Thursday, November 2nd

I survived one whole day in 2 windowless rooms trying to figure out a new computer program, one day after my sweet has left. So, if you can do that you can survive thanksgiving week as well, I'm sure. That feels like the next hurdle, everyone seems to go home to their family and no one is around. I am invited to 2 different places on the day itself but what do I do the other days - work of course, but I don't like being at work and not seeing anyone. I was counting on T (Israeli, therefore no family here either) but T is in New York seeing friends for those 4 days. We'll see, I can always go hiking with Bailey, and hopefully I will have more varied work than just trying to figure out a program that keeps crashing on me (and I really am only following the instructions).
This weekend, special message to my aunt and uncle, I am going to see the bernese mountain dogs and newfoundlands at the dog show (although it does mean I may miss the cavalier king charles spaniels, but L has said she will still take me home even if I do - her dog is of that type and her breeder is showing, which is why we are going).
Went to the drinks evening again tonight, very proud of myself because I find them scary when I don't know many people who are going. Pushed myself there (wanted to go safely home) and met a very nice French student who is here for only 4 months too. She also lives with a woman in a big house in a village with a lake and that woman went to a dog show last week. I said we should introduce our landladies to one another. We have exchanged e-mail adresses. I hope to see her again sometime soon.