Cali 2 NL

Well, on thursday I hopped down to the Study Abroad office to pick up my acceptance packet from the UvA. It’s very exciting to know that I’m officially in the program and everything is ready to go. I’m waiting to hear from my academic advisor over there, who will theoretically assist me with course selection and information.

Part of this whole process involved browsing through the course catalog on UvA’s website, selecting a few, and then asking my department chair to approve some of the courses I’ve selected. It’s all fine and dandy, but I’d sure like to know what days/times the courses are, and what I have to do if I want to change them. I was hoping for more information on course registration to be included in the acceptance packet, but I guess I’ll just take care of it all when I get to Amsterdam.

At the study abroad office there’s this chant which they make you perform, and it includes the phrase “I’m capable of dealing with ambiguity.” Turns out maybe I’m not.

What I am capable of doing, however, is procrastinating. Instead of doing the readings for my summer IPE class, I’ve been listening to Pimsleur language tapes and playing around with Rosetta Stone software. Both IPE and Dutch are important things to be doing with my time, but somehow I doubt that Joseph Stiglitz will help me find food in Holland’s supermarkets.