Last night, after my flight from London to NYC, delta announced that they cancelled my direct flight to Dallas because of the weather conditions from the morning. What does that have to do with flying out at 7pm?? Ughhh. I didn't bring my US phone charger to Europe, so had no way to call my family and was so tired from all the flights. After standing at the delta counter for 30 mins, they said the only thing they could do was put me on a flight in the morning to Atlanta, then to Dallas, but I would have to pay for my own hotel bc this wasn't their fault- wtfffffff?!!
So, went to the hotel counter and the cheapest room is $200 for the night... And then the guy at the counter informed me that I looked stressed! Ya think???!!! Idiot. After a shady, expensive dinner, I had trouble sleeping bc of the time difference. I did manage to borrow the bartender's phone charger so finally got to use my cell to call home. :)
I only have a 30 minute layover in Atlanta; I'm gonna kill someone if I miss my flight home. I know I didn't wanna leave Europe, but that doesn't mean I wanted to be stuck in NYC, lol.
I had breakfast at the airport and checked out the New York skyline, so some good did come out of this. I should be in Dallas by early evening. After sleeping for a few days, I'll be ready to hang out Dallas peeps. I might go to Atx this weekend, but will have to see how jetlagged I'll be.
So, technology is amazing bc I'm in the air on the free wifi, awesome!
Kk, naptime. Btw- my US phone works now, so y'all can call/text my regular number instead of the google voice one. :)
♥ from the sky above Charlottesville
P.s. Sorry for the terrible writing in this post. I'm typing on the itouch and half asleep. Xoxo
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Fanny whaaa??
Oh my gosh, just had the most amazing dinner last night with my Bath friends. =] Megan was working, so couldn’t make it, but Sarah and I made dinner (garlic bread, spaghetti, chocolate cake) for her housemates. It was so nice to chill with everyone for my last night in Europe. Love, love, love them.
So, after living in the UK for about 2 months, I realized… English is not English everywhere. I know it sounds weird since I was in England, not some other country, but I was confused A LOT when I first got to Bath. The accents are different and they use different phrases so I had a lot of confusing conversations (and still do).
British Phrases Lesson 101: (I bolded the more interesting ones)
“hiya, you alright?” -- Hi, how are you? (I always thought they thought something was wrong with me… nope, just saying hi!)
“surgery”—general doctor’s office
“chemist” -- pharmacist
“jacket potatoes”—baked potatoes
“chips” – French fries
“crisps” – chips
“biscuits”—cookies
“digestives”-- crackers
“dispensing” – physically labeling a prescription medication
“labeling”—typing an rx and printing out the label
“tea” – dinner
“dinner”- lunch
“school”—elementary school, I think
“college”—high school
“university” or “uni”--- university/college
“trousers” – pants
“jumper” – sweater
“saucy” – cheeky/scandalous?
“cheers!” informal thank you
“tutor”—professor/teacher/mentor
“cashpoint” – ATM
“veg” – veggies
“braces” – suspenders
“suspenders” --- lingerie garter belt (super awkward conversation at the hospital where I said one of the male employees wore suspenders a lot—whoops! They laughed at me for awhile!)
“locum”- traveling/agency/floater worker. Ex. Locum pharmacist- floating pharmacist
“stone”- 14 pounds. Ex—people always say “that weighs a stone” or “I gained 2 stones”
“roll”—sandwich
“bap” – bun
“Fanny/clunge”- vagina (it does not mean butt, so saying “sit your fanny down/fanny pack” is very NOT appropriate)
“bum bag” – fanny pack
”jelly” – jello
“candy floss”- cotton candy
“carpark” – parking lot
“scone” – biscuit
“waistcoat” – vest
So, with this lesson—you will be well on your way to travelling more successfully than I did around the UK. I can’t believe I’m going to be in Dallas soon. It sounds crazyyyyyyy to me! I left for Europe at the end of August after a crazy summer semester and felt so ready to leave Texas behind. But once I got to Europe, I started feeling really homesick (the food/travelling was taking its toll) and wanted to go home ASAP. After settling in and working in Bath, I really started to love life in Europe. It’s soooo different here compared to Texas. I mean, I love Texas and am looking forward to seeing family and friends, but it’s just different here.
I’ve wanted to go study abroad for a long time now, and I’m sooooo glad I did. I mean, it wasn’t easy being away from home, but I finally adjusted and started embracing everything. I realized although life sucks without a cell phone, I can do it. I probably will get on my internet-capable phone as soon as I get home, but whatever—haha, can’t change everything about me. I know I’m not going to come home a totally different person, but I hope that I will be a little different. I learned that I need to be more open to trying things—you’re only young once and I need to be less of a homebody. It’s great to sit at home and watch tv—but there’s so much that’s happening out there and I don’t want to miss anything. No more grandma Loc, lol!
I’m going to be home in Dallas for about a month before going on a cruise to Mexico and then to Barbados with the family. I have lots of plans to fill my time in Dallas—can’t wait! I’m going to start running again, meet up with old friends who I haven’t seen in forever, try to learn Spanish, read my pharmacotherapy handbook to get ready to rotations, figure out where people go out in Dallas and then go there, take a dance class, go shopping, and the list goes on forever (and not in that order). I have many, many goals (been writing them down to keep track) and hope to accomplish at least some of them during the one month home, we’ll see, haha.
♥ from Bath
guy tightrope walking AND playing the violin in Bath city centre
So, after living in the UK for about 2 months, I realized… English is not English everywhere. I know it sounds weird since I was in England, not some other country, but I was confused A LOT when I first got to Bath. The accents are different and they use different phrases so I had a lot of confusing conversations (and still do).
British Phrases Lesson 101: (I bolded the more interesting ones)
“hiya, you alright?” -- Hi, how are you? (I always thought they thought something was wrong with me… nope, just saying hi!)
“surgery”—general doctor’s office
“chemist” -- pharmacist
“jacket potatoes”—baked potatoes
“chips” – French fries
“crisps” – chips
“biscuits”—cookies
“digestives”-- crackers
“dispensing” – physically labeling a prescription medication
“labeling”—typing an rx and printing out the label
“tea” – dinner
“dinner”- lunch
“school”—elementary school, I think
“college”—high school
“university” or “uni”--- university/college
“trousers” – pants
“jumper” – sweater
“saucy” – cheeky/scandalous?
“cheers!” informal thank you
“tutor”—professor/teacher/mentor
“cashpoint” – ATM
“veg” – veggies
“braces” – suspenders
“suspenders” --- lingerie garter belt (super awkward conversation at the hospital where I said one of the male employees wore suspenders a lot—whoops! They laughed at me for awhile!)
“locum”- traveling/agency/floater worker. Ex. Locum pharmacist- floating pharmacist
“stone”- 14 pounds. Ex—people always say “that weighs a stone” or “I gained 2 stones”
“roll”—sandwich
“bap” – bun
“Fanny/clunge”- vagina (it does not mean butt, so saying “sit your fanny down/fanny pack” is very NOT appropriate)
“bum bag” – fanny pack
”jelly” – jello
“candy floss”- cotton candy
“carpark” – parking lot
“scone” – biscuit
“waistcoat” – vest
So, with this lesson—you will be well on your way to travelling more successfully than I did around the UK. I can’t believe I’m going to be in Dallas soon. It sounds crazyyyyyyy to me! I left for Europe at the end of August after a crazy summer semester and felt so ready to leave Texas behind. But once I got to Europe, I started feeling really homesick (the food/travelling was taking its toll) and wanted to go home ASAP. After settling in and working in Bath, I really started to love life in Europe. It’s soooo different here compared to Texas. I mean, I love Texas and am looking forward to seeing family and friends, but it’s just different here.
I’ve wanted to go study abroad for a long time now, and I’m sooooo glad I did. I mean, it wasn’t easy being away from home, but I finally adjusted and started embracing everything. I realized although life sucks without a cell phone, I can do it. I probably will get on my internet-capable phone as soon as I get home, but whatever—haha, can’t change everything about me. I know I’m not going to come home a totally different person, but I hope that I will be a little different. I learned that I need to be more open to trying things—you’re only young once and I need to be less of a homebody. It’s great to sit at home and watch tv—but there’s so much that’s happening out there and I don’t want to miss anything. No more grandma Loc, lol!
I’m going to be home in Dallas for about a month before going on a cruise to Mexico and then to Barbados with the family. I have lots of plans to fill my time in Dallas—can’t wait! I’m going to start running again, meet up with old friends who I haven’t seen in forever, try to learn Spanish, read my pharmacotherapy handbook to get ready to rotations, figure out where people go out in Dallas and then go there, take a dance class, go shopping, and the list goes on forever (and not in that order). I have many, many goals (been writing them down to keep track) and hope to accomplish at least some of them during the one month home, we’ll see, haha.
♥ from Bath
guy tightrope walking AND playing the violin in Bath city centre
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