Today I met with Pamela for the second time. She told me today that she is on a diet, so we decided to have salads at the TCU bookstore Starbucks instead of going to Fuzzy's and eating tacos. Karen couldn’t join us this time because she hurt her foot earlier this week. When Pamela was explaining that Karen hurt her toe, she called them “foot fingers,” which I thought was funny. Pamela said Karen had a doctor’s appointment today, so hopefully she will be able to join us again in a few weeks. Pamela was planning to bring pictures of Brazil today, but she was in a hurry to get to class this morning so she forgot. We both talked about how we are ready for spring break to start. Pamela’s cousin is moving to California, so Pamela is going to stay with her in Los Angeles over the break. She is excited to go to the beach and see all of the stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She also hopes she will be able to go to Disneyland, because it has always been her dream to go there. We talked about our favorite Disney characters; she loves Minnie Mouse. We both have a few hard tests and assignments to get through before the break.
After we ate, Pamela wanted to explore the bookstore a little bit because she hadn’t been there before. We looked at all the TCU clothes and agreed that they were all so cute but kind of expensive, especially in the Polo section. We were both surprised by how expensive some of the Polo shirts were. We tried on a few hats and looked for a sale section, but there wasn’t one today. I told her the bookstore was a good place to bring her family if they ever come to visit her, because her parents would probably be willing to buy her things. She liked this idea.
We also looked at some books with pictures of Texas. Pamela wants to make a scrapbook of her time in Texas, and she said she would bring a camera next time so we can take some pictures together. After that, Pamela had a class to go to in the rec center. I walked there with her since I live in Milton Daniel, and I showed her my dorm. We’re planning to meet again next week on Wednesday, at Dutch’s this time.
Melissa,
ReplyDeleteI read this because my conversation partner and I usually meet at the bookstore because she really likes coffee, even though it is nowhere near as good here than Columbia, where she lives. As you wrote about looking at Texas books, I wondered if most foreigners have the same impression of the Texas stereotype as most people from the United States do.