Coffee shops and new friends

I've been here for a good few days now and have been too busy or tired to write!

There have been a hell of a lot of names to learn, and a couple of people have made regular appearances this week which is nice. We've spent a lot of time in this cute little coffee shop on Tate Street, and the other day Becky and I were joined by a few friends and had a lovely afternoon talking about music and writing while sipping delicious coffee.

I've only spent one day fully on my own. Becky needed to work on an essay and catch up on sleep really badly, so I decided to go exploring. I found my way downtown (eventually - road signs are confusing here!) to Greensboro Historical Museum, which was a thoroughly interesting museum about the history of this state. I learned about the Quakers, slavery, feminism, the civil war, and the local people. The museum staff were super lovely which made the whole thing even better. Walking back was much easier, and Sarah collected me from the lovely coffee shop. She and Hollyn went straight out to church after dropping me off, and I spent the evening eating, watching movies, and eventually video calling Ian to talk about our visit to Boone on Sunday. It was a little awkward but all things considered it could have been a lot worse, and it was really nice to see him again. It's been difficult for the rest of us to get a response out of him about visiting but it looks like we're good to go now.

Sarah has said she'll take me to some more museums next week if I'm interested, so that should be cool.

On Thursday night Becky and I went clubbing with some other internationals, which was kinda fun. It totally sucks going back to being underage after a year of being able to drink legally at home! I feel like the club we went to is the kind of place where you need to be at least tipsy if you want to enjoy it fully. We were on a rooftop, though, which was super cool. It was a really cool night aside from the one style of dancing that all the Americans insist on doing - grinding. Not pretty, and actually makes it a little scary to go there as a woman. Overall it was a good night.

We meant to go out to a different club (less grinding more salsa) last night but despite two coffees we were totally shattered and couldn't find anyone to go with us anyway. Instead, we curled up with some popcorn on two sofas that had been pushed together and watched He's Just Not That Into You.

I'm not sure why we were so tired yesterday because all we did was study and go to an amazing cupcake shop called Maxy B's, where I ate an absolutely delicious gluten free chocolate cupcake! There were loads of flavours to choose from normally but sadly my gluten intolerance meant I could only have chocolate, vanilla, or chocolate and pumpkin.

It's super nice here and I'm really looking forward to going to Boone tomorrow!