It’s amazing the difference that can be created by just little things. Great new music, American candy, job prospects, pictures of the faces and places I’ve known, and a telephone to call home.

Yes, after a few weeks of a semi-sedentary lifestyle I am happy to announce that I’ve righted some of the wrongs I was feeling. I’ve thrown myself into the social pipeline in an attempt to make new friends. I even organized a rugby game to be played soon. I just feel so much more connected this week than I have since I’ve been here and it feels so much better.

But it’s more than a feeling. I mean, good things HAVE been happening. Last night I gave my first number 4 talk as well as a demonstration in the hall. The weekend before I went to Manchester to spend some time with a very cool fellow American and while there got to see an LCD Soundsystem concert… good times. Before that I went with friends to York for a simple afternoon of coffee shop crawling. And before that I got to show up the know-it-all in my class!

On top of these things mix in The Office, kind words from across the sea, Radiohead’s new album, an insatiable Nutella addiction, Rugby anticipation/trash talking, jokes that make you cry laughing, a lemon-scented-geranium, and all the other little things that make everything seem just a bit better. They are just little things but like I said, it’s amazing the difference that can be created by just little things. They remind you of who you are and what you are doing here. All the little bits seem to make things clear as if they all just fit together to reveal a picture larger than what you could observe before.

If you are still puzzled as to what I am alluding to, I am saying basically this: More and more each day I’m feeling like I can actually fit here. Less like a tourist and more like I belong. And I must say, I’m enjoying it.

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