I’ve been a little lax about blogging the last few days. I could offer a lot of excuses, like the internet has been really slow, which it has, or that I’ve been doing other things, which I have, but the honest truth is that I just haven’t been in the mood.

I haven’t been doing too many super interesting things. On Friday I got  up early and went with a couple of my friends and went all over the city. We started out at the Tate, because the Millais Ophelia painting is finally back, and I really wanted to see it, so we did. Then we went over to St Pauls so I could take a picture of it with Monty and so that my friend Steph could buy a poster. Then it was over the Millenium Bridge, and pictures with the Tate Modern, the Gherkin, and the Globe. Finally we went to the Banqueting House, which is the only remaining part of Whitehall Palace, which burned down in 1698. Charles I was executed at the Banqueting House and its interiors were one of the last things that he saw before he died, so it was a little surreal. The paintings on the ceiling were beautiful. I really am glad that we went, because I thought about just skipping it, but it was a good plan to go. That evening we just relaxed again and watched some TV and chattered.

Saturday was more of the same. My friend Katie and I were going to go to Primrose Hill, which is supposed to have beautiful views of London, only the tube we needed was closed. Instead we ended up stopping at Kings Cross. So we went to Platform 9 3/4 and I got a couple of pictures of Monty there, and then we went to the British Library and looked through the treasure room. Which is still cool even though I’ve been 3 times. I also hunted through the gift shop there, because I thought maybe I would find something cool for my dad there. No luck. I have almost given up hope of finding something for him. Then we just fought the crowds on the tube at came home. I took a nap and finished reading Atonement. I forgot that Briony goes to the Imperial War Museum at the end, and it was talking about the cramped elevator up to the reading room, and I got very excited, because I’ve been in that cramped elevator!! Yes, I’m aware I’m a huge dork, I’ve embraced it. Later that night several of us got together and watched Will & Grace. We watched the Gay Mafia episode with Elton John. I love that episode! I also ate a whole pint of Ben & Jerry’s Bohemian Raspberry and had a tummy ache so I went to be early.

Today has been super unproductive. I have a final tomorrow and I have yet to study for it. I’m just not that worried about it, and so I am lacking in motivation. Instead of studying I wrote half a dozen emails, read 70 pages in Gone with the Wind, watched an episode of Brideshead Revisited, made lunch, cleaned the kitchen up, cleaned my room, took an hour long nap, Facebook stalked, wrote an essay for something at home, walked with my friend Steph to Waitrose and Starbucks and listened to several cds worth of Christmas music. Then about 10 of us got together for a spagetti dinner and had a good time. It was a lot of fun. And now I’m blogging and running out of excuses to look over my notes for my final tomorrow. Yikes. Its 19th Century British Women Novelists. I actually know something about that topic, and lets face it, these classes are a cakewalk compared to Wofford.

I only have 6 days left here. That seems weird. I’ve already started a list of things that I will NOT miss about London, so that when I get home and start missing it, I can look at that list and remember why it is nice to be in Duncan. Plus, I am starting to get insanely excited about seeing people from home again. 3 days of finals, 2 days of final London stuff, and a day of travel and then I’ll be home for Christmas! I already have so many plans to see people, and I’m looking forward to all of them! So on that note, I’m off to find some other reason not to study.

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