Today I realized how going to school in Southside and working with international students almost every day has caused my brain to see very few things as unusual. Today I was walking downtown running errands for work, and a tall black guy dressed in overalls and a farmer's hat rode by me on a bicycle. I didn't even notice it as odd until he said, "heeeelllooo!".

On Sunday I was at a friends house, who lives in Southside, with everyone in my clinical group working on a presentation. A guy walked up to the front door and asked if he could mow her yard for seven dollars. Why $7?

Today a guy came into the international office and said, "hello, I am new from India."
Me: "Okay, do you need to check in with Stacye then?"
Int'l: "No, I did not check with her."
Me: "No, have you met with her since you got to UAB?"
Int'l: "No."
Me: "Okay, well let me see if she can meet with you."
Int'l: "She is here?"
Me: "Yeah, I'm just going to call her and see if she can meet with you right now."
Int'l: "No, I did not call her."
Me: "No, I'm going to call her."
I call Stacye and she tells me that she's about to go to a meeting.
Me: "She has a meeting that she has to go to."
Int'l: "No, I did not have a meeting set up with her."
Me: "She has another meeting outside of the office that she has to go to. She'll be back at 3:00 though. You can either wait here to meet with her or come back after 3:00."
Int'l: "You want me to stay here to wait until 3:00?"
Me: "You can, or you come back later."
He stands there with a blank look on his face for a few seconds.
Me: "Just come back at 3:00."

Poor guy. But they make my days so interesting!!