Lazy Days & My First Class

The past few days have been pretty boring for me. I don't start my internship until tomorrow (yay!) so I have been hanging around the house pretty much. This weekend there were only a few of us in the house. We made the best of it, though, and went to the Museum of Natural History on Saturday. It was really cool! The place is huge, and there is so much to see. It is really tiring, though. Students get in for a suggested donation of $12, but that means that if you don't want to pay anything you don't have to. You can check out the museum's website here for more information. Here are some pictures that I took:

Some "animals" from the Africa exhibit:

Wooly Mammoth fossils:

T-Rex fossils:

Blue whale (sorry about the dots, don't know why that happened):

Yesterday I had my first class at Fordham. I'm taking The US Congress. It will transfer credits over to my Political Science major. The class is just under 3 hours long since it's only once per week. My professor is a Bronx native, and a Democrat. That's always great to know! The class seems really easy so far, and the professor is really laid back. I have a few chapters to read for my next class, but most of it seems like review from a class I took freshman year. One thing I also noticed about Fordham is the diversity. My class not only had a number of students from different ethnicities, but there were some adults studying as well. I have been craving this diverse classroom setting! It should be a great semester. 

Orientation Week

During our first week, we originally had a bunch of plans to do a lot of tourist destinations. Unfortunately, the weather has been so bad that we had to cancel a number of them. We missed out on the Museum of Natural History and the tour of downtown Manhattan. Tomorrow we are still planning to go to the Grand Central Terminal, the UN, and Times Square. I'm really hoping the rain stops so we can do that! Our activities for Friday have already been cancelled because we are getting a huge snowstorm. I don't know why New England gets such a bad reputation for weather-- it's just as bad here! 

Today we were able to go to the Bronx Zoo in the morning. It was nice, but started raining harder as we walked around. A lot of the animals weren't outside because of the weather, but here are some photographs I took of ones we did see.

Crocodile from Madagascar

Tigers- The one on the top is a younger tiger than the one on the bottom, which was much larger. 

Bears- That were in quite the fight!

I hope I'm able to go back in the spring when a lot more animals are out. The zoo was huge and had a lot to offer. I definitely recommend going when the weather is nice. Wednesday is also suggested donation day. That means you get in for free, but it's nice if you make a donation to the zoo. They suggest $16 for adults, which is the regular admission fee.