Friday 8/3/12
After a long week full of late nights and early mornings and more papers than I can count on both hands, the last thing I wanted to do was wake up early on my day off and do something with my group. Unfortunately, that's exactly what I had to do. We went to Kew Gardens, which was really pretty, I just wish I wasn't so exhausted. We only spent about 2 hours there, we walked around a bit and stopped to get some breakfast at a cafe there. On top of all of this- I was really cold because, as I should have learned by now, London weather is really unpredictable, so I got caught in the cloudy cool day with just a tanktop on...not a very ideal situation. After the gardens, I came back to the flats and ending up sleeping until almost 7pm...I think exhaustion would be an understatement. I woke up, made food (I've been living off of heat-up meals from Waitrose for the past few days, so good and so easy to make!) After that, I ended up just having a quiet night in with the people from my program-it was nice to just relax, but I still couldn't shake the feeling of homesickness that I thought my nap would waive. I ended up watching a movie on my computer and falling asleep.
I woke up with a plan to knock out some serious sightseeing during my last weekend in London. I lazily awoke and felt no motivation to go anywhere outside the confines of my flat. I spent most of the day watching the Olympics with my friends/flatmates. Nothing too exciting event wise, some track and field events that I mindlessly stared at and cheered for the red white and blue (Both Team GB and Team USA!) We then decided everyone for our group should go out to a bar to celebrate our last Saturday night in London. To spare everyone the excruciating details, it turned out to be a terrible night. The club we went to reminded me of a bad bar mitzvah party- for godsakes, they were playing "We Are Family" and everyone was frustrated and tired to the point that I left for the bar at 11:30 and was back in bed at 1:30... it was not my ideal way to spend the last weekend in London.
Sunday 8/5/12
Determined to turn my weekend around, I woke up early, made myself some breakfast and left for Oxford Street to do some shopping. My first stop was primark and I got a new bag, a scarf, a headband and a candle. Next, I ventured down to Selfridges, which was like no store I've ever gone into... I was expecting an average department store, but instead it was like a small city in there- each section split up into different little stores. I ended up buying a present for myself--some Marc by Marc Jacobs earrings! I'm too nervous to even wear them because they're so pretty! I then went to topshop and got some sale jewelry there! Overall, it was a very successful shopping day! After, I came home and just hung out at the flats and worked on a bit of homework. Even just the few hours I had to myself to shop changed my mood completely, it was amazing! Also, that candle I bought from Primark helped a lot as well. Everytime i'm in my room I light it and it makes me feel instantly better- it also reminds me a lot of home because my apartment at school has candles always lit!
Sorry this took forever to post, and I realize how complainy it sounds... I'm sorry! I'm off to catch up on the rest of my time, which I promise will be more cheery and optimistic!
xoxox
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