Moved in!

I moved into my dorm today! I'm still not completely done, as me and the girl next to me (she's part of the IFSA-Butler program too) seem to be missing our bedding packs. This means I have no pillow...and the sheets that I did find on my bed are sort of strange, what I think is the bottom sheet only has parts to tuck under the mattress on one end of the sheet...so...we'll see if I get something different in my bedding pack when I do get it. So I'm quite enjoying my room. It's perfect size and has it's own sink. I honestly don't have much stuff (yet) so it's sort of empty. Random fact: lots of people say "perfect" here in response to things. Like, when the cop was taking my statement after our room was robbed, I would tell her what my parent's names were, or what I was studying and her response was "perfect". To everything. The IFSA people do it too.

I was quite excited to learn that there's someone else from my study aboard group living in my dorm-and right next door to me at that! Her name is Becca and we're Midwest buddies, she's from Iowa =]   As soon as  my other friend Julia is done moving in, me her and Becca have plans to go shopping. I need so much stuff. But a towel is at the top of the list. I'm sort of afraid the walk to the shops may be far, Google maps says like 30 minutes. But walking to places here is so much different than at home. Everytime I go outside here it takes my breathe away. There's so much to see and marvel at. I really wish I could show you some pictures. Today I found out I need a copy of my receipt to send my camera in. Well that is in the states...so I emailed my mom and asked her to scan it and send it. So it's looking like it might be a week before I can show you this beautiful city.

Something I didn't realize before moving here: Scotland is so far north that it gets dark here at around 3:00 in the afternoon. And it's not light until at least 8:30 in the morning. It's sort of sad, I hardly ever see Edinburgh in the daylight because I'm so busy with things going on inside during the day. That should change now that classes are starting Monday. I'm told that as it gets closer and closer to summer solstice that the days get longer and longer and in the summer it stays light out until like 10:00 at night! Maybe I'll see a bit of that before I leave at the end of May. I don't know what to do now since my stuff is pretty much all put away...I may nap. Or read.