Another boring post

Hey everyone, sorry its been awhile since I've posted but I haven't been up to too much. This is the part of the STUDY abroad, something I kind of forgot about at first. This past weekend I had a lazy weekend and was trying to get over a little sickness that had been lingering around since Istanbul. I am feeling good again though.

For Steve and anyone interested, I started running a little bit again. This past week I went on my first run since November 23rd (the day of the Marathon). I've now managed three runs and hopefully I can keep it a regular thing :)

I'll give you a little walk through of what I did last week, or what I can remember anyways. 

Last Tuesday I took a dancing lesson, West Coast Swing. It was sooooo much fun, West Coast Swing is a modern form of swing dancing that is pretty hip, atleast I thought so. I am doing it again tomorrow night and then maybe the next Tuesday as well. 

Last Thursday after classes a couple of us went out to a bar that had a cover band that was really good. I literally knew every single song that they played and had a great time. I met a really cool guy from Sweden that was in for the night. I hung out with him all night and really enjoyed it. Also, there was a pretty cool girl from Paris that I met! She was definitely a good looker, she wrote her e-mail address on my arm to contact her again (she just moved here and doesn't have a phone in the UK yet) but of course I forgot until the next morning when it completely wiped off. My mom doesn't want me falling for any foreign girls though so maybe it was fate. 

On Friday we didn't do a whole lot, I lounged around Kensington, walked Hyde Park and that sort of thing. For dinner on Friday we went to a pub to eat because it had been awhile. I had to try the famous British dish, shephard's pie. It was very interesting to say the least but now I can say I gave it a try. 

As for Valentine's day, I didn't take anyone on a date (although I was considering), but instead I made dinner for four other girls. Not too many guys can say they wined and dined four girls at once ;) My menu was red pepper bruschetta, tomato basil soup w/ some really good french bread I picked up, and for dessert I handmade some dark chocolate covered strawberries. The girls were definitely impressed and I have to thank my momma for making me such a domesticated guy. 

I spent most of Sunday studying for a test that I had today (Monday). The test was for my Islam class and all of the information was pretty interesting. A plus is that I think I did pretty well on it. 

I have a really busy week this week and I will definitely post at the end of it to let you all know how it went. But as I mentioned tomorrow I am going to my dance class again. Wednesday I think I am going to go out for dinner in Chinatown. On Thursday I am going to see Stonehenge and then spending the rest of the day in Bath (famous Roman city). Thursday night one of the girls on the trip is celebrating her birthday, so I'll go out for that. Friday I want to get to a different part of London, maybe

 Paddington or South Bank. Saturday, I am going to Oxford. I'll be checking out the oldest college in the world, its over 1000 years old and then spending the rest of the day there. And finally on Sunday I am going to a football match (or as we would say in America, a soccer game). I'm kind of excited for that because I here the games are just nuts over here. The game is at 1 on a Sunday and the guy I am going with said we'll

 have to go to a pub to have some drinks before the game (on a Sunday!?!?!). 

Wow, that was a lot, apparently I'll be sleeping for the next two days after this weekend. Next week (on the 27th) my spring break begins! And that means 9 days in Italy! I am crazy excited for that. 

Hopefully it's warming up back in the states and further I hope everyone is doing well. I miss everyone and can't wait to see you all when I get back in May. The Buckass team better be getting on top of my return/graduation party ;) I just got an e-mail today saying I'm already and set for graduation upon my return. For those of you who didn't know, I decided that I am not going to walk for graduation. The reason for that being, all of my friends still have a year left, so I wouldn't really know anyone that will be walking. Hopefully I go to grad school someday, and if so I promise I'll walk for that. 

Love you all and have a great week!

 

Cheers!