Good Times and...Good Times?

Well, today has been a good combo of good things.

Good thing 1: It's the weekend. I'm done my first week of class. Yay!

Good thing 2: It looks like I have to do less work then I thought for my MA. Double Yay!

Good thing 3: I hung out with someone and it was, like, having a normal person for a friend. Triple Yay!

Yeah, it's looking a lot less lonely...well, not totally, but a little less, for sure. I'm just still not understanding the cultural weirdness around here...how people seem not to do so much around here. It's totally weird. A lot of people in the program are either out at a party or not part of anything at all, which is TRES weird. But, perhaps nothing more than the normal life of a university student, waiting for someone to invite you to do something fun and worthwhile. In reality, everyone is just waiting for an invitation to do stuff. Yeah, seems that way.

Also, I had a Duvel beer tonight, and I actually really enjoyed it. (Well, about as much as I could, which is a really big step for me, since I don't drink, really.) I still wouldn't order any sort of alcohol over anything cheaper, but it was ok. I am trying to really be a part of Belgian culture, and get into it, so I will try and do that. Here's to being university student 'normal'. LOL.

Which is weird, because there was a big party, and this one guy thought I was being a big party pooper because I wasn't drinking, but I just didn't want to drink right then. I guess I am ok with having a drink when it is around friends in a very quiet atmosphere, but definitely not a big fan when it is in a party atmosphere. Besides, peer pressure shouldn't be part of a good time. And the first big bash of the year was really lame for me. You could tell people were catching up after the summer, and really getting into the swing of things, but for me, I was just getting to know people, so I didn't really feel like I belonged in such an atmosphere...but it was really fun to go watch everyone get really excited about all the Europop that was playing in the Oude Market. *Grin* I saw guys dancing and girls singing along to North American music like nobody's business, and it was really amusing to watch. Anyhow, today was a good day, and here's to every day getting a little better, and a little less by myself, and a little more in the world of Leuven.