overwhelmed

okay. so i'm super overwhelmed. i think i'm really bad at making friends, and i'm kind of sad....i really miss my friends from home, and i miss macalester...and the kbl

at the University of Jordan everyone just stares at me because i look like an idiot becasue i never know what i'm doing....i also can't communicate with anyone here...it's terrible. i can talk to people but they can immediately tell i'm a foreigner...it makes doing anything way more intense than it needs to be.

we've started classes, and i don't really know how they work yet. we had 300 pages of reading for one day and we only had one day to do it all. i'm pretty sure i'm the only one who did it, and i'm stressed out because i feel like i was doing all that reading and i had no time to study for my arabic classes or sleep. ahhh

after class today, i hung out with this girl Mara who is pretty cool. she could basically tell i was like really overwhelmed so we got coffee and chatted for a while. she's doing a home stay though, so i don't know how often I'll get to hang out with her.

I think things will get better as i adjust to things, but the first few days of class have been really stressful. i hope people here like me. i try to be nice.

Also, the internet has decided not to let me upload any pictures today...:(