Winging It

I haven't written anything in here for a while, so I figured I'd give everyone an update. I am still working on both the plane ticket and housing, and I am also now working on the courses I'll take while I'm there.

Deakin is finally back in session and have contacted me. I have to choose which courses I'll want to take while I'm there. The thing is, I am a more complicated case than most of the people that go abroad. Although I am registered as a student at Wright State now, I'm not taking any classes there while I wait to leave (which is actually really nice). After I come home from Australia in July, I won't even have time to unpack before I leave for the University of Toledo to finish up my Civil Engineering degree (or start it really, so far it seems like I'm going for Bachelor of Gen Eds). So I have to talk to not only Deakin and Wright State, but possibly most importantly, the University of Toledo. Studying out of the country is already complex enough, but dealing with 3 different schools with different courses makes it ten times worse.

I received an email from an international advisor at Deakin, and she told me that I won't be able to get any on-campus housing. I will probably get an apartment, maybe find a roommate to split the cost with. She gave me the link http://www.carltoncentral.com/. I haven't looked at it too much yet, but it seems like any other college dorm, but it's just off campus. It's a single room and I would share a bathroom, lounge, and kitchen with other students. It is also cheaper than living in on-campus accomodation. I've never done anything like that before, so I guess it would be a new experience. I don't plan on staying there much anyways, just to sleep and study (not that I won't be studying). I am also considering the possibility of a host family. I would automatically know people that could show me around, and I'd really learn a lot about Aussie culture while I stayed with them. It would probably feel like home, too.

I realize now that I really have nothing to worry about as far as getting everything done goes. One of my friends asked me today if I was almost all ready to go. I have a lot of work to do and I know I'll get all the paperwork and packing done, but I don't think I'll ever really be ready for it. I don't know if anyone is ever completely ready for huge changes like this, but I think what we learn and how we deal makes us who we are. I'm just winging it, really.