A little scared

Ok, yeah, things are new and great and all "spain-ish" but WOW i'm nervous. within the next week i have to have chosen what courses i'm going to take for the rest of the semester.. which means i have to look through this HUGE packet of possible courses at the Univ. of Madrid.. find which ones apply towards what i'm doing.. cut out the majority to find which are offered this semester.. look through this packet of IU course equivalencies to see which of the few remaining will definitely count for credit at IU, then.. if all's well there.. i'll maybe end up with ONE class that i can take.. THEN i have to find alternatives.. because there are a TON of foreigners here at Madrid.. and the rule is that only 5 foreigners can be in a class.. makes sense, but it's annoying..

SO although there may only be one class that is good for me, there is absolutely no guarentee that'll I'll get it, so then i have to find a course, find the description, and try to find something similar so that when i'm back at IU i can PETITION and fight to have that class accepted as equal to what i need. .

THEN after doing that with all 5 classes : i have to find MORE because i obviously can't have the times interfere.
and am i going to be able to survive in a class where I will be in no way up to par with the rest of the students? is this going to kill my gradepoint average??? i definitely won't be able to read as fast as others in the literature class that i have to take.. i can't write as well as those in my composition class.. and and and and there's more! errrr. i hope this is worth it!

OK

at the same time.. i need to buy newspapers for about $2 every day.. find ads for apartments that are:
not in bad neigborhoods, won't hang up on me because i'm foreign, have a good price (350euros=$525.. the average for rent.. but the exchange rate is getting even worse) , are close to where i need to be, and have good tenants. I'm worried about just being able to communicate! let alone figure out if the heating is butane or gas, if the water bill is included, if i can get in the apartment in February and out in July.... oh man, there's so much to do.

I also have a little class from now until all the other classes start.. so i'm in the school, unable to do any of this stuff from 2 until 8:30..

Other than that, though, i'm doing well! :) i just found an adaptor today.. my 3rd day of looking. The group went out for dinner with the year-long students then to a club afterwards (but we had to leave early to catch the metro before it stopped running).. but I did have a great time while I was there, and hopefully it's a glimpse of what's to come: good times with friends, and a lot of Spanish. :)