SANTA CLARAAAAA!!!!

So today is my first day of classes, and they all went really well! I (for better or worse...) have an 8 am Spanish 2 class. So far, I really like my professora - she's cute, a little bit fabulous, and seems like a good teacher. Our worksheets have fun little fonts and I hope for this class to be somewhat of a simpler class, but of course it'll still be a challenge and have work to complete.

My second class is at 9 am, my Chemistry class with Professor Fedder, the Pre-Health advisor/guru, which is pretty cool. oh! and that reminds me - I checked out the Club Fair last night and signed up for a whole bunch of different clubs. My favorites include Associated Students of Santa Clara University, the Pre-Health Club, a club who does immersion trips to Central America and set up clinic for a month; the Santa Clara EMT (how cool is that!?), and a whole bunch more (some i signed up for just to take some free candy or free candied apples or something!)

I got back from the gym a few hours ago, and it was soooo nice to just be able to work out and get some energy back. I've been eating pretty poorly these past few days like lots of sweets and snacking on the peanut butter in my room, but after I work out, I don't really want to put those bad things in my body. Sweets and junk food feel like toxins that take away from all the hard work I had done. but one of my saving graces is that I've only eaten salad when I go to grab food at Benson Memorial - which is good.

From 12-3 today I worked in the Library on my Chemistry 11 homework, but I was really annoyed at the set-up, something that I've never analyzed on school tours or orientation. There are no little nooks or cozy spots where I can safely study with no noise. ALLLLLL the places where there are desks and tables have customer-service-like desks, so people are constantly running around asking about how to get online or where to find something, and it gets very interruptive after a while .... and I haven't located anywhere that is totally private and quiet - I mean, San Jose State, Stanford, Cabrillo, UCSC, and basically ALL over college libraries have somewhere that's pretty private and silent. Perhaps I still haven't found it..... arrrghhh...

I'm enjoying meeting these new people on my floor and in my dorm, but there's still more time before we all get tight; we're still in the stage that's a little awkward.... :)

until next tiiiiiiiiime,

BRIANA