On My Way

So it's been a pretty uneventful week. I decided to drop my Animal Behavior class because it's a lot of statistics that I wasn't really ready for, plus it's just not that interesting. And I figure if I'm going to take boring classes I might as well do them in the states. And it frees up a whole lot of time for other things. Currently I'm trying to fill that time with volunteer work on a dairy or sheep unit somewhere, but it's a work in progress.

I had my first try at the rock wall here on campus and I can definitely tell that it's been a while. I'm trying to get some practice in so I can go on the bouldering trip and be mildly successful. This weekend was pretty relax, but we did have a lot of parties going on. Two birthday parties, one of which was at our flat, and they were a lot of fun and pretty crazy at times. I decided to stay in and watch a movie last night, instead of going to a house party, and it turned out to be a great decision because I had a very meaningful conversation afterwords. Today I went slacklining for the first time with the alpine club near the city and it was so much fun. It was very tricky because you had to use strength and balance. I progressed pretty well throughout the afternoon and I'm looking forward to next time. Pictures to come for those of you that don't know what slacklining is.

Random note: Oddly enough I figured out that what makes me miss the States is not when I talk with my friends or my mom, or look at pictures, but rather when I listen to country music, especially songs like Zac Brown Band's hit 'Chicken Fried'. :) Being around all these other cultures is great because I'm learning so much about the rest of the world, but it also helps me appreciate my own culture and makes me happy to come from where I do.

Tomorrow is another day at school, but I'm probably going to be spending more time working on my paper for my equine reproduction and breeding class about pneumovagina in horses.