Happy October! It is officially Halloween. I think I will go as Dorian Gray against this year — he is ever my favorite. What about you?
School is alright. It’s a rather stressful affair. My classmates really like to make fun that I am American, in the same way old people make fun of each other for bonding, but it really comes across as rude, and I can’t help but feel bad. It is rude back home, very rude, but I don’t know how to say anything about it. I don’t know, it just feels really bad to be shown jokes about school shootings and made fun of for my pronunciation of some words.
Not everyone is bad. I’ve made a few friends. How are yours? I suppose Siena is off in college now, I hope she’s gone somewhere nice. Perhaps you have made some new ones at rowing club? I miss my American friends. I miss America. It is a far meaner culture here than I thought — fitting, I suppose, for the great imperial power.
I have also learned that fruits and bread mold faster than I thought. A few days for fruit, about a week for mold. Perhaps you will find that useful.
I don’t know. I think I sound too formal today, or else too complaining. I have written my short first assignment before anyone else I’ve spoken to, which seems like a good sign. I hope you are doing well in school. You always did. It is better to hope that you are well in life. I suspect that is harder. I miss you. I hope you do something pleasant today, if you can.
With love,
Alice