Afternoon at the BLUU: Conversation #4

Thursday afternoon I stopped by the BLUU to grab some food before my afternoon classes. As I looked around the BLUU for a place to sit I noticed my conversation partner Tiffany sitting at one of the tables, and decided to see what she had been up to. We started off with a brief discussion about the food in the BLUU that day and in general. We were each getting tired of food in the BLUU and were looking forward to home cooked meals in a few months. Tiffany said she is still adjusting to American food and the fact that we have to put cheese on almost everything. I couldn’t help but agree as I finished eating my cheese quesadilla.

I asked Tiffany is there was anything else she was still adjusting to or if she was used to Texas now. Tiffany said she was still confused about Texas weather especially after the last week. I laughed and told her the recent weather was strange to me and I have lived here my whole life. I noticed Tiffany had a set of notecards with her at the table to study for something and asked what class it was for. She explained that she had a Psychology test at the end of the week and was trying to learn all of the vocabulary words.  She said learning the vocabulary was the most challenging part of the class and jokingly admitted the class would be difficult even if it was in Chinese. Tiffany said she also had a presentation coming up in one of her classes she was especially nervous about because it was her first public speaking assignment. I reassured her that public speaking just gets easier the more you do it.

After that our conversation turned to what our plans were for the upcoming summer. Tiffany couldn’t wait to get back to China and catch up with her family and friends. She said she talks to her parents around three times a week on Skype but was still excited to see them in person.  I realized then that I hadn’t called my parents in over a week and should probably get around to that. I told Tiffany I was looking forward to summer as well even though I would be taking classes for a majority of the time. Tiffany said she was going to try to take classes over the summer too but was still waiting to see if the courses would transfer.  At that point I realized I needed to leave for class so I told Tiffany good luck on her test and presentation and that we would pick the conversation back up next time we met.