A day mis-spent

Today was the opposite of last night. No fun at all.
I woke up, talked to matt, and ran for the bus. Traffic was horrible and I was late meeting up with JP at the visa place. At the visa place where Gao told us to meet, no one was there, including Gao laoshi. So I went in and sat down for the third time to have my visa fixed when they told me my American health forms werent valid in China. Thats right, 100 US dollars later, their not valid. Thank you Dickinson for being prett much useless on this trip. So i missed class to go to a Foreigners Hospital to get blood drawn and x-rays taken and blood pressure and paper work and an ecg. And of course, to give the chinese government more money. All and all, I have spent 1000 to 1500 kuai MORE then Dickinson origionally told us about, and I am sorely dissapointed in their ability to oversee this trip. I found out that this China trip only costs about HALF of what we pay the school, and the rest of it goes to subsidize other Dickinson abroad programs. Anyway, after all this, i had the choice of going to the last 3rd of my class or getting lunch, and lunch won. JP and I hopped in a Taxi and asked the driver to take us to his favorite Hot Pot restaurant, and so he did. And it was pretty good, and a little expensive. After this I went to back to Bei Da to try and get a student ID so I could use the library (after being told that the library card I had applied for actually didnt work without getting a student ID first) but i got lost. So i went to the cafe on campus and studied for a while. I ran into sarah and we bought shirts at the campus store (were going to personalize them, everyone from Dickinson is getting one) and then dinner, home on a VERY overcrowded bus (that would not be legal in America) and now blogging. Im off to do HW, wish me luck for tomorrow, 6 hours of class back to back to back starting at 830.
lots of love
A.