Time Flies

Well I have officially been here over a month. Time flies! While I do feel like I've been here forever, it is crazy that a full month has already come and gone. It makes the rest of the 12 months away seem less daunting, as I know my time here will pass before I know it, but I'm already thinking about what's next after I graduate.

Next week we get our first term essay assignments in each class. They are due the first week of January and are to be around 4,000 words - not too long, but apparently very research oriented and they are expected to be extremely concise given their enforced brevity. We are all eager to get the topics and start our research so we won't have to be too stressed over Christmas and New Years. The last week of October the law school has a "reading week" and I am without exciting travel plans, however I might be venturing north with some friends for the last weekend of it if the weather is nice. In November I am going to spend a few days in Barcelona with my friend Zak to visit two friends there! We managed to find extremely affordable airfare and I am very excited to see the city and visit some home friends. I have also been in touch with my British relatives and will be heading to London for a visit in the near future, hopefully.

Otherwise, not much to report. This past Sunday I spent the day at a friends watching Out of Africa (on of my favorite movies) and eating cakes with girls from my courses and then went to a Canadian Thanksgiving dinner that night that was actually amazing. The weather is taking a turn for the cold, but we still have some warmer sunny days each week. I finally have my bank card sorted and my phone plan all figured out. Tomorrow I am going to begin my hunt for a part-time job, hopefully within the University. My computer is starting to get a bit fussy and recent Windows updates seemed to have caused my Google Chrome browser to stop working. I've spent too much time researching the reasons why and possible solutions and in the end (not that anyone is interested in any of this) I've resorted to at least temporarily using the Chrome wannabe Internet Explorer 9 Beta browser. I guess it's okay but there are definite kinks that I hope will be worked out in the finished product. (I guess it isn't that much of a surprise that I'm so interested in my IP and Technologies class...)