So this weekend, since it was the weekend after fall break, we decided to stay here in London [this conversation went like this, “Whit, I think we should stay in town the weekend after break.” She said something like “Why would we do that?” and I said “we’re going to be exhausted!”]. Since then Whit has thanked me numerous times for the great idea of staying in London.
And amazingly, even though we stayed in town, I’m still really worn out from our adventures. Crazy. So here is what we did this week:
We came back to school, drained on Sunday. I spent all of Monday and Tuesday recuperating from the past 10 days by wearing only flip-flops and not leaving the building at all [I also made it a point to lotion my feet both in the mornings and in the evenings to make up for all that I’d put them through the past week].
Wednesday I had to venture off campus for a class and noticed the red leaves on our building [they are great and I will have to get a picture before they all fall off]. They are so bright and cheery against the grey sky of most of most days. I also noticed that we are finally moving into fall. I heard that Missouri has a low of 30 today, thankfully, although it’s getting colder, it hasn’t gotten that low yet.
Then, you’ll be proud Flanna and Haddy, we watched Casablanca with the boys [Andrew and Robi] and some other folks.
Thursday we went to bookstores and a theatre store [which has plays and such].
Friday Whit, Andrew and I went shopping. Although not coming back with what we were really looking for, we did come back with some stellar items. [side note: still no freakin shoes!].
Saturday Kamani, Whit and I went first to the British Museum [this is where England collects all the stolen property from other countries; ie: numerous sculptures from the Greek Parthenon.] Then we had a peanut butter and fluff party in Robi and Andrew’s room and watched some funny new film with Tom Hanks in it [I think Tom Hanks, anyway].
Sunday we went to church [the great place we found at the beginning of school], and then Whit and I went to Harrods and then to the Victoria and Albert Museum [the V&A]. That was really cool, we went into this exhibit on Black people in Britain; it was pretty sweet. Then since it was Halloween [and Mom, I definitely wore the Halloween item you sent me:], we watched Harry Potter 2 in the boys room [can you tell that Robi has his DVD collection here now? :].
And that was my weekend [smile]. Now for some random information. Boys here with longer hair wear headbands; how weird is that! It can be the skinny plastic bands that go behind your ears, or the full circle bands that are thicker and made of stretchy material. It’s so weird.
And here’s a picture of the ridiculous fuzzy boots that are popular over here:
http://sti1856q.seamlesstech.com/Merchant/lolli_boots.jpg
Last thing, scheduling. Here is my list of teachers and classes that I am hoping to take. If you would like to post your experience [suggestions, warnings, etc] with any of the teachers, that would be helpful. Also, if any of you have books that I might purchase from you for the class, that would be great too.
Global Futures-Chin
Global Values-Espisito
Math and Inquiry [gag]-Borodich
Figure Drawing-Mark Hall
Commercial Photography-Rebecca Miller
Scuba-yeah, I have no clue who this teacher is, but I am so taking the class.
LOVE YA<><,
*maike rinaye*
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