Well, it is no surprise here...I have already moved to a new flat. Those that know me know this seems to be a yearly occurrence, so no surprise there. I now live with 4 other girls who are all Irish and are just lovely people. Now, I cannot tell you their names or where they go home to every weekend, as their accents are really dense and they speak really fast. So, it will be an interesting year. At least they are nice, respectful, kind, and quiet girls.
I have met 2 other students that have the same supervisors as I do, and again they are super nice people as well. We have planned to get coffee at least once a week, go to dinner before Christmas break, and one has offered to drive me to the big Tesco. :) That will be super helpful, but I did learn tonight how to order food online...I feel British now. ;)
I have met some really nice people who share an office with me. I have been told that I am scaring the other first year students, since I have 70 articles already read and sent in a very rough draft for my first supervision meeting. I have my first supervision meeting on Wednesday so we shall see how my very rough draft was, and all the formal goals set by my supervisors.
Every Saturday, I take about a miles walk to and from a local town called, Monkstown. And on the way people ask me how I am, smile, and say hello to me. It is a little odd, but I do it back to be nice. On the way to this town, I discovered St. Patrick's Church. It is really pretty and a lot smaller than I thought it would be. I have gotten use to the local people saying hello, but I do not know if I can get use to being called love, by random strangers. It makes me laugh, every time I hear it.
I have already been to 4 training sessions, and all of them have been very informative. I have one on Friday, that is suppose to be one of the best ones and the two individuals leading it are known to make it fun. We shall see how the all day training event goes, but I am quite excited and enjoy these sessions.
The weather has finally began to get cold, and below 60F. Which the days that are in the 60s, people seem to really thrive on that. They love the warm weather. I personally liked today's weather. High 50s...cold, rainy...windy...and not a beam of sun in sight. I love wearing sweaters and sweatshirts, and today I got to wear my new rain boots. :)
I have been to Belfast a few times, and I have tried to get off at different stations to see which one I life best and the stores around there. The York station is my favorite. It's not a great train station like the Victoria one, but it has all the shops that I love right across the street. I do miss the smallness of Dundee, but I guess it is something to get use to.
Well, that is about all that has happened. Busy week ahead, so I better get going. I hope all of you are doing well.
