Ready for a description of Hell Week? Good. Prepare yourself. Actually, it really wasn’t a hell week. I just was sick and had lots of studying and presentations to do. So, the first part was hell week. Then it got nicer. :)
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| Oxford and Cambridge Club- girls! |
Monday: Let’s just say that there was lots of studying on Sunday night, and it moved into this day as well. I also was sick, lost my voice, and had to give 2 presentations today as well. Awesome. Turned in one of my papers, went to the gym and almost died from not being able to breathe, and continued studying for my next presentation. Followed with dinner at My Old Dutch where I got a very, very sad excuse for a salad that also made my stomach very sad and hungry, but whatever. I got back home, continued studying and wishing I was still in Ireland/the week was already over, made a powerpoint, and then took medicine and passed out.
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| Fancy at our final dinner |
Tuesday: Woke up early for the gym again today, once again made a mistake and wasn’t able to breathe while running on the treadmill (you’d think I would learn), and followed that up by some more studying and finally giving my humanities presentation with Diana on the “best invention of the 20th century” – naturally, we chose sliced bread and managed to amuse the class, so we were happy that wasn’t a fail. I took a nap after that class, then woke up in time to fill out some paperwork before going to my history class, then followed with dinner at Da Mario’s (and there delicious swordfish pasta. Yum!). Then I went home, took a study break by watching a TV show, and then decided to work on my blog as opposed to actually preparing for my history speech. Probably not smart, but I’ve got it all written out and I’ll go over it tomorrow at the gym (while I probably suffer from further lack of breathing issues from this damn cold) and then be prepared. Hopefully. We’ll see. At this point, I just want Friday to come so I can write my two essays and be done with my first final. I could do without this cold, too.
Wednesday: I had my final presentation today and it went well. Finally, 4 presentations down, no more to go! Still slightly sick, but I woke up with a hymn stuck in my head and it kind of just made everything so much nicer and pleasant. I’ve been at peace since then, even with looming finals and papers and paperwork for Visa applications… It’s kind of nice. Anyhow, spent the rest of the day hitting the gym, studying, hanging with the friends, before a slightly early evening. Nothing too exciting.
Thursday: Slept in again today- I’m really trying to kill this cold. I only had a museum visit, which turned out to be a really interesting experience. Apparently the tube line we were supposed to take was flooding or on fire or something (really… they said something about both over the loudspeakers at the station) so we had to change up our pathway and kind of improvise our walk to this museum that is out in the middle of nowhere. Literally. And then we ended up getting ridiculously lost because British people are awful at giving directions. One of the girls and I finally grabbed a cab when we were 20 minutes late to the beginning of the visit, got to the museum, ran in, and realized that we weren’t the only ones to have gotten lost. So, I guess that’s a plus. We were the last to find it, though. Oops. Following the visit, I came home, send some post cards, went to a meeting, made a delicious dinner of leftovers, and hit up some more studying and TV show watching before eating some snacks, studying a bit more, and then crashing out before midnight. Awesome. 
Friday: Woke up early today for a final bit of studying before my 10am final. Of course, the surprises started when there was a ridiculously small amount of food for breakfast. I mean, there was a lot of cereal… just no milk. Awesome. That made for a bunch of angry, stressed people. Anyhow, after eating my boring toast, I reviewed quickly, then flew through my two-essay final in an hour, returned to my room to research for Tuesday’s final (I was feeling very productive today), then went out to lunch and enjoyed the sun with some friends, before returning home to fill out my Visa paperwork. Honestly- I got so much done today, and I am so proud of myself. It just reduces the stress levels further, even though I’m still strangely at peace since waking up Wednesday morning. It’s great. And I’ll be going to Turkey soon and home in less than two weeks! I can’t wait! Friday night we hit up a pub for dinner, then met up with some more of the group and headed over to one of the larger bars. It was so much fun going out with a huge group again- hopefully we’ll keep that up this weekend! 
Saturday: Slept in (was a lovely experience), slowly got ready (just as lovely- I like being able to move slowly in the morning), and then headed out to the gym for a little workout before moving into the afternoon. It’s not half as sunny here today, which is kind of a bummer, but that’s okay. I’ll take it as long as it isn’t raining. California- you’d better get all the rain out of your system before I come home, because I expect SUN and WARMTH. After the gym and following situps and other such exercising productivity, I wept over the fact that the sun disappeared and London rain reappeared. No thank you. Regardless of such, Diana, Andrew, and I headed out to Putney for the Oxford-Cambridge boat race, which stupidly started early, so we missed that bit, but at least we got to hang around with the huge amount of people that tail-gated the thing. That was cool, and we saw a new place. That night saw us to The Eagle, a really awesome pub with an ever-changing menu and steak sandwiches to die for. Very, very good.
Sunday: I slept in again, and then realized it was far later than I’d expected because a time change occurred. Whoops. After this realization, I got ready and went out with Diana, Andrew, and Alex for some Chinese food for lunch, and then a lovely walk around Westminster and Saint James’ park, all the way to Buckingham palace. Why? Because the sun was out again, the park was in bloom, the lake was gorgeous and it was just a perfect day to take a stroll. And, it’s out last Sunday in London! Such a sad, sad thought. I’m trying to ignore it. The rest of the late afternoon and evening were, unfortunately, filled with gym and studying for my Tuesday final. Almost there! 
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