First Full Day

Well I guess yesterday was kind of the first full day (considering I arrived in the country at around 5am), but today I woke up in my new bed. It was cold outside of my bed.

We had an orientation thing this morning for the international students. We found out that Americans make up more than half the number of total international students. It's too bad, I'd rather meet less Americans than more.

Went to the grocery store after the orientation and I got enough food to last something like 3, maybe 4 if I worked really hard at it (and these meals would be nowhere near balanced or filling, this shopping trip was more just to find something to eat since I hadn't had breakfast) and it costed me $40. I have a feeling my weekly cost of living is going to be much higher than anticipated and it's becoming a legitimate worry. My lunch today was penne pasta with tomato and garlic pasta sauce. I also had half a bag of chips. My nutrition here might get kind of sketchy.

Also I found out today that my laptop is not charging. As long as I keep it plugged into the wall it won't use battery, but it won't charge either. This is also worrisome.

I still need to figure out how electricity and all that stupid domestic stuff works. Apparently, even electricity is pay per. So this is all very confusing and stupid and my kiwi host has not done a single helpful thing for me or my single flatmate yet.

On that note, my flatmate told me he's going to try to get moved somewhere else. He says we're too far from campus and all his friends and our kiwi host is terrible and never here. He has a legitimate point, but I'm not sure they'll accept his laziness as a reason to move. Maybe if they could see how unhostful she is they'll understand. If he moves out, I for sure do not want to live here. We'll see how all that turns out.