At first, though, I did not think Alex was going to show
up. I arrived promptly at 1:30 and after
ten minutes of waiting, Alex had not shown up; I decided to send him a text to
see if he was coming, but received no response.
At 1:45, I decided maybe it would be more effective to call, and that
was successful. My phone call
consequently woke him up, so he said he would meet me in ten minutes.
Once Alex finally arrived, we first discussed our weekends
and what all we had done. Alex had
watched quite a few movies, none of which I had even heard of! He made a joke about Americans being
fascinated with zombies, because two of the movies he watched incorporated
zombies. I am not personally interested
or really entertained by such movies, but I suppose some people are! While still discussing our weekends, we
learned that we both had eaten at McAllister’s Deli for dinner Saturday
night! We discussed what we had eaten,
and both agreed that it was delicious.
We also talked about the weather, and how it was so beautiful outside today;
not hot, not cold, but basically the perfect sunny, blue sky, jeans and a t-shirt type weather!
Our last topic of interest today was Thanksgiving and what
our plans for the break entail. We both
are excited for the mental break of school for 5 days! I plan on going home and spending time with
my family, whereas Alex’s plans include staying at TCU. Originally a group of his friends were going
to go to San Antonio for the break, but too many people backed out where it
started to become too expensive, so instead he will be staying at school. He is unsure of what all he is going to do
for the 5 days here; I suggested sleeping!
We wrapped up our conversation at this point, as I had a
meeting to attend, but we both agreed to meet at different points throughout
next semester for lunch or dinner, because who doesn’t love food and some good
company?!
And in spirit with the Thanksgiving atmosphere, I am
thankful for this opportunity to have met with Alex throughout the course of
this semester. I have learned a lot from
him and it was a great way to be exposed to a different culture and
customs. I would not have expected to
learn as much as I did from this experience, but I certainly have and it was
truly worthy of my time.
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