Just stop for a moment...... Can we make this moment mine ."
My front door..Those are my groceries..hehee!
Last night or this morning I watched my fave show OTH and this quote was used for its opening shot.
Nathan Quote:" Douglas adams once wrote, He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whos it was and whether they were enjoying it"
Sometimes I feel as if am in some kind of dream. I wake up in a room that is mine but in many ways is not. It has my pictures and my clothes but the big furniture all came with the room. And still after 9 months I havent figured out how to run the washing machine properly or where the light switch is in the bathroom, the list could really go on.
Even though I take the same route to school everyday I always have to take a second to remember which way that is. Not because it is so obvious that am in a different country but because everyday I have to remind myself that it is a different country. It sometimes so unbelievable for me that I need a moment to let that click and when that magic moment happens I become all disoriented and I feel as if am in some sort of dream. It leaves me all unbalanced and I become acutely aware of all the differences between what my real world was and what it is now.
At school the girls are so different from what am used to. Today is the first day that I actually saw someone wear sweatpants to class and she was utterly embarassed that she was like please forgive me. Which is funny because when I went to Seattle U. girls went to school in their pajamas.
Also when am sitting at the table with the girls in my group, they pull out healthy lunches that include salads and nuts with a side of water,or tea. I feel so out of place with my diet coke and kitkat and I almost miss the smell of coffee.
I have now found myself subconsciousley throwing tea and mixed nut packages into my basket.
Not to say the differences are so wierd that it makes me crazy. No I do enjoy finding the mall things that make brits, brits and me an american. Thats part of the reason I wanted to study abroad I wanted to live so that I could appreciate what makes me who I am.
Now am getting all mushy.. I' ll shut up now..hehe
Oh but on another note if you dont already now ..giving thumbs up is the newest trend to hit the scene.
Ok actually I cant stop doing it and I know it subtracts major cool points so I decided that it must be cool again so that I dont get all embarassed when I do it.
To quote Harsch ( a guy in my group)"Thumbs up is so retro"...That made my fall out of my chair laughing..
ok must go work is calling me...Love and miss you all
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