Hey guys! This is gonna be my way of tracking my trip here in Scotland and I hope it helps everyone get insight into my life abroad. Miss everyone and hope you enjoy!

Monday, January 17, 2011

Homesick

I never really appreciated home until I left it.  Of course I knew I love home, but I definitely know now I love it better than here.  Sure don't get me wrong it's interesting and exciting here but so far, I think everyone here has it backwards most of the time.  Like classes for example...what the hell you sign up for classes and they don't even tell you where or what time they are until the day before!! And everyone is nice enough but you just can't get the same value for things over here.  I did get a cheap coffee pot but for the most part everything else is just ridiculous.  They don't have salsa...they don't have good bottled beer...and they serve fries with Chinese food! WTF.  I think I am just frustrated right now.  I know I'm venting but I miss home.  I miss everyone and I miss my family.  Even the bus here is freakin expensive. 
Let's just say that no one should worry about me moving here. I would kill myself.  I mean I thought that other places would have different politics and the culture would be different! Well other than having it off and being more confusing and more expensive, I think our way of life is a lot better.  At least we drive on the right side of the road...and they have shitty politics just like us but way less say in how those politics go!  The cars are funny looking and I may be American and lazy but it makes sense to have cars.  It does.  Cause if you don't live in the middle of the city you're screwed and if you do live in the middle of the city you are stuck with other people that live there too!
The clothes are ok for the most part except they make everything for little people and I am DEFINITELY the tallest girl like everywhere I go.  (Taller than a lot of everyone either way actually).
First lecture so far was rather disappointing too...some dumb lady in the back bloviated on and on and on in response to the professor's extremely dull lecture.  And he encouraged it! It's like why bitch about semantics? That's so dumb-give me the true information and let me deal with that instead of giving me a jumbo sized list of personal conjecture (which he admitted to).  I'm going to my other lecture in about twenty minutes so we'll see how that one goes.  And that's another thing! 50% of our grade is basically participation and interaction, but we have at least five or six professors that teach the class in sections..so how the hell do we get a proper grade on participation when it's not one teacher with us everyday! Urgh.  I walked Dundee again and got some cool pictures but I'm just too homesick and heartsick to post right now.  Just want my bed at home and to hold Lilly and Bailey get their lovely dog hair all over me.  It might be annoying but at least I'd know I was home.  I'm not posting on facebook for a few days...it just makes me sad.  Sorry guys.

1 comment:

  1. Awww poo. Bailey and Lily miss you too! But I am sure their dog hair doesn't have an opinion either way. ;) I miss you too but just go out and explore the country side- soak up the history and the culture outside of the college campus. Go find an old folks home and talk to some old people- you may learn something profound!

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