where did i leave off? mom & dad? london? so, they left & i hung out at the talbots house for a week. i did absolutely nothing. nothing but catch up on the shows that i've been missing. & sleep in a lot. it was super relaxing. i managed to make everything fit into my suitcases {after sending plenty home with the parents}. the talbots brought me back to school on saturday. my new room is in the main house {the castle} in the tower. lower tower, so there are fewer stairs. but still too many stairs. i have three roommates now. i'm not necessarily friends with any of them but they're nice & i like them. our room is about a third of the size of my old one. i have to get used to having minimal storage space for my shoe collection. my friends let me store a small suitcase of stuff in their room.
getting back to lectures was good. i think i like having a schedule again. we have our first assignment of term due next week. my new seat in lectures is dangerously close to the front...
we found out where we're going for ten day outreach. so, in march, i'll be going to leeds with a team of ten-ish people. i'm excited but i have no idea what we'll be doing.
a butterfly/moth creature landed on my head indoors the other day. i thought that was notable.
we had family night last night. we had tacos. it was delicious. & we played games. i love my family. :)
i read the hunger games last week. if you don't know what it is, google it. & then read it. it's amazing & now i can't wait for the movie.
we had a race today around the loop. obviously i didn't run. i watched & cheered. as with every sporting event.
my new duty is resetting to tables after breakfast. i'm not big on morning duties...
so, that's just about everything. & it's almost dinner time.
if you didn't see my facebook post, i'm staying for spring school, so i'll see you in june!
the end.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Monday, January 2, 2012
happy new year & such
well, let me catch you up on my life...
so, after chesterfield, we traveled all day... train to manchester, flight to paris, expensive taxi to hotel, crash on beds.
we had made plans to meet luke & david & david's girlfriend in front of the notre dame at eleven our first morning & planned to give ourselves plenty of time to get there. we meant to leave at 9:30 but had failed to take the hour time difference into account... we realized this a ten-ish... so, we rushed to get ready & asked at the front desk about the fastest way to get there. shuttle bus to the metro & metro to notre dame, we arrived at 11:40. whoops. we just went into notre dame assuming that they had given up on waiting for us. we needed food & batteries for my camera, so we went in search of both. after over-paying for both, we returned to notre dame & just happened to run into david & simone & luke. we went through notre dame again & then happened upon the shakespeare & co. bookstore. we were just wandering & jamie pointed out. i either gasped or squealed or a combination of the two & ran inside. it was heaven in bookstore form. i could've stayed all day. then we went to the louvre. we practically ran through it because we were meeting more friends at the eiffel tower. the louvre is enormous so i'm sure we didn't see half of it. we did see mona lisa though. she's tiny & constantly surrounded by a huge crowd of people. we saw her from afar. we managed to find our way out & started the long walk to the eiffel tower. it's really big so it seemed a lot closer than it really was. we found our friends, bought crepes, & went to the top of the tower. it was crazy windy & a little rainy & it seems that i suffer from bouts of fear of heights. {that was badly phrased...} the view was amazing & we took pictures then descended then parted ways & took the metro back to our hotel. the next morning, we wanted to find this really big mall/shopping centre thing, but we got lost then couldn't find it & wandered around then gave up. we went back, ate dinner in the irish pub {?} in out hotel, & packed up. we woke up early the next morning to make our 7:45-ish flight. the airport security was on strike so that all took forever. we flew into manchester & checked into our hotel. it was still morning & we felt like we had already had a full day. we were exhausted & but we went out & shopped for christmas gifts & such. the next morning, i took the train to preston where the talbots picked me up & jamie flew home.
on christmas, we slept in & went to sarah & andy's house. from audrey, i got a pair of brown pants that i had been eyeing & from sarah & emma, i got onesie pyjamas & a sippy cup {since i have a habit of spilling things...} it was a relaxing day & we just hung out & watched movies. we spent the night at their house & i slept in aidan's soccer themed room in my onesie. i felt like a little child. haha.
my parents flew in on the 27th & we had a chill few days. we stayed in a house a few doors down from the talbots. it was perfect. i got show them around capernwray & ribchester. we went to london on the 30th. we stayed in a flat owned by friends of the talbots. we slept int the next day & then walked all around london, seeing all the sights. we stayed in for new years eve & watched what was going on outside our window on tv. it was much warmer & drier. we left the next day & i spent the evening repacking everything to move back to the talbots' & deciding what to sent back with mom & dad. i did fairly well. we watched ferris bueller on tv then i stayed up late catching up on glee online.
mom & dad came in this morning & we said our final see-you-laters. it was sad but i'll be home before i know it. :)
& that is most of what you've missed. i'm sure i've forgotten things but i tire of typing.
love you. <3
the end.
so, after chesterfield, we traveled all day... train to manchester, flight to paris, expensive taxi to hotel, crash on beds.
we had made plans to meet luke & david & david's girlfriend in front of the notre dame at eleven our first morning & planned to give ourselves plenty of time to get there. we meant to leave at 9:30 but had failed to take the hour time difference into account... we realized this a ten-ish... so, we rushed to get ready & asked at the front desk about the fastest way to get there. shuttle bus to the metro & metro to notre dame, we arrived at 11:40. whoops. we just went into notre dame assuming that they had given up on waiting for us. we needed food & batteries for my camera, so we went in search of both. after over-paying for both, we returned to notre dame & just happened to run into david & simone & luke. we went through notre dame again & then happened upon the shakespeare & co. bookstore. we were just wandering & jamie pointed out. i either gasped or squealed or a combination of the two & ran inside. it was heaven in bookstore form. i could've stayed all day. then we went to the louvre. we practically ran through it because we were meeting more friends at the eiffel tower. the louvre is enormous so i'm sure we didn't see half of it. we did see mona lisa though. she's tiny & constantly surrounded by a huge crowd of people. we saw her from afar. we managed to find our way out & started the long walk to the eiffel tower. it's really big so it seemed a lot closer than it really was. we found our friends, bought crepes, & went to the top of the tower. it was crazy windy & a little rainy & it seems that i suffer from bouts of fear of heights. {that was badly phrased...} the view was amazing & we took pictures then descended then parted ways & took the metro back to our hotel. the next morning, we wanted to find this really big mall/shopping centre thing, but we got lost then couldn't find it & wandered around then gave up. we went back, ate dinner in the irish pub {?} in out hotel, & packed up. we woke up early the next morning to make our 7:45-ish flight. the airport security was on strike so that all took forever. we flew into manchester & checked into our hotel. it was still morning & we felt like we had already had a full day. we were exhausted & but we went out & shopped for christmas gifts & such. the next morning, i took the train to preston where the talbots picked me up & jamie flew home.
on christmas, we slept in & went to sarah & andy's house. from audrey, i got a pair of brown pants that i had been eyeing & from sarah & emma, i got onesie pyjamas & a sippy cup {since i have a habit of spilling things...} it was a relaxing day & we just hung out & watched movies. we spent the night at their house & i slept in aidan's soccer themed room in my onesie. i felt like a little child. haha.
my parents flew in on the 27th & we had a chill few days. we stayed in a house a few doors down from the talbots. it was perfect. i got show them around capernwray & ribchester. we went to london on the 30th. we stayed in a flat owned by friends of the talbots. we slept int the next day & then walked all around london, seeing all the sights. we stayed in for new years eve & watched what was going on outside our window on tv. it was much warmer & drier. we left the next day & i spent the evening repacking everything to move back to the talbots' & deciding what to sent back with mom & dad. i did fairly well. we watched ferris bueller on tv then i stayed up late catching up on glee online.
mom & dad came in this morning & we said our final see-you-laters. it was sad but i'll be home before i know it. :)
& that is most of what you've missed. i'm sure i've forgotten things but i tire of typing.
love you. <3
the end.
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