It seems like just yesterday I was arriving in London, but that was 5 months ago. I’ve completed one full term already! It’s amazing how quickly time is going by. I just want it to stop! I never want to leave. I never want to go back to State College. I still have 6 months here, though. Yay. Term 2 starts tomorrow. I’m in some horrific classes, but oh well. I have fridays off and only one class on monday, tuesday and wednesday. I shall survive.
Finishing finals this week was exciting mainly because it meant lots of fun could commence. I met loads of new people, including new study abroad-ers and spent most of the week going to sleep at 6am and waking up at 3pm. I also started a new exercise routine to replace my old routine (I was getting bored) and increased my daily cups of tea to about 3 or 4 cups.
After spending so much time with people and going out, I spent last night in self-issued solitude. I stayed in my bathrobe and watched Disney movies with popcorn and Coke. I’ve been trying to watch Hercules, but I can’t find a reasonable copy anywhere that costs less than $15 or �10. I did watch Aladdin, Fantasia and some other film, though. I then spent the night drawing characters on A4 paper.
And today I’ve been alone, too. I cleaned my room and my flat’s kitchen. I never use my flat’s kitchen because I tend to cook across the hall with my friends, but I can’t stand how messy it gets. I wish my flatmates were semi-clean and responsible sometimes. Speaking of flatmates! I got a new one today! I know her briefly from belly dancing so we’ll see how that goes.
Tomorrow I’m being filmed belly dancing for some charity thing. I am insanely nervous and awkward about it. It’s something I would never do back in the States, but I’ve been trying and doing loads of new things here, so I thought, “eh, why not?”.
I’m going to London next weekend. Bertie’s birthday is the following weekend and he’s celebrating it with his friends in London a week earlier. So I’ll be down there for that and the following weekend we’ll be here and probably just go to the movies and bowling and all of our favorite outings. I like birthdays.
Am starting to look at visa stuff and film programs in London so I can come back here. I will not be content living in the States. I knew I never would be, but coming here has made it impossible. At least initially. I know the greatest people here, I love the culture and it’s just for me.
And now I’m going to run to the corner store, buy some more popcorn (hopefully…I may have bought all 3 boxes they had last time), and watch A Very Potter Sequel.
Location: leeds, UK
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