First week

Well, my first week is nearly over and it's been fairly good. Lots and lots of free time happening which is pretty cool! Although once I really get into things, I'm sure lots of my free time will be spent on studying...

I've signed up for all my tutorials now. I've got one on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Which means that after Wednesday bar one lecture my university weeks are pretty much over. They've started actually teaching us things in lectures now. We were learning about the history of politics in political studies, potential form in Japanese and about social policy in general in social policy. My first assignment is due on the 24th of March but it's only worth 10%. After that, I have one due for each subject just after the holidays.... Which really makes me smile... :P

I've been very busy getting everything sorted around here. Yesterday I went to BNZ to get my visa card. The guy at the bank told me I should change my account to a student one to avoid having to pay fees as well so I'll get around to that at some point. I also got my library card yesterday. It seems to be a good library but compared with Palmerston North, the fines and things are fairly expensive... One day overdue for a book is either 60 cents or a dollar. You can keep your books out for four weeks but it costs to renew them. Two dollars to reserve and almost everything that isn't a book costs to borrow. This is the public library by the way. Not the uni one or anything. So I'll have to keep track of everything I get out. Hmmm, what else? I went into cotton on to talk to Elyse and i'm now officially working there. I wasn't supposed to get put on the roster for a while but I got called in yesterday because everyone else was calling in sick. They had some new people but since I knew what to do and everything, they decided to ask me. So I worked from 2 til 8:30. Cotton On here is bigger and there is no kids. Elyse was telling me all about how wonderful it was. Just the things about how much we make and that we are one of the top 3 shops in the world atm (in terms of Cotton On, not just shops in general). Everything was very structured in there in terms of tasks and whatnot. I was on fitting room duty for an hour and then welcoming duty for two hours. Then I was on fitting room again and finally cleaning up. It might be a bit of a challenge for me not to spend all my money in there... Although to be fair i'm going to have to buy some new things to wear to work. Which I can't complain about x)

So yeah, I'm well on the way to getting my life sorted here. Wellington is very awesome! A cool city to live in. Even if the weather isn't too flash ;D

Hope everyone is well!

Lots of love,
Erin