Since I’ve been here I have not been quite the social butterfly I was at home. Life mostly consists of getting settled in the apartment, going to class, going to find food for lunch and dinner and studying for the remaining hours of the days. However, I have enjoyed the occasional night out. In fact, that night has been every Friday night. In DC, it was opposite, Friday’s were always my “day off” from going out, since within my lifestyle and groups of friends, there was something to do on practically every night of the year, almost always involving my friend, Mr. Beer. But here, along with my weight, my level of alcohol consumption has dropped--two not entirely unrelated things. I’m not sure how long this “only going out on the weekends” will last, but while
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