The end of Orientation

Well Im all signed up for my practicum and will soon have my schedule for classes. I have just learnt that next weekend is a long weekend (four days) so its off to DC for me (at least that is the current favourite choice) I have decided that New York may be a day thing and then go on from there but I wont spend the whole 4 days there as its only $15 return to get there from here and takes 50 mins each way so it will be an easy day trip whenever I feel like it/can afford to go. I have officially unpacked and my room now looks like someone elses as everything is in a very exact place. If anyone walked in here right now and didnt know me their first thought would be OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). We have had rain and thunder today and yet it still manages to be excessively hot (its apparently 28 degrees) Im actually starting to miss the snow and cold of home. These temperatures (so Im told) will be kindly sticking around for about 2 weeks but then fall will kick in and it'll start to cool off thankfully. (No doubt in a few months Ill be on here complaining about the cold and snow but what can I say Im just like that). I spoke to a woman at the disability services and academic tutoring center on campus today and may very well have a job lined up tutoring psychology basics and helping disabled students with note-taking and exam time. Apparently it is very well paid - $10/hr. Money is money so Im happy with whatever I can get. I am also considering taking an off site practicum/internship next semester though it will depend on how things go at the center this semester (if I love it there then Ill just take an offsite internship over the summer or do a 50/50 deal as the offsite internships are actually paid and very well apparently). It will also depend on what work I get over the semester. I am slowly working out my class schedule for the next 4 semesters and might have to either drop a class this semester or get a prerequisite dropped for next semester so that I have enough credits to retain my F1 (VISA) status. At this stage it works out at 8 credits total with the classes I want to take but I have to have 9 so Im going to talk to my course advisor tonight at grad orientation and see if she has any suggestions. When  I met with her yesterday we discussed the best electives for me to take so that I will be prepared for setting up an ABA practice at home and we have found 3 classes that will be exactly what I need. I am hoping that through taking to her and the other faculty I will be able to get a great understanding of what it would take to set something up back home and what qualifications and knowledge I would need to ultimately have for it. Also some help with designing a workshop for parents, teachers and professionals/employers associated with ASD so that I can reach as many people as possible when I return. So far things are looking very promising and Im really enjoying my time here.