Food and the Start of ClassesTomorrow

I find this a little bit depressing: I've been so excited to cook actual food that I take pictures of it before I start eating it. I went food-shopping yesterday and got some non-bare-minimum things (bare minimum: Cheerios, milk, bread, peanut butter, jam, honey). Dinner last night was the first real food I've had & cooked myself in a few weeks. I had
-Smoked Ham and Cheese tortellini (pre-made in a package, but not dried)
-Pasta sauce with big tomato chunks (from a jar, but that's a pretty normal thing to have from a jar)
-whole-wheat roll (the self-serve bakery items are really good here... I don't have butter yet, so I was dipping it in the pasta sauce)
-corn on the cob (so tasty!)
-mug of milk (I haven't gotten around to buying glasses yet)

Darn - that meal sounded way more impressive in my head! But when compared to Subway every night (I didn't resort to the McDonald's that's also across the street) or peanut butter and jam or honey sandwiches, it's not bad.

This morning, I continued my trend. I had a scrambled egg, a cinnamon and raisin bagel, toasted with strawberry jam, and green grapes. Since you're all probably bored already, I'm going to keep talking about food... I've got another roll for lunch, and I'm going to use it for a sandwich of sliced chicken and white cheddar cheese, with more grapes and some strawberry yogurt on the side. I've got more of the tortellini for dinner, another corn on the cob, and for later this week I got chicken breasts.

So now, I can plan a few days of meals and shop for them, specifically. At least I hope...

Classes start tomorrow. The online system doesn't seem to recognize all the classes I know I've signed up for, so I'm hoping nothing goes terribly wrong. I have to get out a map and find all of my classes today - wandering around lost is not fun. Also, this is going to be culture shock all over again, just from how classes go. I'm bracing myself for a confusing, frustrating week... if I prepare to be completely bewildered, at least it won't be a surprise.

Speaking of culture shock, it's the little things that get you! You expect accents and the cars to drive on the wrong side of the road. But things like shopping are tricky and you don't expect them to be! I went looking for a few things to augment my wardrobe and blend into the fashions here a little more. But they don't use US sizes here! (I guess that makes sense, but it was still an "oh, well... um, yeah" moment) Plus, a lot of the tops are all sorts of flowy and huge, so it's hard to hold it up and know if it will fit. I managed to get a few things, but came home drained.

So, I'm mostly settled in. I'm still missing a few important things, like a blotter/desk-size calender to keep track of everything and an electric pencil sharpener, but I'm doing alright. Time to go get started on my to-do list!