tea

Work has been going well. Yesterday I put together a gallery called "10 tips to protect yourself from the sun this summer." This involved a bit of research, a lot of obvious knowledge, searching through stock photography, a few hours spent trying to fix the never-ending Windows Vista glitches with my adorably calm and collected supervisor, Monica, and a whole lot of tea, from previously mentioned Monica. This girl is the sweetest, most friendly, and I hate to reuse the word adorable again, but I really don't think I've met a person who better fits the definition. She's got this cute little bob haircut that bounces around when she moves and she's always wearing little colorful summer dresses with cardigans and matching shoes. And she's constantly laughing and chatting away at a very fast pace. She helped me with my computer for most of the morning and never once lost her temper. In fact, she somehow managed to not only keep her cool but do it with a smile on her face up until the very end when we got it figured out. Anyways, though, back to the tea. I don't know if it's this polite thing that people do here or what, but literally everyone who sits around me, whenever they get up to grab a drink (which might I add, we get complimentary hot coffees and teas as well as a massive fridge stocked full of juice and pop) they ask me if I'd like something. And they do it so eagerly that I feel like I would be completely crushing their spirits and ruining their days if I said no. So, I usually say yes. Monica gets up for drinks every hour it seems, and insists upon getting me a tea--"milk and sugar?" "yes please!" All that liquid seems to cycle through my body very quickly, which only means one thing, but I've gotten good at keeping busy and holding it in awhile. Monica was laughing at the fact that British people hold true to the stereotype that they drink tea all the time. When I got home from work last night I had this intense craving for some, so I went to Sainsbury and got a box of breakfast tea as well as a mug that I can use at work. I hope this keeps me away from buying coffee all the time.

It's nice to have today off. I have class at 4, but otherwise the day is mine. I think I might try to find a museum to wander around in for awhile.