Stormy day in Scotland

Yes, it is storming. Well, not really; but it has been thundering on and off for most of the day and there are now dark gray clouds looming over my flat window. I suppose it was a good idea to not go anywhere today, though I would have if someone asked me to. That has definitely been a struggle here; finding people to do stuff with. My flat mates have been gone all day and ventured off to Alnwick Castle (yes, home of Hogwarts). What kind of irritates me is that I wasn't even invited to go along. It's just frustrating, because it seems like this has been a recurring theme of mine; i meet people, but for some reason I am the one who gets singled out. It hurts, and I'm tired of it. I've tried to reach out, be friendly, make myself available, but nothing is working. I don't know if it's because of the way I am, my lack of alcohol drinking, or what. But this is my time and my trip, and I'm not going to dwell on this anymore. I'm just putting this out there because when I came here I thought it was going to be skipping, happiness and rainbows all the time....not that I'm lowering my expectations ;]

On another note, it has been kind of peaceful having the flat to myself all day. My door's open right now, my music is playing loudly, and I made myself a tasty dinner of spaghetti with chicken and bacon, salad, and a tattie scone (potato scone). Boy, it was absolutely delicious. Earlier today, I ventured to the on-campus store and found a new niche of mine; Jammie Dodgers. They're a type of shortbread biscuit (cookie) with raspberry jelly in the middle of them. They are tasty! I'm still not sure what they call biscuits here though. Hahaha! I also bought myself a 2-liter of coke. I am also going to put this out here now: EVERYTHING that I like at home tastes 10 times better here!!! Coke is not as sweet, bacon isn't as salty, although I must confess the Activia here is a bit disappointing. Also, I will certainly not miss these showers; you have to continuously push a button, otherwise the shower will shut off. I thought it was broken at first, until I asked a friend of mine. I also won't miss the long dangling red cords.

It finally stopped raining!!!! It still looks gray and cloudy though and I feel it's going to start up again soon. Plans for the rest of the night? Not sure yet. A couple of Whose Line, reading more of Frankenstein maybe, a date with some Ben and Jerry's (I splurged and spent 2 pounds on a small container), and coordinating with a friend our plans for visiting a local church and perusing Stirling. What will happen next? No one knows. Cheers!

These bring me great happiness!