Autumn, visas, and people who say “o.”
Well it would seem Autumn is upon us once again. The air always smells different when the seasons finally change from summer to fall. It reminds me of going back to school, of shopping for school supplies and beginning another year. Of folders, paper, and pencils. It reminds me of hay rides and jack-o-lanterns, Halloween and trick-or-treating. The feeling of the cold, fresh morning air as the frost slowly creeps in for another season. The American football season starts, which reminds me of Sunday afternoons spent playing in raked leaf piles out in the backyard and coming inside to the warm fire. But most importantly, the leaves change color. The world suddenly explodes into a beautiful array of golds and reds. It is my favorite time of year…. you know, aside from the fact that it’s now dark when I got out of work.
This Autumn I get to go back to school again with the start of the university term. I’ve received all of my books for the next year’s course in Biology, and I am anxiously awaiting the start in October. In the meantime, I’ve been studying for another type of test altogether: the Life in the UK test, which I will need to pass in order to submit my application for Indefinite Leave to Remain. I’m finding it painful, mostly due to the fact they require such a mountain of proof to submit this thing, a lengthy application, a passed exam, and £850ish pounds pocket change. I’d panic sometimes if it weren’t for remembering I’ve got a couple month yet to sort it all out. Once submitted, Iwill be without a passport from December 09 to March 10, meaning I cannot leave the country to go home for Christmas, which is a bummer. However, I think once I do have my passport back a celebratory weekend trip back to Amsterdam might be in order!
Something that has concerned me lately that I’ve found really annoys the hell out of me: people who say “o” when they really mean “zero.” Drives me absolutely ape shit. I know they are a similar shape and all but come on! We’re not five anymore! “Zero” is a number, “o” is a letter…. say what you mean! Like nails on a chalkboard.
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