Meet Me Halfway

About one month down and exactly one more to go. I'm on the middle ground about how excited I am. On one hand, it's crazy how fast this trip is going and I'm sad that some people who only came for the first session will be going home this week. On the other hand, I've had my homesick moments so I don't mind thinking about my return to comforting (and sunny!) California.

Random updates:

• I've lost my hearing. My voice is also a bit raspy, but I definitely cannot hear from as long a distance anymore o.O You can blame that on speakers from clubs and karaokes, wooh.
• Almost saw Coldplay last weekend which is on my life to-do list. Sooo close!!
• I'm running out of food and money really fast. And by that I mean if my mom doesn't not send me more by the end of this week, I'm as good as a hobo.
• Might be going to home #1--Paris--for this upcoming long weekend. I'm insanely excited for all the baked goods I'm going to consume.
• Talking about consuming, somehow, despite my low-budgeted supply of food, I eat like a freakin' cow.
• This Physics ordeal is a BLAST. /sarcasm
• Despite the missing home and being broke ordeals, if I could reside in Brighton I would. Beautiful, beautiful place. I just can't get enough.

Below are a before (1st week) and after (right now) pics of my food supply (not counting the stuff in the fridge. The bag contains rice and pasta and spices. The box of assorted cookies was mauled by a hungry teenage girl and is now empty.... sigh.

Boredom?

Today, our first set of homework and labs were finally due (yeah, I'm here for Physics 'member?) and just a few minutes ago I reached a high enough level of boredom to go wash my dishes. I'm in England, I shouldn't be getting bored, right? RIGHT?!

Wrong.

I'm an international bore. Granted, I expected this--I get bored really easily. I need to constantly be doing things. Nonetheless, this is not a bad boredom. It's a British boredom. I feel good and relaxed. Usually, back in the USofA, when I get bored I get anxious and stressed. Here the possibilities are endless: a run? a club? the beach? A run to the club that's on the beach?? Endless!!

For now, I just ate and am thus in a food coma. So my boredom is actually laziness and will leave as soon as I digest. Huh. So... this entire post is irrelevant. My bad.

PS. Happy France Day (Jour de la Bastille)!! Wrong country I know, but I would celebrate this no matter which country I was in. (:

PPS. Who's going to the midnight HP premiere??? Not me. I'm not enough of a potterhead. But I will watching it some time this weekend hopefully. Can't wait!

PPPS. I just realized my last three posts have been on national holidays: Canada, USA, France. In that order. Oh snaps.

Questions I Have

So I've made it safely to Brighton, and am already having a super blast but just as the title suggests I have a few things that I'm pondering on. So in random order...:

• Why did I wake up at 5am this morning? Even though I didn't go to bed until probably 1ish.


• How am I managing to live never knowing what time it is?? No cell, no laptop, no clock. Where am I?


• Why did I not bother check if my convertor would actually work in the UK so I could charge these things?


• Why are my parents not answering the very detailed email I sent them?


• How did we manage to sing the US National Anthem in a bus in England without getting kicked out?


• Why do I feel like I've been here for a week?


• How am I already speaking like someone who's been in Brit-land for months, dahrling?


• When will I get my tea party?


• Why does my class and the pub tour and the ice cream party and the HP premiere have to all be on the same day? I can't make these decisions!


• Why is Brighton just so darn adorable?


• Why are the pictures I'm taking so lame?


• How do I always manage to hang out with the best group of people when traveling?


• How does the stove work? I need a proper warm dinner.


• Why does the internet in my room just absolutely refuse to work?


• Why does everything open at 9am and close at 4pm?


• Why do they put vinegar on fish and chips?


• Why are (most, not all) the people that came here from UCLA so snobby?


• How am I talking to someone who is still in yesterday (in the US)? Mind blown anybody?


• Why so many seagulls and rabbits?


• Whare the @ and " key inverted? Who does that benefit??


• Is this enough questions? Will I receive answers?

I'm going to go have breakfast now as it is 7:30am. The time I thought I had woken up at. -__-"

The Clock is Ticking

The little countdown clock on the left reads 6 hours: 22 minutes: 35.. 34.. 33.... seconds.

OMG.

I kinda wanted to lie to you and say I'm sitting here nonchalantly waiting for the plane to come. But as I said, that would be a l i e. Here's the real situation:

- I have not finished packing. By this I mean, I know what I'm bringing but it's just laid out there waiting to be neatly folded and whatnot >.<

- I still feel like I'm taking a journey into the unknown. So many things can and probably will go wrong, it's just a matter of can I handle them?

- I did not have time to reserve some British Pounds from my bank for some reason. (Maybe that reason was spending all day at Disneyland, but that's besides the point...)

- I'm still slightly confused as to this whole phone thing is going to work.

- Foooood. I have a feeling I'm going to finally lose those 10lbs while abroad, which can be a good thing. Depends how its done though--starving to death is definitely not the proper way.

- I learned the difference between a converter and adapter. I feel so inteligente.

- Bring from here or buy there? The eternal question.

- I'm just tired of worrying and want to be there getting my British accent on already. Let's get-er-dun!

Nonetheless, I'm excited. This is insane, I've wanted this since my day of birth! Ish. I absolutely cannot wait, but my nerves definitely are not helping with the transition.

I would ramble more about the ordeals I have encountered in the process of getting ready but I seriously need to finish packing! XD

The next time I post I will probably be in GMT +1 *spazzes*

PS. Beware of E. Coli whilst abroad. Because, you know, I don't have enough things to worry about -__-"