School!

Iain and I braved the bus system for the first time today and went into downtown Auckland to get my class schedule. With our bladders being non-existent, a cup of coffee in the morning before I leave is out of the question. The bus takes about 40 minutes (I think - I probably should've paid more attention).

The woman I met with is head of student affairs and she had a stack of student IDs on her desk -- I glanced at one and the birth date was 1983. I think it's safe to say that I'll be the oldest kid in class. We saw one guy who was older and spoke almost no English, so I hope he's in my class! Maybe I'll become popular through my ability to legally purchase alcohol and cigarettes.

I was very relieved to see that the class has both PCs and Macs -- I was originally told that they were all PCs, which is horrible.

I'm really excited to take the bus every day, especially because it drops me off right near Smith + Caugheys (NZ's version of Nordstrom, I think) -- I caught glimpses of Bobbi Brown and Chanel cosmetics as Iain rushed me past the windows. Being downtown will be good, I think.

I took some pictures of us on the bus but they came out really crappy, and Iain looks annoyed in most of them (see below). He's definitely had it with my constant picture taking!

He's also looking forward to school starting -- it gets me out of the house!