Ceilidh

Friday morning was spent going through advising and finishing matriculation.  My appointment was at 9:30, so I left at 9 with a vague notion of where I was going.  Of course, vague notions do not usually end up taking you to the right place, so I got a little lost, and it was a little farther away than I thought.  But, I still managed to get there at 9:40.  First, I was sent to get my matric card (ID), and then I had to wait with other English students for the English advisor.  While waiting, I heard many IR students say that they hadn't gotten into the courses they wanted, but I had no problem getting into Self and Society in Victorian Literature, and Courtly Literature in Middle English.  Looking at the reading lists, they are a little daunting (Bleak House AND Middlemarch in one semester - good thing I've read Bleak House), but I will hopefully have plenty of time to complete my readings.  After I got through with matriculation, I went back to Albany for lunch.  Then it was back out again at 2:30 for a library tour.  For such a beautiful university, the library leaves much to be desired.  But it will do for getting the books I need for class.  Then I went to Argos, where you can look through a giant catalogue, pick out what you want, tell the number to the cashier, and they will retrieve it from the giant warehouse behind the store.  I got hangers, so that I could finally put my clothes away (I only have a wardrobe, no dresser, and very few shelves which can fit clothes).  After getting back, I neglected to put anything away out of laziness.  At 7:00, I left again (did I walk upwards of 6 miles on Friday?  why yes, I did) for the Union, this time to go to the ceilidh.  What is a ceilidh, and how do you pronounce it, you ask?  A ceilidh (KAY-lay) is a sort of Scottish dance party/social gathering, sort of like square dancing or contra dancing or whatever.  It was quite fun, although I think it would have been more fun with a large group of friends.  I knew a few people, though, so I wasn't totally alone.  The dances were all very high energy, and it lasted for four hours, so I did not do as much dancing as I could have, but it was overall a good time.