One week down...

Now with the first "official" week of classes under my belt, I think I'm finally settling into a groove. it didn't take me long to realize that 18 credit hours makes for, well, four too many credit hours. For those of you who don't know, Luther bases it's course credit on "credit hours." From what I understand, the title really doesn't change the fact that they just add up to the amount you need to graduate. Speaking of which, I'm not sure off the top of my head how many you do need, so I'll get back to you guys on that. Each class on average is about 4, and some are 0, and some are more...I think. But anyways, 18 credit hours is a lot, most people max out at 16, and with all the things I'm doing, I doubt I could even handle that.

So, now I'm down to my theory and ear training classes, my sophomore psychology class, and of course, Paideia (which isn't as bad as you hear about ;). I also recently made the Jazz Band (in essence, Jazz Two) on piano. We rehearse every Tuesday and Thursday for an hour and a half. I'm also in Norsemen, the freshman men's chorus. Its a pretty sweet experience, I've never been in a strictly TTBB (Tenor 1 Tenor 2 Bass 1 Bass 2) choir, and I've got to admit, it's awesome! On top of those, I'm also taking private Voice and Piano lessons. Because of that, I accompany for 8 other music major's lessons, and accompany my voice studio's seminar once every week. Oh, and I also tutor down at the elementary schools every Tuesday and Thursday.

Honestly, I haven't had much homework yet. Apart from the frequent worksheets from my music classes, I know I haven't hit the "motherload" of college work yet. Luckily, I'm pretty interested in all of the classes I'm taking. More than likely, my next post will find me SWAMPED in homework. Wait for it.

Apart from the busy schedule, I still am having a phenomenal (word of the day) time here on campus. I may or may not be eating too much at the cafeteria. I may or may not be studying as much as I should. But I certainly am getting a LOT out of my experience thus far.

Later!
Jake