends already... they aren't very friendly, and when I come into the common room they pretty much ignore me. Their names are Maria and Onya (I'm not sure how to spell that), and they have a friend named Brita that is always in here with them too. Roberta told us the Irish are pretty shy, though, so I think it will just be a matter of breaking the ice. We got a TV, though, which will be nice. We watched a little bit of "Coronation Street," an English soap opera which was hilarious, and I even caught a little snippet of Oprah today!

Last night the fajitas that Deb (my friend Beth's Irish roommate) made us where delicious, and then we all did a shot (my first) of tequila... blecgh. It was disgusting. But now I can say I tried it, I suppose. Then we went to the student union (where they have a bar), and danced for while... it was fun, but we didn't stay out too late because classes started today!

I only had one class so far and it was so packed with hundreds of students (including a LOT of adults) that I had to sit on the steps. I still have no idea what's going on with my schedule, but I'll catch on, I guess. I'm learning how to "go with the flow" here; that's just how the Irish do it.

I also started "work" today. I'm the assistant to the Saint Mary's coordinator, Roberta, and I basically just had to run errands and copy some things down for her. She said most of my job will be to make calls and reservations for the trips she's planning for us, run errands, and a lot of the time she won't have work for me so I can just sit in the office, do homework, and use her heater (free heat!).

I had pasta for dinner tonight with some funky tasting alfredo sauce... it was kinda gross. I'm going to have to really start thinking about cooking soon...

We had a meeting/class with Roberta today in which we just asked her quesitons and told her how we were adjusting. She had some things that the girls last year left us, so I got some string lights that are now hanging in my room, a clock (which is on military time, so it won't be much use), some hairspray, cold medicine, tape, and hangers! Whoopie!

That's all, I guess... nothing too exciting today. I'm staying in tonight (even though it's "fresher's fortnight and we're supposed to go out every night) because I have a class at 9am toorrow. I'm sure my Tuesday classes will result in more questions than answers, but I'll figure it all out.

I'll figure it all out...