New Adventures

My feet hurt. My feet hurt a lot! The reason behind this is that today I spent 7 hours shopping at the mall. Yes, you did read that correctly: seven whole hours! It was amazing! My bankcard may think otherwise. I will however justify myself that while all you English readers are sunning yourselves in this strange heat wave, the temperature here is now starting to turn and so we are preparing ourselves for the oncoming winter. So I have bought jumpers*, a lovely new winter coat, long sleeve tops and plenty of cardigans to keep me snug-as-a-bug-in-a-rug. New clothes make me happy. Especially cheap new clothes!

Emily,  Rachel and Me all laden down with bags of shopping!
(note the Sale bag! What's important is how much we saved, not how much we spent!!!)

Today however was also the day that a friend from England, also on exchange flew home to England. She had come to the conclusion that UCONN was just not for her. When she told me that she’d booked her flight back to England I had to say I was jealous, not least because you’re having a heat wave! I don’t want to give anyone the impression I’m not enjoying myself here because that would be ridiculous and untrue, but I am starting to miss England a lot and my appreciation of everything British has definitely increased dramatically since being here.

What I keep thinking though is how much I've done in the few weeks that I've been here. My mall trip was just one of many exciting new things that I’ve experienced: I have been to see Cirque du Soleil; I have tried Beef Jerky; I’ve tried Jolly Ranchers, a ridiculously sweet, and sugary sweet**; I’ve handed in my first ‘paper’; I’ve been to a frat party; I’ve had a giant pretzel (so freakin’ good!!!); I’ve eaten corn fritters, don’t ask because I still don’t know what it is! Basically, I’ve done a lot and I’ve only been here six weeks!

While I’m definitely counting down the days until I’m back in England I’m still so excited by all the new things that I’m going to get to do over the next year. If that’s what I’ve done in 6 weeks then the list after a year is going to be crazyyy! Next week the boyfriend arrives (here you go Nick, you’ve got a mention!) and with him comes another trip to New York and a weekend in Boston so already I have a few new things planned to see and do. Also, due to the fact that he is basically a little puppy who needs walking every day, I will no doubt be dragged out into the cold and rain to explore the Connecticut countryside... yay... Jokes I can’t wait J

* Sweater

**Candy