So, 11 days ago when I said I only had 10 days left in London, I lied. I'm sure at this point all of you have heard from me at one point or another about the current horrifying conditions in London airports. Heathrow is a complete mess, and there is no hope as of right now to be fixing it anytime soon. I have gotten a total of 5 hours of sleep since Friday, and last night I spent 8 hours from midnight to 8:30 am on the phone and online trying to book another flight out of here before christmas after my first two were canceled, from Genna's house after I had to go back there at midnight because I found out my flight was canceled and BONUS: my residence hall had no internet for 2 days. I miraculously booked a direct flight to JFK for Wednesday morning - this was amazing because all flights available have layovers in other European cities that are snowed in. Heathrow estimates half a million people to be stranded in the airport through the holidays. I literally cannot believe there haven't been riots. I can tell you that I will be leading them on Wednesday if my third flight is canceled, and I will also be resigning myself to a nice lonely Christmas away from home.
The only somewhat entertaining part of this whole bit is watching the news and seeing the interviews with Americans who have been sleeping in Heathrow on standby for any flight out by Christmas. The Brits seem to be aggravated but not quite enraged about the whole situation. The Americans on the other hand, know that this would NEVER happen in America, and this is why I am so surprised the riots have not yet begun. There is more snow expected tonight, tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday. Though checking the weather is mostly pointless, because it changes every 23 seconds and they predict things like "frozen fog". What is frozen fog?? Is it like foggy out and then you walk into a block of frozen fog? Picturing this at least brought some humor to the situation.
If I can't get out Wednesday, I am hoping that I will at least be able to fly out Christmas day or the 26th.
Anyway, keep your fingers crossed that my flight Wednesday does not get canceled. I would really like to come home now.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Eeeeeek! SLAM! Lockeylockeylock
So, I have a mere 10 days left in London now. THANK.GOD. That's all I have to say. I won't bore you again with all the reasons why I want to come home, but I will just tell you that I have watched about 35 netflix movies since Monday, and leave it at that.
Anyway, life has been pretty normal, winding down on my 8 papers. I have handed in 4 now, and I am currently procrastinating from finishing up my 7th. My nursing applications are also due next week, which is stressing me out. But, on December 15th (only 6 days from now!!) all my papers and applications will be handed in!
So Monday was my 21st birthday. It was a really relaxing day, which I have to say was nice, although contrary to a typical American 21st birthday. I decided that I would rather wait to celebrate until I return to DC, and I don't have to pay 20 quid to get in somewhere. Emily and I went ot class that day, then came home and roasted a chicken for dinner. It was delish again! And I have to say, Genna I don't know if you read this but I am turning into a GREAT cook. hahahah beware to anyone living in the berks next semester! just kidding, I'm really getting good :)
Then on Tuesday, Emily took me to see a Christmas Carol for my present! It was without a doubt the FUNNIEST version of that play I have ever seen. It was some sort of arts school production in a pub. Yes, the theater was actually a pub. And the actors had no props or sound effects or anything. So, they made the sound effects and props themselves. When they opened a door they all said "Eeeeeek!" and then when they closed it, it was "SLAM!" "Lockeylockeylock" was the sound to lock a door, of course. Needless to say I was cracking up the whole time.
Since then we've been laying pretty low.. I've had a bad case of staring at my paper and not writing anything for hours on end. Hopefully in the next few days I will power through and just finish them up! On Saturday, Emily's friend is coming to visit, so that will distract us for a while. We are going out Saturday night as our final goodbye drinks to London. And Sunday we are going down to this adorable pub by the Tower Bridge to have a Sunday Roast! So excited. And then we will truly be in the homestretch. Which is great because if I eat pretzels or cheese as a meal one more time I think I'm going to turn into one.
Anyway, life has been pretty normal, winding down on my 8 papers. I have handed in 4 now, and I am currently procrastinating from finishing up my 7th. My nursing applications are also due next week, which is stressing me out. But, on December 15th (only 6 days from now!!) all my papers and applications will be handed in!
So Monday was my 21st birthday. It was a really relaxing day, which I have to say was nice, although contrary to a typical American 21st birthday. I decided that I would rather wait to celebrate until I return to DC, and I don't have to pay 20 quid to get in somewhere. Emily and I went ot class that day, then came home and roasted a chicken for dinner. It was delish again! And I have to say, Genna I don't know if you read this but I am turning into a GREAT cook. hahahah beware to anyone living in the berks next semester! just kidding, I'm really getting good :)
Then on Tuesday, Emily took me to see a Christmas Carol for my present! It was without a doubt the FUNNIEST version of that play I have ever seen. It was some sort of arts school production in a pub. Yes, the theater was actually a pub. And the actors had no props or sound effects or anything. So, they made the sound effects and props themselves. When they opened a door they all said "Eeeeeek!" and then when they closed it, it was "SLAM!" "Lockeylockeylock" was the sound to lock a door, of course. Needless to say I was cracking up the whole time.
Since then we've been laying pretty low.. I've had a bad case of staring at my paper and not writing anything for hours on end. Hopefully in the next few days I will power through and just finish them up! On Saturday, Emily's friend is coming to visit, so that will distract us for a while. We are going out Saturday night as our final goodbye drinks to London. And Sunday we are going down to this adorable pub by the Tower Bridge to have a Sunday Roast! So excited. And then we will truly be in the homestretch. Which is great because if I eat pretzels or cheese as a meal one more time I think I'm going to turn into one.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
This country is the MOST annoying.
So, I am officially the worst blogger on the planet. Although I do believe no one is actually reading this (except for my mom when I call her and yell at her to haha) but just in case, I don't even have a valid excuse why I've neglected my blog so much for the last month... In the last two weeks I have been doing a whole lot of nothing so I couldn't tell you why. But I'll catch you up now I suppose.
So right after my last post (I believe) I went to Prague! It was super cold and rainy there the whole weekend but it was great to see Emma, and it was SO CHEAP THERE. it hurt me so much to come back to the pound. But it was nice while it lasted.
A week or so after I returned from Prague, Lynn came to visit! And I was sooooooo happy!! It was so nice to see family, I was starting to get really homesick and lonely. We had SUCH a fun time over the few days she was here - I took her to Primark (the best place ever, and I think her head almost flew off with excitement) and then we had some great walks around the city, some nice meals, and Sunday we did ALL the sightseeing. I have to say, I am impressed with all of us. Somehow we managed to see every single sight in the entire city in one day. And we had a Sunday roast!! It was so cute and englishy. Then Monday, we went to Liverpool which was amazing. The Beatles Story (big exhibit) was awesome, and then we got to see the pubs where the Beatles played, the John Lennon Statue and wall of fame, the Eleanor Rigby Statue and Penny Lane. We failed to realize that Abbey Road (after desperately searching for it) was in fact, in London. Oh well, at least I will get to see it before I leave! Then Tuesday I took Lynn and Diane to Camden market which was so fun. I was so glad they came, we had a great time - and I got to see more pictures of my baby Deanie! I can't wait to meet him when I get home :)
So after Lynn and Diane got on their plane back to America, (I begged them to put me in their suitcase) it was Thanksgiving. It was so weird to be away from home, but my roommate and I decided to make the best of our teeny tiny kitchen and roast a chicken. Her mom mailed her cranberry sauce and pumpkin to make pumpkin pie too! We failed to realize in the supermarket that you don't need to marinate a chicken, you just roast it, but our chicken ended up being DELISH! Despite the fact that we were missing mashed potatoes (my fav) we had a wonderful dinner and it was so cute.
Since Thanksgiving a week ago, I have started to go a little stir crazy. Once the holiday was over, it felt like we were really in the homestretch. The problem is, that we aren't really close enough to going home yet to be thinking about it every second and counting down the hours. Yet, I find myself doing this just about every moment of the day that I'm awake. Its not that I haven't enjoyed my time in London - I love the city, but I am getting fed up with school (a whole fiasco with my papers) and I am homesick for America, and I'm just done with my experience here for now. I am sick of the food here, it is WAY too cold outside, and I miss my wardrobe. Not to mention, my family, friends, boyfriend, my doggies! and my BED, my car. And a normal American grading system. And things are winding down now, and I just spend so many hours at home on my computer, bored to tears. And all I can do is stare at my calendar and try to make the days go faster with my eyes. Well, just 18 more days and I will be home for the holidays....
So right after my last post (I believe) I went to Prague! It was super cold and rainy there the whole weekend but it was great to see Emma, and it was SO CHEAP THERE. it hurt me so much to come back to the pound. But it was nice while it lasted.
A week or so after I returned from Prague, Lynn came to visit! And I was sooooooo happy!! It was so nice to see family, I was starting to get really homesick and lonely. We had SUCH a fun time over the few days she was here - I took her to Primark (the best place ever, and I think her head almost flew off with excitement) and then we had some great walks around the city, some nice meals, and Sunday we did ALL the sightseeing. I have to say, I am impressed with all of us. Somehow we managed to see every single sight in the entire city in one day. And we had a Sunday roast!! It was so cute and englishy. Then Monday, we went to Liverpool which was amazing. The Beatles Story (big exhibit) was awesome, and then we got to see the pubs where the Beatles played, the John Lennon Statue and wall of fame, the Eleanor Rigby Statue and Penny Lane. We failed to realize that Abbey Road (after desperately searching for it) was in fact, in London. Oh well, at least I will get to see it before I leave! Then Tuesday I took Lynn and Diane to Camden market which was so fun. I was so glad they came, we had a great time - and I got to see more pictures of my baby Deanie! I can't wait to meet him when I get home :)
So after Lynn and Diane got on their plane back to America, (I begged them to put me in their suitcase) it was Thanksgiving. It was so weird to be away from home, but my roommate and I decided to make the best of our teeny tiny kitchen and roast a chicken. Her mom mailed her cranberry sauce and pumpkin to make pumpkin pie too! We failed to realize in the supermarket that you don't need to marinate a chicken, you just roast it, but our chicken ended up being DELISH! Despite the fact that we were missing mashed potatoes (my fav) we had a wonderful dinner and it was so cute.
Since Thanksgiving a week ago, I have started to go a little stir crazy. Once the holiday was over, it felt like we were really in the homestretch. The problem is, that we aren't really close enough to going home yet to be thinking about it every second and counting down the hours. Yet, I find myself doing this just about every moment of the day that I'm awake. Its not that I haven't enjoyed my time in London - I love the city, but I am getting fed up with school (a whole fiasco with my papers) and I am homesick for America, and I'm just done with my experience here for now. I am sick of the food here, it is WAY too cold outside, and I miss my wardrobe. Not to mention, my family, friends, boyfriend, my doggies! and my BED, my car. And a normal American grading system. And things are winding down now, and I just spend so many hours at home on my computer, bored to tears. And all I can do is stare at my calendar and try to make the days go faster with my eyes. Well, just 18 more days and I will be home for the holidays....
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