Woops, been a while since I have updated my blog. First (and I guess most excitingly) I survived my first tornado experience the other day. It had been windy all day but it was fairly warm outside (about 68 degrees) and once I finished having lunch with Heather at the union I walked over to the psychology building. As soon as I got in there I heard a loud siren/alarm go off and someone told me it was a tornado warning and that everyone was going to the basement. So I followed everyone downstairs and we basically sat there for an hour and a half. It started raining really heavily and I think there was hail too because when I walked outside afterwards I could see patches of ice on the floor. Apparently the tornado was really close to our campus (Tippecanoe Mall) which is quite scary to think about but everyone else was so calm and used to it. I imagined fallen over trees and roofs ripped off haha.
I have been getting on well here (socially not academically...but that’s another story). I am home in 4 weeks today and I think it will be so bittersweet because I am actually starting to settle in and feel at home here, having said that i miss the Brighton lifestyle SO much.
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| Me, Cassie and Kara. |
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| Sitting on the Engineers Water Fountain |
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| Me and Cassie |
Classes are the worst part about being here; I constantly have a huge workload and big reading list. This week alone I have 3 exams, 2 lab assignments and I have to prepare a topic for my oral presentation. So I can’t wait to go to New York for Thanksgiving! I leave on the 22nd November ( 2 days!) and I am SO excited. I can’t wait to have a break from classes and Indiana.
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| Heather took this photo of me with my giant backpack |
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| My friend took this photo of me when i was revising and i didn't realise which is why it's so funny. |
Backtracking a bit here, but for Halloween I went to a house party which was fun. I actually forgot to buy a costume so I ran to Walmart and bought some fake teeth and a wig. I don’t know what that had to do with Halloween but it was better than nothing. The wig was ridiculously stupid so I ended up taking it off, but it was fun anyways.
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| And they say the British have bad teeth... |
My friend Cassie invited me to her house for Thanksgiving which was really nice (although I can’t quite give up New York – even if it is a traditional family Thanksgiving).
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| I LOVE the background of this picture. It looks so Autumny |
The other day Cassie, my other friend Lance and I went to a stand up comedy show (it was students from the university performing) and although it made me cringe, it was funny because it was so awkward. I’ve been mainly hanging out with Cassie and it’s nice when Kara hangs out too because we all made friends at the same time. I have also been hanging out with Heather a lot, we went to an American Diner for dinner the other night called Pappy's. It was really nice.
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| Heather |
It’s getting so cold here now. There are odd days when it is 60+ degrees but usually it’s quite windy and cold. The other day it was 30 degrees (that is -1 in celcius!) I bought a Purdue hoodie a couple of days ago and it was the best investment, since I didn’t bring a single jumper with me.
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| Me in my winter gear |
I should probably go and revise now and i’ll update my blog after New York, or maybe the football game!
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