My Campus is Prettier Than Your Campus

Yesterday I made a trip down to Glasgow, to go to Ikea. Yes, Mom, they have an Ikea here, and it's mostly like the one in Salt Lake. It was funny to hear a bunch of people (with Scottish accents of course), talk about how they could spend all day in there. Sound familiar? lol. My landlady provided pretty much everything I needed, but I needed a clothes hamper and some cups and mugs. I looked for them in Tesco, but couldn't find anything like that, and I wanted to check out the Ikea anyway. I did pretty well, spent about £10 and I got a hamper, 6 glasses (for 89p!), two mugs, a bowl, and a couple of storage boxes for my jewelry. On the way back, I grabbed some lunch from Gregg's (BLT and Fanta, mmm). And no, I didn't take any pictures. Sorry Mom, but I'm not going to take a ton of pictures every time I go out. That'd be embarrassing. lol.

I noticed something on the train yesterday when I was coming back from Ikea. Green is my favorite color, and I know I buy a lot of green things, but I didn't realize how much I had until I looked at how silly I must've looked with green headphones, a green water bottle, and green umbrella. Of course, you add in that I have a green backpack (although technically speaking, that was given to me for study abroad), green jacket, green binder, green notebook, and the bowl and mugs I bought yesterday are green too! I think we can safely say I'm obsessed. I'm not even going to think about how many green shirts/dresses I have. Scary.

Today I went to Tesco to get some more groceries, then headed up to the Uni for the first time. My building, Pathfoot, is right near the main entrance, and since that's where most of my classes are, it's really easy to find. It's too far to walk on an everyday basis, so I'll have to figure out how to get the student bus fare. I walked around, and then decided to stop in and grab one of the readers I need for classes. The secretary actually knew who I was because I'm the only American in the program. I guess I should feel very special or something . . . . I ended up running into my program director, too, and it was nice to have a quick chat and hello with him. I'm kind of wanting classes to start already. I don't think our first one is until the 17th, and that's a long ways away.

I need to find a job, although my landlady might have done that for me. There's a nice restaurant just up the street from us (by the castle . . . hehe), that's looking for part-time waitresses. With my sexy American accent, I'd get lots of tips, right? She said a friend of hers works there or something, and they're going to check for me. I've had some rough times getting everything in place, but generally speaking, a lot of the plans for me have sort of just fallen into place. It's been really nice.

Since I have a lot of free time that I'm not used to, I've been watching an anime show that my friend Josh A. got me hooked on, though I've finished that. And I've been doing some reading and web surfing with my two favorite companions:
Poppie and Brea are very cute (Poppie's only a year, and she posed for the picture as soon as she saw the camera, no joke!). I have to say, I am relearning that I do prefer cats, but they're pretty cute little dogs.

I seem to have gotten my mother's cold (and my landlady is catching it, too, though I've tried really hard not to give it to her). It's not as bad as hers was, but I'd rather it go away now. Especially with all the signs on the trains and buses about not spreading your germs, and there I am coughing and blowing my nose. Makes me feel guilty or something. lol.

I'm headed back down to Glasgow tomorrow to get my school books, since they're all novels anyway. I'll probably post then. It's been a good, relaxing first week. Except I need to remember to ask for more salt and vinegar on my fish and chips next time. I don't think the girl that gave them to me today really believed me when I asked for lots just cause I'm American. poo.




Oh yea. This is my backyard. Be jealous.