End of October. . .

Let's hope my wish comes true!



So I completed my history paper! Yipee! And I wrote my psychology paper yesterday and I will edit before I leave for Spain on Wednesday.

I'll be in Spain, Barcelona to be exact, from Wednesday until Sunday/Monday morning (my plane lands @ midnight). I'm getting excited, partly because I have yet to travel and partly because I need a break from my living environment. Living with all girls is driving me crazy!

This upcoming week is reading week, which means no classes unless your department hates you, which is the case for history and media arts. I have a full day of classes tomorrow and my usual seminar on Tuesday, in which I have to give a presentation. . .the joy of it all. . .

Anyway, not much has been happening other than the occassional thing.

Last friday I went to see Stardust with a few of the girls. I really love going to the movies but its expensive. However, its one of the only things here that works out to be just a bit more than it would be in the U.S. so its not that sad to be paying in pounds. Also I finally broke down and got Starbucks before the movie. Best grande chai tea latte I've had in a long time, but I think that was mostly because I was craving it so badly and at 3 pounds a pop let's hope I don't crave it too often! But then again, San Francisco airport didnt have the Starbucks that I was depending on them to have and that is why I did not have my chai before I left. And yes I realize this is a lot about a drink, but I crave. . .

Anyway, the next day I told myself I would do work because Sunday I would be out all day. I did a little bit, but as the theme of ths blog goes: I needed out!.
So I went shopping with Sarah and Jennifer. I bought some black shorts and a necklace for my halloween costume.

Sunday Sarah and I went on a tour of Stonehenge, Glastonbury. We had to get up early but the time change gave me some extra sleep, although I was paranoid that the time change wasn't actually happening in October. (P.S. Why is the US a week later on that anyway? What has the world come to? I was only 7 hours ahead for a whole week and did not realize it! Ridiculous. . . )


It was raining when we got to Stonehenge, but lightened up even to not be completely miserable while viewing it. I grabbed some coffee and an audio tour(which we didnt even really use) and walked all the way around some really old rocks. . .okay some really cool rocks. I bought a few things and we got back on the bus and headed to Glastonbury to see the ruins of a church.















Glastonbury: Found out a few days later, thanks to the horrible tour guide, that supposed King Arthur's remains were there. . .if I remember correctly, man I have a horrible memory. Glastonbury is kind of a hippie town with lots of magic type shops and such. We walked around for a bit and grabbed some pasties (broccoli and cheese for me) and got back on the bus. . .yet again. . .and proceeded to Bath.



































Okay I must say this now: Bath is basically one giant movie set. It would be so easy to film something there because of the style of the buildings.



We went to see the Roman Baths which were amazing, and drank some of the water. . .very warm with a strange after taste, but hey I can say I drank it!




We went around the shops and into Bath Abbey, where we took a seat in the pews. It was weird because I felt the urge to pray, so I did, which made me feel so much better. Sometimes I have the urge to go back to church, but at the same time I would feel very awkward because I have forgotten almost everything from my past. I wrote a prayer for my grandmother and light candles for Angela and Kendall, who passed away almost 10 months ago. Overall it was really a spiritual experience.



The sun finally came out at the end of the day and afforded us a beautiful view: as we hopped on the bus for the long trip home. By the time we got back they were only serving dinner for another 15 minutes so we ran to eat and Sarah headed back to her place.

For Halloween, I decided to be a goddess since I had a swim club social down at one of the bars on campus. I was a goddess because I already has a brown dress, and gold earrings, so all I needed was a gold headband and a gold necklace (both of which I got for pretty cheap).




The social was lots of fun. It was nice to hang out with some new people and bond. I had another social, for the radio's music team the next night, but instead stayed in to read.

Okay so back to my frustration. . .as stated at the beginning. . .living with girls is hard.

I'm going crazy because I feel like every little thing gets blown out of proportion, which is really frustrating, because I only really have 2 groups of friends here: the girls I live with and the California people who live far away.

It has proven really difficult to meet people, because most of the 2nd years already have a group of friends, so the people I talk to/who will actually acknowledge my presence are other Americans who are all leaving at the end of term. Plus my lovely Robyn is leaving me so I will have someone new across the hall from me next term. . .Sadness. . .

I've put up some pictures, hope you enjoy!