First Day of School

Survived my first day of classes. Nearly.
Began the morning with a realization that we should actually be leaving earlier. Carissa, my lovely roommate who keeps my head on straight, found an earlier route to take so that we could make it to the 8:30 warm up for our acting class. We were early to the bus stop and got off at the right stop, with the help of our friendly bus driver, and made it to the bus stop to await the 436. The 436, also known as the 43-sucks, is infamous for being unreliable. We waited, and waited. It did not come at 8:01, it did not come at 8:39. Here we are, in a new city. Two directionally impaired girls (one slightly more than the other), without cell phones, without maps. We found a pay phone, and called the transportation hot line, which told us we should wait for the 8:39. As before said, it did not show. A big thanks to the hotline for informing us the bus had been cancelled.
After held back tears and frustrated exclamations, we turned to our last resort--calling a cab. He arrived promptly, letting us know he was from out of town, asking us how to get there. Fantastic. Luckily we knew the address, and he had a Tom Tom.
We arrived 25 minutes late to our class, apologizing out the wazoo to the prof, a youngish woman named Jo. She said it was alright since it was the first day. We then proceeded to lie on the floor stretching and humming for the next 15 minutes before we did some exercises.
Class ended at 11, we ate lunch in the student centre with some fellow ASCers and dancers, and headed to Hip Hop class at noon.
Hip Hop will now replace my previous nonexistent card work out. No AC in a classroom on a 93 degree day. The class is full of only kids from the program and is expected to be an entertaining class.
The walk on the way home, while sweaty and humid as can be, was not as awful as the one we took yesterday, where the temperature was higher and a Lorikeet (a rainbow parrot-looking bird) pooped on my shirt while I was trying to take a picture of it.
The Flo community has grown in numbers since we arrived. Previous students and first years are moving in, and it's been exciting to meet new people.
While I'd love to swamp you with multiple anecdotes and events about my time here thus far, I must get some sleep, so we can catch the early train tomorrow.
Heaps of love to my family and friends.