Classes, Taxi, and Fic, Oh My!

A month into classes and still getting used to the routine. Balancing the class readings with my own news readings is a bit challenging but I’m doing okay so far. Just need to read ahead and remember what was said. The group projects seem challenging but the group members for the Religion class seem accommodating and the teacher for the Shakespeare class reassured me groups and plays were still being decided and he would help the undecided students like myself find a group and play.

The Religion class had just got started on the sociology stuff after we went through the basics of the many world religions and we’ll really get to the discussion part. A pair would be assigned to plan and guide that day’s discussion topic. I believe mine’s sometime in October. Distance of time makes me calm about it and I think I’ll do well but I hope I’m not underestimating what difficulties might be present there. Shakespeare class is going through the plays slower than as scheduled, though the syllabus did emphasize arrangements can and would change. It leans a bit more on the lecture side and the professor obviously loves the work but he accepts discussion and seems to be a helpful sort. Both classes are a bit interesting and I’ll see where they go from here.

There was some snafus. I got in contact with a taxi service that would take me to my university. Some confusion over when they would be here were had but they proved to come within around ten or so minutes of when you want them to pick you up. Having to give directions to and from university each time might be a bit of a pain but manageable. But what really brought the snafu was the pricing. Each ride was between thirty and forty dollars, and it seems my card for the service only had a hundred or so dollars, since when they took me home Monday my card was several dollars short of the amount. Fortunately the driver and someone who worked for the service accepted just taking the remaining money but I felt guilty for not being able to pay it all. The money card’s supposed to be refilled at some interval, which my mom and I would find out by contacting the person who works with me for my disability. It turns out the price of the journey was actually twice than anticipated. Depending upon the interval, the taxi may only be used to pick me up from school twice or even once a week. I guess that’s better than nothing but it’s sad the service can’t be used often as it could be. I hope no other snafus occur with it in the future.

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Anyway, what else I can for now is that I’m watching The Big O and am enjoying it into its 2^nd season which I never watched. I’m currently sitting between classes finishing up this entry and close to the end of reading Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. I’ll update you all at the progress of class and fic among other matters around the time of Halloween. Until then, see you!