Ok, this week has probably been the busiest of my life. I don't even know why. It probably has something to do with the fact that I've got five books I'm supposed to be reading and it takes me an hour to get through 20 pages! Of one of them! Ugh...slowest reader ever. Anyway, I just got out of class for the day and I thought I'd take a little break from my studies just to update this since I'm leaving tomorrow and won't be back for a week. Don't worry, full details will follow.
So when last I wrote, I'd just made a complete mess of my travel plans to Spain. Well, the next day I called them to sort everything out and it was going to be another 270 Pounds to get my flight back changed to Sunday...so I didn't do that. Instead, the man on the phone, who was super helpful as far as airport phone operators go, found me a flight for 109 Pounds that leaves on Monday morning. I'll miss church on Sunday night but I'll be back for classes on Monday; providing once my flight lands I can find my way around London without getting too lost. We'll see how that goes. If everything goes off without a hitch, I should be walking back into my house at about 12:30 on Monday afternoon which gives me 30 minutes before my class starts. Good...maybe I'll be able to take a shower or something. I don't even want to think about what's gonna happen if I can't shower...let's map this out, shall we? Everyone I'm traveling with is leaving Sunday morning, so I'm gonna be in the city by myself all day Sunday and all night Sunday night. My flight on Monday leaves at 7:00 in the morning so that means that I would have to be there at around 4:00 in the morning anyway, so I'm thinking I'm just gonna go to the airport on Sunday night and stay there until my flight. I'm almost positive that the regular bathrooms in the airport DON'T have showers...so by the time I get back to the house, it'll be almost two days since I showered...sick. And our classes are cramped too. EW! Man, I'm gonna have to load up on deodorant and body spray.
Thursday and Friday were uneventful. I went on a walk in the park on Friday and that was a lot of fun. Emily made brownies that, basically, had all my alloted calories for the week. It was so good. Then on Saturday I was doing my homework and my friend Robynne asked if I wanted to go to London with a group and shop around and then go see a play. So I did that! It was so great! We rode the train out to London and then caught the underground to the antique market. We almost missed it though, one of the guys that went ran ahead of the group and threw himself in the door as it was closing and we all made it in just barely. We walked around the market for a while and there was so much interesting stuff to see and there were a ton of booths set up with just random things and food carts were everywhere! I had a Brazilian churro filled with chocolate sauce. Oh my gosh...it was so great! And then we went to China town and got these bread balls with chicken in them and hot sauce and soy sauce on them, oh, SO GOOD! China town for the win. After that though, we walked around trying to find our theater. We bought tickets to see Chicago. Our show started at 8:00 and we were looking for our venue until about 7:40, hah. Good. The show ended up being really good though, not really my favorite thing ever and I wouldn't have chosen to see it by myself but you know, it was an experience! We missed the last direct train back to Oxford, so we had to get off the train and get onto a bus to take us back to Oxford and on the way, one of the girls decided they wanted ice cream. Then the rest of us decided we wanted ice cream too! So we hit up McDonalds when we got back and apparently, Mickey D's is the place to be at 1:00 in the morning! Who knew? After ice cream we walked back to the house and I went to bed.
Sunday, I woke up 15 minutes before everyone was leaving for Church and I got ready and made it out the door at the same time they were leaving! It was miraculous. And then I did laundry and homework, but I was in the computer room downstairs and apparently that was the place to be and everyone was joking around and having a good time NOT doing their homework and I just got caught up in it! So I ended up finishing my paper at like 4...in the morning...oops! I set my alarm for 9:00 this morning but I slept till 12 and then I was really frazzled because I need that 4 hours in the morning before class to finish up all my other homework! So today was just a crazy day. And I leave tomorrow afternoon for Espana! So I have to finish everything I can today, homework wise, and then pack and whatever and it's all crazy!
As of right now, I've probably spent an hour too long on my brief homework break...and Emily is making those brownies again...so I'm gonna end this here. I leave tomorrow at 2:00 for the bus station and I'll be back Monday at 12:30 (hopefully). I'm not planning on taking my computer and who knows if I'll have wifi? So, untill at least next Monday, hasta luego!
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