We finally moved. It took waking up early, signing some papers, touring the new room, and walking a lot. We walked to and from Siberia to our new dorm to set up the big move. It actually wasn't a huge deal that it started snowing during our walk. Our 1.5 mile cab ride with all of our bags was completely worth it. Our new dorm, Fraser Court, is among lots of "freshers" but it is only about 20 minutes from campus as opposed to around 40. Overall, much better.
Actual snow
Today was also our first day of Labour Economics. That's how they spell "labor" here. There are lots of alternate spellings like that. Anyways, the overview of the class seemed quite interesting and extremely relevant to today's unemployment rate. About half way through, when the discussion of derivatives began, I almost fell asleep along with the rest of the class. I felt guilty about it but there is no way I can spend the semester in this class. I am working on finding something more immediately relevant such as the history of Scotland. Full disclosure, the new class might be a little easier too.
After marketing, Dan and I paid for our gym membership and lifted weights. You could say we were dropping pounds.
Since there is no class tomorrow, we did some planning then headed out to meet up with some friends at a pub. Drinking is expensive when it is all added up so we searched for the cheapest place possible. A no frills bar called "Bar Salsa" was precisely what we wanted. Fennigans, an Irish bar with live music, was next. We finished the night by walking a ways to a club on Georges Street that was nice but not worth our money.
One thing we noticed is that the club names here embody Stefon on SNL. In Edinburgh, clubs like Rush, Sin, Espionage, and Opium remind me of the weekend updates. If you're not sure what I'm talking about, you have to check out this video: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/3b466d2cea/stefon-snl-weekend-update
Tomorrow will be packed full of booking trips for this weekend and next. Things are finally coming together!
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