Hello!
Just want to give a brief update as I continue to settle in. My cold is graaaaadually, gradually getting better, though I also went out an bought an anti-allergy pillow protector today, so I hope that should help as well. I've also realised my allergy medicines (which can double as anti cold-symptom medicines) wear off after around 7-8 hours, so I'll just have to start remembering to take them twice a day until this is all over with. I hacked and sneezed my way through a bank account set-up today, so, yay!
I am setting up an account at the ethical, non-evil Co-operative Bank of the UK. I'd done my homework on the accounts and requirements, so I was able to walk right in and set it up, which was something of a surprise. It'll take 1-2 weeks for them to process my passport and paperwork, but other than that, it seems that I'm set. So, in about 2 weeks I'll finally have money! Hooray!
Speaking of which, I now have a towel. So I can actually shower, rather than bathe awkwardly from my room basin. Thankfully no one has complained yet, ha. I also have been massively good at bargain-hunting so far, so I'm feeling pretty pleased, except for the fact that I could have gotten my towel maybe £ 3-4 cheaper at the local grocery store, but I hadn't actually thought that'd be an option. Nonetheless, I'm feeling pretty smug. And, sit-down postgrad dinner tonight at Leckhampton, so, yay! I am feeling guilty that when I signed up and listed my dietary restrictions, I chose to go the understated route and simply write, 'Am vegan'. I feel now like I should have written 'please and thank you' in a more gracious manner, but I suppose that's something for next time. Autumn is gorgeous here, though the leaves are my making my throat and nose twitch. And everyone has been very nice to me all day, which is a plus. It is a bit strange that it's the UK and not the Netherlands since I see so many bikers and sometimes the buildings seem strangely similar (and of course I'm using one-note-coins, which is not a US thing at all).
I did want to mention--walking is a funny thing here. Bikes (cycles) and cars all stay to the left of course, but pedestrians do not. It's the oddest thing. And it's not just because Cambridge is so international--even older, clearly strictly British people do it. I can never tell which side of the sidewalk to keep to, because everyone's just all over the place. I suppose it really is the international / US-ian influence here, but it's a bit hard to figure.
Anyway, love to you all! I attend my first lectures on Thursday, and yesterday I met my classmates in the Development Studies programme. Tomorrow I meet with the Course Direction. Send luck! Love. xoxo
Just want to give a brief update as I continue to settle in. My cold is graaaaadually, gradually getting better, though I also went out an bought an anti-allergy pillow protector today, so I hope that should help as well. I've also realised my allergy medicines (which can double as anti cold-symptom medicines) wear off after around 7-8 hours, so I'll just have to start remembering to take them twice a day until this is all over with. I hacked and sneezed my way through a bank account set-up today, so, yay!
I am setting up an account at the ethical, non-evil Co-operative Bank of the UK. I'd done my homework on the accounts and requirements, so I was able to walk right in and set it up, which was something of a surprise. It'll take 1-2 weeks for them to process my passport and paperwork, but other than that, it seems that I'm set. So, in about 2 weeks I'll finally have money! Hooray!
Speaking of which, I now have a towel. So I can actually shower, rather than bathe awkwardly from my room basin. Thankfully no one has complained yet, ha. I also have been massively good at bargain-hunting so far, so I'm feeling pretty pleased, except for the fact that I could have gotten my towel maybe £ 3-4 cheaper at the local grocery store, but I hadn't actually thought that'd be an option. Nonetheless, I'm feeling pretty smug. And, sit-down postgrad dinner tonight at Leckhampton, so, yay! I am feeling guilty that when I signed up and listed my dietary restrictions, I chose to go the understated route and simply write, 'Am vegan'. I feel now like I should have written 'please and thank you' in a more gracious manner, but I suppose that's something for next time. Autumn is gorgeous here, though the leaves are my making my throat and nose twitch. And everyone has been very nice to me all day, which is a plus. It is a bit strange that it's the UK and not the Netherlands since I see so many bikers and sometimes the buildings seem strangely similar (and of course I'm using one-note-coins, which is not a US thing at all).
I did want to mention--walking is a funny thing here. Bikes (cycles) and cars all stay to the left of course, but pedestrians do not. It's the oddest thing. And it's not just because Cambridge is so international--even older, clearly strictly British people do it. I can never tell which side of the sidewalk to keep to, because everyone's just all over the place. I suppose it really is the international / US-ian influence here, but it's a bit hard to figure.
Anyway, love to you all! I attend my first lectures on Thursday, and yesterday I met my classmates in the Development Studies programme. Tomorrow I meet with the Course Direction. Send luck! Love. xoxo
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