i had a feeling a blog would be difficult for me to keep up with-how right i was. i lack discipline...
so it has been about a month since i've updated. i'm still having a blast in london. i'm working really hard, but enjoying it immensely. i've been able to take a lot of ownership at work which has been really fulfilling, and way better than stuffing envelopes (although i must admit i do my fair share of that...the other day i stuffed 500!) i love the women i work with, and i can definitely see myself working for a nonprofit in the future. it has really opened my eyes to a lot of different career paths.
classes are still going well, although i can't help but get annoyed when i have outside work to do. i know its silly, but it just feels so awful to be stuck inside writing a paper about london instead of going out and exploring it. but for the most part, my "tutors" (as they are called here) are really good and i'm learning a lot. it is fun to be able to be surrounded by the things i am studying...for example last night I saw The Tempest for my Shakespeare class, and what better than to see an actual play by the man himself in LONDON, the place where it all happened.
i went to sweden a few weeks ago for fall break, and had a really great time. it felt a lot like new england, which was funny and unexpected. lots of foliage, beautiful trees, and for a big city (we were in stockholm) it felt extremely manageable. perhaps its because london is so intense, that anything else just pails in comparison. but that trip was great, i went with a five friends on the program and we all just had a really relaxing and fun time.
next on the list is AUSTRIA-november 19. i am still debating portugal, its fairly cheap and i really want to go somewhere a bit warmer. after that, its thanksgiving which i think i will be hanging around in london for-airfare has gotten a bit pricy, and honestly it will be nice to catch up with myself. sometimes i forget how important that is for my own sanity. after thanksgiving, its ireland, then two weeks i'm back in america. god, thats a crazy thought.
my parents are coming in a little over a week, and i cannot wait. i need some family love. it will be really neat to show them around a city i have been living in that they have no idea about.
i'm learning to knit tomorrow! the woman who runs our program offered to teach me and a few friends, and i've always wanted to so i figured now was the time! goal is to knit myself a hat. i think i can i think i can....
