Lisa & I
We all traveled to a foreign country half way around the world alone and found each other. I have made some great friends here! Katie is my roommate. She's from the University of Georgia, grew up outside Atlanta, but is not what us west-coasters would characterize as "southern." Neither is Lisa - who grew up in Alabama and is now at Boston College law. They're both liberal, which is okay. And Irish, which is awesome! I love the Irish. Katie is more reserved than I am (though that's not hard to accomplish) and we get along great! We're both indecisive and have the ability to say "I don't care. what do you want to do?" to each other about 5 times before we decide on anything. :) When everyone else is tired or wants to talk to their BF on the phone (cough... Sarah), Katie is always encouraging me to go out and have fun; experience the city that we're calling home for a short period of time.
Lisa did a complete 180 on me! When she came in to the office, a week or so after me, I thought she was quiet and shy...meaning that we probably wouldn't have a lot in common. Yeah no. Lisa has been keeping my life quite interesting over here! She has a blog as well and I envy her eloquence. She just has a way of putting things...I don't know how to explain it. Lisa has been moving around India more freely than the rest, meeting new people and make fast friends! I could easily see her coming to GU and fitting in perfecting with Natalie, Jenn, KB, Jennie, and I. I'm going to have to make a trip to Boston I think...
Never in my life did I think that someone who went to a private DC high school, Harvard, and then Yale law, and I would ever be friends. Sarah is not what I expected her to be...clear case of don't judge a book by it's cover. She's so funny! Her humor is elevated and intelligent, sometimes going right over my head so fast I can hear the wind move with it...Something about a type writer and train...Lisa and I cried with laughter. We workout together, travel together, shop together, and eat together. We share a love of Forever 21 clothing and a good run. And I love her laugh.
Then there is Iram. She's from Calcutta. I'm going to miss her so much! This is her last week in the office before she goes back to start school again. In India, just like in the UK, law school is it's own college, lasting for a total of five years. They don't go to undergrad and then law school. She said to us, just image being stuck with all the law school twits-type A people, for FIVE YEARS. Iram is brutally honest in the sweetest way possible. Like when she saw a picture of me from a few years ago she said, "wow you were really skinny!" I couldn't help but laugh. Then she said, "you look much better now. I think the men in India like this better too." I really hope she comes to visit the US sometime. India is very modest. We were in a coffee shop, the five of us, and Sarah was so hot that she used her dress hem as a fan for her legs. If your knees are showing, it's scandolous, and we could see Sarah's thigh....Iram had a little freak out moment. She put her hand over her eyes like a visor and said, "please stop doing that! Okay just stop!" Sarah, without missing a beat, looked around and then lifted the end of the dress a little higher, real quick. Of course Katie, Lisa, and i thought it was halarious and Iram didn't know what to do. She said that you don't even see girls in the dorms like that! It was a great example of our normalcy crashing into Iram's version of promescuity.
Those are my friends here. Even right now we're laughing....talking about certain Indian men and Sarah's boyfriend. We occupy a floor of the office together. Which means we interupt work with jokes and stories. When our A/C quit we sweat together, complain together, and choke down the office lunch together. I can't believe it's already July!! I'll miss them when it's time to go...
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