Operation Employment

I got an interview for a position as an “entry level promotions coordinator.” I was a little suspicious but accepted the Zoom invite. The HR person I spoke to on the phone told me to dress to impress, so I put makeup on and a nice shirt and blazer. Right before my interview I looked…

Harvest Day!

It’s harvest day!! Today I will be harvesting my lettuce and spinach, all of which were grown in the garden. I call it my garden because I am 99% responsible for this year’s gardening efforts, but it is in the garden at my parent’s house. We can call it a joint effort. (It’s totally my…

A Royal Weekend

My friend Izzy from Wooster is studying abroad this semester as well, except he is at the University of Aberdeen, which is north of me. He texted me awhile ago asking if I would be free the weekend of January 26 (a month ago, already?!) as some of his friends were coming down to Edinburgh…

Classes

When I signed up for classes months before arriving here, I was told to pick eight or so courses and I would then be assigned a sixty credit schedule (twenty credits per class).  I picked all of the creative writing classes offered, all of the Scottish history classes, and all of the Scottish literature classes.…