I'm not so keen on the banks here.

Phrases I keep forgetting about, like:
-"I'm not keen on ___" (say, "maths", or "that chippie", or "that boy")
-"How are we meant to know that?" ("How are we supposed to know that?")
-"sweet corn" is normal, yellow corn. And it's not sweet.
-"pudding" means general dessert
-"artefact" bugs me a lot in Archaeology
-Posh. Preppy, or perhaps better as "yuppy", high-class.
-"nick", not steal.

ATMs are mostly called CashPoints, but they recognize what an ATM is.
Not so when I asked about wire transfers at the bank. I tried to explain the concept to the bank teller, which is difficult: a. without using the words "wire" or "transfer", and b. when you don't actually understand how it works.
For those of you keeping track at home, I do have a bank account now. Yay!

This weekend I finished a scarf of green variegated yarn. Because the yarn was a lower weight than I would have liked, the knitting was looser, so I decided I'd need to wrap the scarf around my neck more times.
As a result, the scarf is easily longer than I am. Maybe seven feet long?
I have started on cabled armwarmers in a light aqua color. I'll come back to my cardigan sometime soon, maybe after this.

Wearing a William&Mary sweatshirt is a fast way to find all the East Cost Americans in one's daily travels. One girl, another student I think, stared at me in awe on the pavement (sidewalk). An older man, I think now a permanent UK resident, told me he used to live in Stafford.
I'm not sure how the Scots feel about it, since that monarch pair were the ones BPC was trying to oust.
Also, a "college" here is what we might think of as a technical or trade school, like a two-year programme rather than a four-year university degree.
So "College of William & Mary" means something entirely different, I am sure.

I miss a lot of things about home. Things I didn't expect to miss so much: tacos/fajitas/other spicy foods/ethnic foods beyond just Indian, driving my car, the UVA physics department, proper salads. At least they occasionally serve pancakes at breakfast.