right! it's been a while since i had a good update, and i know this is out of the blog's proper order, but i wanted to give a summary of what's going on right now.
today it was actually raining quite hard before the skies let up and gave us a great blue sky and a cool breeze. the only way i can tell it's june is because a) too many people around are complaining of hay fever, and b) the sun rises at 4:30 am and sets around 10 pm. nary a clue lies elsewhere in this country.
yes, rumours are true: i found a male specimen who likes me. his name is chris, and he's brilliantly silly. say hi, chris! (hello, suzanne.)
the thing is, though, we both know the british government is kicking me out in october and there isn't much i can do about it without an employer willing to sponsor me. so we just hang out a lot and enjoy each other's company (and silliness) while we can... which is probably why you haven't heard from me for about three or four weeks.
yes, i'm still at the coffee shop, which is where i met chris (who is a regular there). finally learning how to make the freakin' coffee, since i've been doing bussing, cleaning and food preparation pretty much this whole time. but i'm quite slow at everything i do.
a few nights ago we went out to a pub, just chris, me, a coworker from new zealand and his girlfriend. played british pool, which is similar to american pool except the balls are solid reds and yellows, plus some other odd rule changes here and there. then went to my coworkers house and got barbecue chicken pizza. some people say brits can't do pizza right, and for the most part they're correct, but when you find the proper pizza place, it's fabulous.
i miss proper mexican food a LOT, but i found enough stuff at the supermarket to survive. the tortillas don't come very big, the refried beans smoke even under the slightest heat, and the cheddar is more white and aged than the orange stuff in america. but it works, especially since they have good salsa dip.
other than that, i've been learning to eat lots of toast, take advantage of my employee discounts, expand my culninary skills and learn new indian foods (those places are EVERYWHERE here!). my housemates are from india, france and china, which makes our kitchen an interesting place to rummage through.
lessee... what else... oh! words i've had to trash are "trash," "dumpster," "saran wrap" and "rags." in its place are "rubbish," "skip," "cling film" and "cloths."
one customer came in a few weeks ago and asked if we sold anything savory. after what seemed like 10 hours of awkward looks and confusion, he had to point out that savoury means food that isn't sweet. like sandwiches, instead of cakes.
duh.
anyways, i'll give you more details later, as it is 12:42 am right now and i have to get up for work, which i'm finding harder and harder to do as the days go on.
cheers!
