I think I am finally getting used to the rain now that the sun is starting to shine more often. People who live here must just get used to it. You can carry an umbrella (or "brolley" as they call them) but 8 out of every 10 umbrellas blows inside out after being outside for 2 minutes because of the gusty breeze. So you learn to accept that your make up and hair aren't going to stay the way they looked when you left your house. "Function over fashion" as my mom always says.
I have started to miss home a little bit lately. I combat these feelings by listening to k98.5 online. There's nothing like country music to lift a person's moods :) Plus I get to hear the news and weather from home.. and I while the rain gets a little old, I am a little glad that I'm not still dealing with snow. We actually got a break from the rain today and I went for a jog on the beach in capris and a hoodie. It was really nice.
I just finished week four of my new classes. I am in the second half of the Welsh history class, Welsh language (So I can speak Welsh to y'all when I get home, haha, but really its actually very hard. They have heaps of double letters that are considered single letters and pronounced different than you'd ever expect! Like how a "dd" is pronounced "th"), Media and Terrorism (this class is fascinating!) and lastly, a class called Crisis of Identity which covers the way that American identity changed in the first half of the 20th century in the face of WWI, the depression and WWII. I am really enjoying my classes this term-- and learning so much!
Missing you all! Stay warm!
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Laura -we're now over 50 inches of snow, an all-time record for February 19 and the all time winter record of 60 inches is in site. Meanwhile the paper has a story today that the chances of flooding are highr this year than in 2008 in Cedar Rapids.
ReplyDeleteTessa is spending the weekend with us and sits at the window barking at the other two or trying to find the cat.--Dave