Well, today is officially the last day of the best summer of my life. Tomorrow, everyone will get on their separate flights and travel back home (or in a few cases, around Europe). Granted, I will be staying a few extra days with my dad and Emily but it won't be the same. Today will be a day filled with cleaning, packing and maybe a few tears. I don't want to leave. I don't want to forget about these people that have become like family to me. I know what you're thinking. "Don't you all go to the same school?" Yes. But if everyone got on with their lives well enough before, why should they worry about keeping up with these new people. I hope that's not the case. I've made some really great friends on this trip and I would do everything over again in an instant. This has seriously been the greatest experience of my life and I am so thankful I was able to do this. Though it was expensive, I definitely think I got the most out of my trip by never letting a day or an opportunity go to waste. I think I grew up a lot as well; London has made me more responsible and mature. Man, I'm going to miss this place.
My last few days of classes went really well. Well, Media & Politics- maybe not- but the rest went well. I wrote my final essay exam in CBD on what makes a good t.v. drama and I feel really good about it. I really hope I get an A in that class. For Pop Culture & Diversity, I wrote a paper on image and stereotype in the music industry with specific looks at the Beatles and the Spice Girls. I'm really proud of that paper and I think my presentation went really well (minus the 3 technical difficulties). I had a video clip of the boys giving an interview about their "style" that always makes me smile just to watch them talk :) And I had the scene from Spice World where the girls are talking about their stereotypes on the bus. Best part of my presentation! haha
My dad and my sister arrived early Thursday morning for a few days in London and then we are heading to Paris for the beginning of next week. It was so funny- I was walking back from class in the morning and just came across them on the street. So random! But it was good to see them. It's a little strange and uncomfortable because they aren't supposed to be in this context, you know? It's like when you have a really crazy dream and then someone from real life just walks in the middle of it. You don't really know what to do.
But it was good. We walked around for a bit and decided to eat lunch at A friend At Hand- the cute little pub we watched one of the World Cup games at. It was delicious but a little early for a pint (in my case anyway). After class, they swung by the flat on their way out to the South Bank of the Thames where they could see the Eye, the Globe, the Tate Modern, etc. I stayed here, deciding what to do tonight to celebrate and ended up taking a nap. I fell asleep to Macki playing Abbey Road= perfect.
When I finally woke up, Macki and I got ready to hit the streets of SoHo. I'm sad that I didn't spend much time there before but I think we might head back that way tonight. Anyway, we couldn't find anyone else around the house so we headed out for a little one-on-one time. I have to say, it was a wonderful night. No pressure, no arguing. No "hey, let's go here!"..."ugh [groans] no". It was so easy. We ended up at a little pub on a corner and got some ciders and just hung out and talked about everything. Then we split a 6 GBP pizza which was amazing. We finished off the night with a Gin n' Tonic at another little pub. We came home to watch A Hard Day's Night and fell asleep.
Like I said, today might be a little tough. But the sooner it's over the sooner we can all get back to school and start having more fun together :) Just gotta make it happen.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment