Day 83

So this week has been haunted by the 2 papers I have yet been able to accomplish. Mainly because I am a procrastinator and I mean face it, it's my last couple weeks in London and there are just other things I would rather do.

Tuesday was our last Leisure and Recreation class. We didn't make it through the whole one. It's taught by two professors and after Claire (our favorite teacher ever) did a recap from our field trip we had to bounce. Meiko was gonna lecture after they gave us a break and shes just horrible and wouldn't have actually taught us anything.

Since we had so much extra time we decided to have a Fajita Night. Aaron came back with us to Wigram and we went grocery shopping. We got soo much food. Even worse....Aaron and I made sure none of it went to waste. Our simple little Fajita Night turned into a In it to Win it Fajita Night. I have never been in so much pain from eating. 5 fajitas later and all Aaron and I could do was lie on the common room couches and moan. It was miserable yet amazing all at once. We're gonna have to continue the tradition at Babson.

Afterwards I just laid in bed unable to move....a good excuse for putting off my paper more.

Wednesday was the last real Devising London class. It was exhausting. We did a rough run of the show that took almost the whole class and she didn't give us a break. I liked our yoga though. I'm starting to get the hang of it....too bad it's over. The show is this Wednesday which is crazy. I hope we're prepared. I think Aaron and I might try to get her to cut one of our skits. After class Jessy, Aaron and I went to Subway and then to the Library. I give myself a little credit for trying to do some work. I managed to check some books out which was half.....well maybe like an eighth of the battle.

Thursday I had a presentation in London Theatre. I think it went pretty okay. I did it on the Drum Revolve at the National Theatre. OH! I went to see Much Ado Again. I might have already posted that, I'm not sure. I only stayed through half because I bought a standing ticket but it was still pretty good. I got enough notes to write my paper for that class. I love the National. I wish I had time to see one more show there. So yea the presentation went well for that class. I'm pretty much done with it. I don't think I'm going to go next week because I will have turned in all my work for it and Nicole will be here!!!

After class I went to the Library and did some work before Tourism Development which I didn't make it to. It was just gorgeous and Laura convinced me just to go back to the dorm. I hung out in her room because she has windows and it was just great. Nice and sunny and kinda warm with a slight breeze.

We were going to go out that night but instead decided to go shopping over by Oxford Circus. There were a bunch of stores I hadn't been to so we went and browsed. Afterwards we went to Starbucks because our plan is to steal complete sets of the mugs they use (I know this is immoral in some ways but I mean common they overcharge for their drinks to begin with and then the Americans end up paying double with the conversion, we deserve to take the mug too). Unfortunetly, they were only giving out paper take away cups. When we got back to Wigram we just kinda hung out. We hang out in Laura's a lot. We're here right now.

Yesterday, Laura, Meg and I thought it would be a good idea to go for a run. I mean it wasn't a horrible idea. Meg and I kept a leisurely pace in our sweats while Laura showed off and ran like 3 times as many laps as us in her special running spandexy pants. We went to Starbucks after to do work....we didn't really get any done but we did manage to get our mugs. I got a baby espresso one....it's SO cute.

It was club night so after showering, making dinner, hanging out, and waiting for people to come over we headed to Strawberry Moon. Laura's friend Kayla came and her boyfriend Jack who's from London and one of the Queen's Guards...Wilson came too. After a little while at the club this old guy comes in who I had sworn I had seen before. I thought he could be famous but I wasn't sure. I kinda just forgot about it until the DJ goes "Let's welcome the one and only George Michaels." I FLIPPED out. I was scream like a tweenager at a NYSNC concert. Mainly because I was so excited to tell mom when I got home. It was SOOOO much fun. We danced like crazy. Everyone was singing along and going nuts. So he then goes on to say he was going to bring a special guest and starts singing a song of Elton Johns. Now Jack told us earlier that Elton John goes to Strawberry Moon so I start freaking out even more. But like 2 seconds later my entire night was ruined as the WORST Elton John impersonator comes out on stage. Then I started to questioning my buddy George as well. I was so sad. When I got home I checked online and sure enough on the calendar last night was a George Michaels impersonator. I mean I'll give him credit....he was REALLY good. I was really excited though thinking I was getting a random impromptu concert from a famous person. I feel kinda stupid, luckily though I think people were too preoccupied to notice me. It was still really fun.

Today was the Cambridge Oxford Boat Race. Aaron, Laura and I headed out at like 4 for it. It was really gross out which didn't make it an excellent day for deal with crowds of drunk people on the bank of a river. It was still cool to see. It made me wish I still rowed. I'm glad I can say I went. I think Oxford won...I don't really remember. There were so many people it was overwhelming. Other than that we've pretty much just been hanging out in Laura's room. I managed to write like 800 words of my paper and have a better idea of where it's going which is good. We just had a McDonalds break. We did the math and figured its cheaper to get 2 happy meals than a regular and you can get two drinks that way and since we get bottled water I still have one to bring to the library tomorrow.

I need to get my paper done tomorrow because I still have another to write and Nicole gets here Tuesday. Soooo much work. I can't wait to be done. Okay so it's not that much work but it's really hard to concentrate. I only have like 11 days left in London....it's going by soooo fast. Okay I'm gonna work a little more and then head to bed. Tomorrow is daylight savings time so I am going to be 5 hours ahead of home again.

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