Almost home

Homework and finals are done at last!! I finally got them all finished up on friday and I've already gotten a few things back. In theory I should be looking at good grades for the term, but there are lots of assignments to factor in, and I won't count on anything just yet.

I'm down to my last few days here in London. I've got very mixed feelings about it. Here's what I have decided: I never want to leave London, I want nothing more than to stay here. BUT- I do miss family and friends back home, so if you all would kindly hop a jet across the pond, I'd be much obliged. Really though, I do leave in a few days time and I'm just going to concentrate now on spending my last homework-free days here enjoying myself.

When I do get back home I will have no official reason to keep up a blog. My life will get significantly less exciting (Appleton, sadly, does not compare to London) and I'll have very little to report on. However, if people want me to then I'll at least give it a go of keeping up with this back home. I know I don't email a whole lot, so I'll think on it, and if you have input then let me know what you think. You can email me (beankm@hotmail.com) or respond here, or just stay silent and I'll make a decision later. Hope the holidays go well, and here's me signing off from London!

Final countdown

Only a few days left, its crazy! This week I saw the show August: Osage County, which was really interesting. They managed to make it funny and moving, although I thought the audience was a bit too quick to laugh. We also went to a football match yesterday, which was awesome. I'm not much of one to get into sports too much, especially not the ones where everyone is obnoxious as they watch it *cough*americanfootball*cough* but I had a really good time. I was shouting and cheering right along with the rest of the crowd. I went for the local team, Queens Park Rangers, and I bought a QPR scarf as a souvenir. The colors are the same as Lawrence, so I can just pretend thats who i'm trying to support.

It was a little chilly, but I really didn't need to be wearing the scarf. Whodathunk that its December now? When we got to the stadium Kylie and I each picked a footballer to follow, just so we had someone to cheer for, and I picked N. 14: Martin Rowlands. Turns out he was one of the best players on the team, and he ended up scoring the winning goal! Well, he actually scored the only goal, which is to say the score was 1:0. So anyway, the game was really really fun. This week we'll see one more show (the last of the year) and there'll be a small secret santa gift exchange before we all head home. In between now and then i've got loads of homework to do. So off I go, to do the final push!

Nearing the end

I haven't got much to report, but this lets me put off my homework for a second longer. I've only got two more weeks left here, which seems strange. I've grown so accustomed to living here, even in ways I don't consciously think about. Kylie asked me the other day if I thought i'd have trouble driving when I got back. I said "No, I haven't driven a car here so there's nothing to mess me up. I'm sure out of instinct i'll drive on the left side of the road, its just when i'm walking about that I might look the wrong way" She just sort of looked at me and said "Do you mean 'drive on the right side of the road'?" Woops. So maybe i'll take a break from driving and busy intersections for a bit when I get back.

I've finally discovered the beauty of the public library system here (they've got nationalised health care, I don't know why public libararies all of a sudden impress me so much). Its wonderful because i'm getting work done (well, not now, right now i'm blogging...) and i'm getting out of the house (hurray!) and i'm not paying for time by refilling on tea. I suppose I ought to head back to working. Or rather, should start working. Tonight i'm gonna go see the giant Christmas tree in Trafalgar square get lit up. There'll be choirs there and maybe if i'm really good it'll snow. Right, heres me being a good and dutiful student, going back to my studies. I'll write again soon!