In just four more days it will be Dad's turn to visit the shining city of London...oh yeah & me, his daughter. (: I've been on Skype with him over the past few days making sure he will pack the right kind of clothes & that we have the itinerary of activities & sites that he wants to see & do. He's really excited, as am I! Another opportunity to show my family my new city! I am jealous that he's going to Huddersfield for the day while he's here. Huddersfield is where my grandfather [Dad's Dad] was born. I wish I could go, too.
Over the past few days Tammy & I have really gotten to see more of "our park" & realized how silly we've been to wait 2 months to really see Regent's Park! Friday afternoon we took the soccer ball from Reid Hall & played in the park for half an hour! And today? We laid in the sunshine for an hour listening to the sounds of Spring: kids playing soccer, families out for a Sunday picnic. It was b-e-a-utiful! (:
I was looking at my calendar this morning and realized that I will be home in [*Tammy! Close your eyes!*] 42 days! That's such a huge difference from 109 days! I can't believe it! What have I done in the last 67 days?! I know that I've seen so many of London's sites & I've gotten to show Mom & Michael around & I've gotten to Dublin again! But still...it feels like I've barely done anything here. I know that the next 6 weeks are going to fly by and I just want to go home knowing that I made the most of my semester here. [I know, Tammy, it's what you keep telling me!] (: But it's true, I don't want to look back years from now wondering if I made the most of my time. I want to go through my memories & now that I had the best time ever here! Of course, I could say that already about my 67 days here so far...so I must be doing something right. (:
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
my big brother visits london!
Michael flew into Heathrow Thursday morning. He called me from the airport & he took the Tube to Baker St. He made good time - took him an hour. Tammy & I went out to meet him at the Park entrance. As soon as I saw him, I ran to give him a big hug. My adrenaline started pumping the instant he called me from the airport & I couldn't wait to see my big brother!! We brought him back to Reid Hall 108 & let him sit down & adjust to his surroundings. He got settled & we had lunch in the caf. Then we jumped right into the sight-seeing process! We took the Jubilee line to Buckingham Palace. It was a beautiful sunshiney day! We walked around to Westminster Cathedral, snapping away with the cameras all the while. It was a bit chilly when the sun hid behind the clouds & the wind started to pick up, so we stopped at Costa Coffee [London's Starbucks - & Starbucks is usually close by]. Tammy & I had decided to give up chocolate for Lent, so I was not allowed to get hot chocolate - or even try Michael's. Naturally, to make me feel worse about it, he rubbed it in that the hot chocolate was "REALLY GOOD!!!" Anyway, we walked back to Green Park Tube stop & took the Jubilee line to Westminster Station. We saw Westminster Abbey, Big Ben & Westminster Bridge. On the bridge, looking at the London Eye & the River Thames, we started to freeze - literally. So we decided to call it a day & get some food. We got back to Baker Street & decided to introduce Michael to Pizza Express: the greatest pizza place in London!!! Michael was pretty happy with it. Mission accomplished. We crossed the street & headed toward the Globe [the pub, not the theatre] for drinks, to toast Michael's arrival! We ended the night by leaving the Globe shortly after Michael was seranaded by a homeless man in the middle of the bar. It was quite comical & certainly meant it was time to head back to Regent's.
Friday morning we woke up a bit late. As usual, Tammy was up first - although she did sleep late for her - I got up & Michael stayed in bed just a "little while longer." We finally got moving & made our way to Oxford Street to do some shopping. Erika is always telling Michael & I that European clothing will fit us better than American clothing. So, we gave it a shot. That crashed & burned quickly. But we still had fun. Went into a few stores, walked up & down the street, acted like the silly little kids we are. We passed a waffle stand & they looked [& smelled] like a great afternoon snack. So we got waffles & ice cream. Michael found a bench for us & we enjoyed our snack in the sunshine. We were only given forks to eat these delicious treats & Tammy cracked hers first. We had a good chuckle about it & she went to replace her fork. Then it was my turn. Well, my fork decided to completely fall apart as I was taking a bite of waffle. I ended up swallowing this plastic. It was delicious!!! Of course, all had a great roar over my absurd craziness. Silly me. So we finished our waffles with ice cream & bits of plastic fork & made our way back to Regent's. Michael wanted to go to Trafalgar Square & then eat at a restaurant called Belgo Centraal. Trafalgar was fun - cold, but fun. But the real fun started at Belgo. It's a Belgian restaurant full of great beer & great food! It was fantabulous!! Mr. & Mrs. Duszny ate there during there six week trip to Europe & told us we HAD to eat there. Well we did. We're going back. It was amazing! Across the street from Belgo is a place called Bunker Bar. Jen Dammer went there a few years ago during her trip to London. She said it was a pretty cool place. So we stopped in to check it out. We got to the bar & checked out the menu. I saw that Jaegermeister was on the menu & suggested we all do Jaeger Bombs. Tammy had been adamant about not drinking Red Bull & Jaeger together [the whole caffeine with suppressants in your system debate] but she conceded, saying she needed to try it out. So we ordered them & they were delicious. As expected. We weren't ready to call it a night yet, so we made our way back to Leicest Square [Belgo is in Covent Garden] & found Ed's Easy Diner - the GREATEST Nifty Fifty's-type place, the perfect cure for our homesickness. We ordered milkshakes & played a few songs on the jukebox. We left Ed's & made our way to Piccadilly Circus. We walked around there for a bit, showed Michael O'Neills & China Town, then headed back to Regent's.
Saturday we slept late - again. Till noon - again. Michael & I do that well. Michael wanted to see more of campus than the main entrance & Reid Hall 108, so while Tammy did some laundry I showed him around. Then we went to the bank & currency exchange with Tammy. Tammy & I even broke our Lenten sacrifices. I got a chocolate donut [doughnut to the English]. It was wonderful. Then we figured, since it was 3PM that we needed to find something to do & not waste a whole day. So we Skyped Dad for a bit & found out that the Tate Modern is open till 10PM on Saturday nights, so we headed there. On the way we found St. Paul's Cathedral [directly across the River Thames from the Tate Modern]. So we crossed Millenium Bridge [aka the "Wobbly Bridge"] & walked around the Tate Modern for a bit. After that, we had planned on eating at Bok Bar [the wonderful Thai restaurant set into an English pub] but they stopped serving food by the time we got there. Ask, an awesome Italian restaurant, was our runner-up & it was sooooo good. We called it a night after dinner because we had decided to go to Westminster Abbey for mass on Sunday morning [a plot to see the inside without paying]. I know. We're sneaky like that.
Sunday morning dawned bright & early. Too early. We had to get up extra early because most of the Tube lines were down this weekend & we had to take the bus to Parliament Square. We got to Westminster on another beautiful sunny day. Mass was about an hour. We had just enough time to scope out Poets' Corner before we got kicked out. There was another service starting soon & we had to leave. Oh well. Tammy said that was the first time she was ever asked to leave a church before. Haha. After church we thought it was a pretty good day to do the London Eye. We weren't the only ones. It seemed like everyone in London wanted to go on the Eye on Sunday. Luckily the line moved quickly & we got on pretty fast. It was a lot of fun. Certainly a new perspective of London - especially when you're taller than Big Ben. Haha. After the Eye we decided to pay the Prime Minister Gordon Brown a visit at 10 Downing Street. Well, he must not have been home. Instead there were security guards swarming the place. It was nuts! Couldn't even see the front door to the place! Bummer. So we walked back to Trafalgar Square & caught the bus to Tower Hill. The weather gods had been smiling down on us until we got to Tower Hill. Maybe it was because they thought we had our fill of sunshine or maybe it was because they thought some rain & dark skies would add to the gloom of the Tower of London. Who knows. But as soon as we got off the bus at the Tower it was raining & bitter cold & dark. It was still a lot of fun. I've already been twice & I still had a lot of fun. We left the Tower [luckily it stopped raining] & we found a cafe next to Tower Bridge. Michael was so excited to get a "jacket potato" [which is a baked potato] with chili. He was like a little kid! Haha. So we ate a quick bite & crossed Tower Bridge. While Michael was taking lots & lots of pictures, Tammy & I bought tickets to the Bridge exhibition. It was really cool. We got to see models of some of the other design ideas for the bridge. The best part was walking across the walkways that connect the towers of the bridge. It was beautiful! Windy, but beautiful! After the bridge we got to Waterloo Station & took the Northern Line to Belgo Noord. There are four Belgo restaurants & we felt the need to compare at least two of them. Belgo Noord isn't too far from Regent's - it's just above the Park, near the Zoo. It was pretty good. Not as awesome as Belgo Centraal. But still pretty good. After dinner, & after making a mad dash to catch the bus, we got back to Regent's to Skype the parents & pack for Dublin. We crashed around 12:30AM only to wake up at 5AM! Yay 4 1/2 hours sleep!
So 5AM came WAY too soon on Monday morning & we were up & ready to head out the door a little after 6AM - we were actually on schedule!! WHOA! We took the Tube to Victoria Station, bought tickets for the Gatwick Express & made it to Gatwick in great time! Of course, once we got through security all we really did was sit there. Haha. Oh well - better than racing to the gate at the last second. We got on the plane & it was a great flight. Only an hour long - my kinda flight. Except for the part where my ears had to pop & didn't for about 7 hours. I was miserable & temporarily deaf. That sucked. But we had an awesome day! We caught the AirLink bus to Heuston Station & we walked from there along the River Liffey to Ellis Quay to our apartment! It was a really great place: two bedrooms, living room, balcony. Too bad we were only there for two nights. So we settled in, relaxed for a bit & got right back outside to see the city! We crossed the James Joyce bridge [one of many bridges lining the River Liffey]! Naturally that sticks out in my mind, being an English major & all. We were also staying pretty close to the Jameson Distillery. We hopped on the Luas [public transit, like a trolley] & hopped off at Abbey Street. We found Jimmy Chung's - a Chinese buffet for 8 euro a person. It was awesome! 2 full plates of Chinese food I haven't had since December was just what the doctor ordered! The best part was the soundtrack: Backstreet Boys. I'm talkin' 1990's BSB songs. It was perfection. Michael hated it. Hahahaha. From there we found Trinity College & saw the Book of Kells. The best part there is the library. It's the GREATEST library ever! It's HUGE! I want that library in my house! Tammy & I were in English major heaven!! We wandered around looking for Oscar Wilde's birthplace & instead found his memorial. There's a pretty cool statue of Oscar lounging on a rock & two pillars with several quotes of his. It was pretty cool. Then we made our way to Grafton Street to look for a small gift to bring to the Quirkes. We were headed to their house for dinner & couldn't show up empty-handed. A box of chocolates was the best we could do. Not too bad. So we hopped on the Luas again at St. Stephen's Green & headed to the Quirkes' in Rothgaar. I love the area they live in - it's beautiful!! So we had dinner with the Quirkes & hung out for a few hours. They tried to rack their brains to give us a few ideas of what to do.At the end of the night, Jimmy gave us a ride back to the apartment. Michael & Tammy hadn't been in a car in Europe yet - it was hysterical to watch their reactions. You could feel them wanting Jimmy to stay on the right side of the road & drive the "right" [American] way! I did it too - I'm still not used to it. We got back to the apartment & just crashed. Watched some horrible, but funny, British television & called it a night.
Tuesday morning we took our time waking up & getting out of bed. As a bonus for staying at Ellis Quay apartments we were granted a free breakfast at a cafe around the corner. A full Irish breakfast. Sausage, pudding, eggs, bacon, toast & tea. I ate the bacon & toast. I gave everything else to my brother. He ate double. I ate his bacon & toast, too. After that we walked to the Guinness Storehouse! It was grand! 'Twas brilliant! I thought we'd be there for about two hours. No no no - no no. We were there for four hours! Hahahaha. It was so much fun! I drank almost the whole pint in the Gravity Bar! Haha. Tammy drank the whole thing, as did Michael. I couldn't finish it. I was so full! Definitely an acquired taste. Plus we spent a lot of time in the gift shop. We finally pulled ourselves away from the merchandise & made our way to Christ Church & St. Patrick's Cathedral. We also passed Dublin Castle, but by that point the gates were closed & we could barely see it from the street. Bummer. So we found the Porterhouse in Templebar & had dinner. Tammy stole Michael's beer glass. It's a pretty nifty glass. Certainly worth the crime. So we got out of Templebar & went to Grafton Street. Unfortunately, everything closes early in Dublin [London, too]. The three of us found a bar, Q Bar, & decided to pop in for a drink. Tammy & I figured since we were in Ireland, we needed to try out Irish Car Bombs. So we ordered 3, drank half a pint of Guinness [no way were we chugging a whole pint!], toasted to Ireland, dropped our Bailey's & chugged the most delicious shot ever! We watched some Liverpool-Real Madrid re-caps & headed back to the apartment.
Wednesday morning we got up, packed up our stuff [we had LOTS] & headed back to Grafton Street. Breakfast at Bewley's left something to be desired. Service sucked & I think it's because we're American. Just a hunch. Anyway, Tammy & Michael bought some last-minute gifts & we walked to Connolly Station to catch the AirLink back to the airport. It was time to say "buh-bye" to Dublin. Luckily, after all our sitting at the airport, we got the Exit row on the plane. The tall kids were happy, to say the very least. But this tall kid was very unhappy when my ears had to pop & didn't! Again! Dammit! So I spent the rest of the day & night deaf! Wonderful.Anyway, the three of us got ready to go to the Fulham-Blackburn match at Craven Cottage! It was awesome! Unfortunately, Fulham lost. 2-1. After the game we stopped at McDonald's. Yes. I took my big brother to Mickey D's on his last night in London! Mom spent her last night at T.G.I. Friday's! Now Dad just needs to spend his last night in London in some American chain & we're all set! Hahaha.
This morning I was a bum & stayed in bed while Michael got packed up. While he plotted a trick to wake me up, I called him on it from under the covers. I wasn't gonna be grouchy before my big brother left!!! So I walked him downstairs to the main entrance of Regent's & gave him a big hug. Did my very best not to cry. I wasn't gonna be a big teary mess like I was with Mom. So I said "Thanks for coming. Had a blast." & sent him to the Tube.
And that's my story. This concludes my week with my big brother. It was an awesome week! It's about 4:30PM at home, so Michael should be walking through the front door in a few minutes. Just like that. So weird.
Two more weeks & it'll be Dad's turn!
Best Spring Break EVER!Enter away message ♥
Friday morning we woke up a bit late. As usual, Tammy was up first - although she did sleep late for her - I got up & Michael stayed in bed just a "little while longer." We finally got moving & made our way to Oxford Street to do some shopping. Erika is always telling Michael & I that European clothing will fit us better than American clothing. So, we gave it a shot. That crashed & burned quickly. But we still had fun. Went into a few stores, walked up & down the street, acted like the silly little kids we are. We passed a waffle stand & they looked [& smelled] like a great afternoon snack. So we got waffles & ice cream. Michael found a bench for us & we enjoyed our snack in the sunshine. We were only given forks to eat these delicious treats & Tammy cracked hers first. We had a good chuckle about it & she went to replace her fork. Then it was my turn. Well, my fork decided to completely fall apart as I was taking a bite of waffle. I ended up swallowing this plastic. It was delicious!!! Of course, all had a great roar over my absurd craziness. Silly me. So we finished our waffles with ice cream & bits of plastic fork & made our way back to Regent's. Michael wanted to go to Trafalgar Square & then eat at a restaurant called Belgo Centraal. Trafalgar was fun - cold, but fun. But the real fun started at Belgo. It's a Belgian restaurant full of great beer & great food! It was fantabulous!! Mr. & Mrs. Duszny ate there during there six week trip to Europe & told us we HAD to eat there. Well we did. We're going back. It was amazing! Across the street from Belgo is a place called Bunker Bar. Jen Dammer went there a few years ago during her trip to London. She said it was a pretty cool place. So we stopped in to check it out. We got to the bar & checked out the menu. I saw that Jaegermeister was on the menu & suggested we all do Jaeger Bombs. Tammy had been adamant about not drinking Red Bull & Jaeger together [the whole caffeine with suppressants in your system debate] but she conceded, saying she needed to try it out. So we ordered them & they were delicious. As expected. We weren't ready to call it a night yet, so we made our way back to Leicest Square [Belgo is in Covent Garden] & found Ed's Easy Diner - the GREATEST Nifty Fifty's-type place, the perfect cure for our homesickness. We ordered milkshakes & played a few songs on the jukebox. We left Ed's & made our way to Piccadilly Circus. We walked around there for a bit, showed Michael O'Neills & China Town, then headed back to Regent's.
Saturday we slept late - again. Till noon - again. Michael & I do that well. Michael wanted to see more of campus than the main entrance & Reid Hall 108, so while Tammy did some laundry I showed him around. Then we went to the bank & currency exchange with Tammy. Tammy & I even broke our Lenten sacrifices. I got a chocolate donut [doughnut to the English]. It was wonderful. Then we figured, since it was 3PM that we needed to find something to do & not waste a whole day. So we Skyped Dad for a bit & found out that the Tate Modern is open till 10PM on Saturday nights, so we headed there. On the way we found St. Paul's Cathedral [directly across the River Thames from the Tate Modern]. So we crossed Millenium Bridge [aka the "Wobbly Bridge"] & walked around the Tate Modern for a bit. After that, we had planned on eating at Bok Bar [the wonderful Thai restaurant set into an English pub] but they stopped serving food by the time we got there. Ask, an awesome Italian restaurant, was our runner-up & it was sooooo good. We called it a night after dinner because we had decided to go to Westminster Abbey for mass on Sunday morning [a plot to see the inside without paying]. I know. We're sneaky like that.
Sunday morning dawned bright & early. Too early. We had to get up extra early because most of the Tube lines were down this weekend & we had to take the bus to Parliament Square. We got to Westminster on another beautiful sunny day. Mass was about an hour. We had just enough time to scope out Poets' Corner before we got kicked out. There was another service starting soon & we had to leave. Oh well. Tammy said that was the first time she was ever asked to leave a church before. Haha. After church we thought it was a pretty good day to do the London Eye. We weren't the only ones. It seemed like everyone in London wanted to go on the Eye on Sunday. Luckily the line moved quickly & we got on pretty fast. It was a lot of fun. Certainly a new perspective of London - especially when you're taller than Big Ben. Haha. After the Eye we decided to pay the Prime Minister Gordon Brown a visit at 10 Downing Street. Well, he must not have been home. Instead there were security guards swarming the place. It was nuts! Couldn't even see the front door to the place! Bummer. So we walked back to Trafalgar Square & caught the bus to Tower Hill. The weather gods had been smiling down on us until we got to Tower Hill. Maybe it was because they thought we had our fill of sunshine or maybe it was because they thought some rain & dark skies would add to the gloom of the Tower of London. Who knows. But as soon as we got off the bus at the Tower it was raining & bitter cold & dark. It was still a lot of fun. I've already been twice & I still had a lot of fun. We left the Tower [luckily it stopped raining] & we found a cafe next to Tower Bridge. Michael was so excited to get a "jacket potato" [which is a baked potato] with chili. He was like a little kid! Haha. So we ate a quick bite & crossed Tower Bridge. While Michael was taking lots & lots of pictures, Tammy & I bought tickets to the Bridge exhibition. It was really cool. We got to see models of some of the other design ideas for the bridge. The best part was walking across the walkways that connect the towers of the bridge. It was beautiful! Windy, but beautiful! After the bridge we got to Waterloo Station & took the Northern Line to Belgo Noord. There are four Belgo restaurants & we felt the need to compare at least two of them. Belgo Noord isn't too far from Regent's - it's just above the Park, near the Zoo. It was pretty good. Not as awesome as Belgo Centraal. But still pretty good. After dinner, & after making a mad dash to catch the bus, we got back to Regent's to Skype the parents & pack for Dublin. We crashed around 12:30AM only to wake up at 5AM! Yay 4 1/2 hours sleep!
So 5AM came WAY too soon on Monday morning & we were up & ready to head out the door a little after 6AM - we were actually on schedule!! WHOA! We took the Tube to Victoria Station, bought tickets for the Gatwick Express & made it to Gatwick in great time! Of course, once we got through security all we really did was sit there. Haha. Oh well - better than racing to the gate at the last second. We got on the plane & it was a great flight. Only an hour long - my kinda flight. Except for the part where my ears had to pop & didn't for about 7 hours. I was miserable & temporarily deaf. That sucked. But we had an awesome day! We caught the AirLink bus to Heuston Station & we walked from there along the River Liffey to Ellis Quay to our apartment! It was a really great place: two bedrooms, living room, balcony. Too bad we were only there for two nights. So we settled in, relaxed for a bit & got right back outside to see the city! We crossed the James Joyce bridge [one of many bridges lining the River Liffey]! Naturally that sticks out in my mind, being an English major & all. We were also staying pretty close to the Jameson Distillery. We hopped on the Luas [public transit, like a trolley] & hopped off at Abbey Street. We found Jimmy Chung's - a Chinese buffet for 8 euro a person. It was awesome! 2 full plates of Chinese food I haven't had since December was just what the doctor ordered! The best part was the soundtrack: Backstreet Boys. I'm talkin' 1990's BSB songs. It was perfection. Michael hated it. Hahahaha. From there we found Trinity College & saw the Book of Kells. The best part there is the library. It's the GREATEST library ever! It's HUGE! I want that library in my house! Tammy & I were in English major heaven!! We wandered around looking for Oscar Wilde's birthplace & instead found his memorial. There's a pretty cool statue of Oscar lounging on a rock & two pillars with several quotes of his. It was pretty cool. Then we made our way to Grafton Street to look for a small gift to bring to the Quirkes. We were headed to their house for dinner & couldn't show up empty-handed. A box of chocolates was the best we could do. Not too bad. So we hopped on the Luas again at St. Stephen's Green & headed to the Quirkes' in Rothgaar. I love the area they live in - it's beautiful!! So we had dinner with the Quirkes & hung out for a few hours. They tried to rack their brains to give us a few ideas of what to do.At the end of the night, Jimmy gave us a ride back to the apartment. Michael & Tammy hadn't been in a car in Europe yet - it was hysterical to watch their reactions. You could feel them wanting Jimmy to stay on the right side of the road & drive the "right" [American] way! I did it too - I'm still not used to it. We got back to the apartment & just crashed. Watched some horrible, but funny, British television & called it a night.
Tuesday morning we took our time waking up & getting out of bed. As a bonus for staying at Ellis Quay apartments we were granted a free breakfast at a cafe around the corner. A full Irish breakfast. Sausage, pudding, eggs, bacon, toast & tea. I ate the bacon & toast. I gave everything else to my brother. He ate double. I ate his bacon & toast, too. After that we walked to the Guinness Storehouse! It was grand! 'Twas brilliant! I thought we'd be there for about two hours. No no no - no no. We were there for four hours! Hahahaha. It was so much fun! I drank almost the whole pint in the Gravity Bar! Haha. Tammy drank the whole thing, as did Michael. I couldn't finish it. I was so full! Definitely an acquired taste. Plus we spent a lot of time in the gift shop. We finally pulled ourselves away from the merchandise & made our way to Christ Church & St. Patrick's Cathedral. We also passed Dublin Castle, but by that point the gates were closed & we could barely see it from the street. Bummer. So we found the Porterhouse in Templebar & had dinner. Tammy stole Michael's beer glass. It's a pretty nifty glass. Certainly worth the crime. So we got out of Templebar & went to Grafton Street. Unfortunately, everything closes early in Dublin [London, too]. The three of us found a bar, Q Bar, & decided to pop in for a drink. Tammy & I figured since we were in Ireland, we needed to try out Irish Car Bombs. So we ordered 3, drank half a pint of Guinness [no way were we chugging a whole pint!], toasted to Ireland, dropped our Bailey's & chugged the most delicious shot ever! We watched some Liverpool-Real Madrid re-caps & headed back to the apartment.
Wednesday morning we got up, packed up our stuff [we had LOTS] & headed back to Grafton Street. Breakfast at Bewley's left something to be desired. Service sucked & I think it's because we're American. Just a hunch. Anyway, Tammy & Michael bought some last-minute gifts & we walked to Connolly Station to catch the AirLink back to the airport. It was time to say "buh-bye" to Dublin. Luckily, after all our sitting at the airport, we got the Exit row on the plane. The tall kids were happy, to say the very least. But this tall kid was very unhappy when my ears had to pop & didn't! Again! Dammit! So I spent the rest of the day & night deaf! Wonderful.Anyway, the three of us got ready to go to the Fulham-Blackburn match at Craven Cottage! It was awesome! Unfortunately, Fulham lost. 2-1. After the game we stopped at McDonald's. Yes. I took my big brother to Mickey D's on his last night in London! Mom spent her last night at T.G.I. Friday's! Now Dad just needs to spend his last night in London in some American chain & we're all set! Hahaha.
This morning I was a bum & stayed in bed while Michael got packed up. While he plotted a trick to wake me up, I called him on it from under the covers. I wasn't gonna be grouchy before my big brother left!!! So I walked him downstairs to the main entrance of Regent's & gave him a big hug. Did my very best not to cry. I wasn't gonna be a big teary mess like I was with Mom. So I said "Thanks for coming. Had a blast." & sent him to the Tube.
And that's my story. This concludes my week with my big brother. It was an awesome week! It's about 4:30PM at home, so Michael should be walking through the front door in a few minutes. Just like that. So weird.
Two more weeks & it'll be Dad's turn!
Best Spring Break EVER!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Time is just flying by...
It's March already. How did that happen? I know February is a short month, but come on. Where did it go? Mom was just here! I guess I got caught up with mid-terms and being sick [again] & the fact that my big brother is flying into London tomorrow morning! :) Hooray for another U.S. visitor! Another family member coming to see me! :)
I am so excited that Michael is gonna be here for a week! Not to mention that we're going to Dublin on Monday. Michael, Tammy & I are going for two days & I can't wait! Spring Break is gonna be such a blast! It's Michael's first trip off the continent of North America & I'm really excited to be here for it! I know he's gonna be such a tourist & he'll want to see EVERYTHING & I know I'm gonna be the same way. Who cares that I've seen almost everything twice now? My big brother is in London with me! Added bonus is I get to *legally* drink with him while he's here! :)
More exciting news: Tammy & I are going to VENICE in April with Anitra & Lanette!!! :) I am so excited that we found such a great deal on RyanAir! Now we just need to make plans for Easter & we'll be all set! April will be so busy: Edinburgh for Tammy's birthday weekend, unknown location [perhaps Barcelona? maybe Rome?] for Easter, & Venice in mid-April. Then home on May 3rd! The greatest destination of them all! :)
But for now I am a dirty kid who has one more mid-term today & the last one tomorrow morning before I can officially be on Spring Break!
*Note: I am a "dirty kid" because there is no [& I mean zilch] hot water in this entire school! Not a drop! It's all frigid cold water! :( I HATE cold showers!!! To top it off, the dryers are broken in the laundry room. So not only am I a dirty kid, but I am a dirty kid who has almost no clean clothes left. This is gonna be gross. Hahahaha!
I am so excited that Michael is gonna be here for a week! Not to mention that we're going to Dublin on Monday. Michael, Tammy & I are going for two days & I can't wait! Spring Break is gonna be such a blast! It's Michael's first trip off the continent of North America & I'm really excited to be here for it! I know he's gonna be such a tourist & he'll want to see EVERYTHING & I know I'm gonna be the same way. Who cares that I've seen almost everything twice now? My big brother is in London with me! Added bonus is I get to *legally* drink with him while he's here! :)
More exciting news: Tammy & I are going to VENICE in April with Anitra & Lanette!!! :) I am so excited that we found such a great deal on RyanAir! Now we just need to make plans for Easter & we'll be all set! April will be so busy: Edinburgh for Tammy's birthday weekend, unknown location [perhaps Barcelona? maybe Rome?] for Easter, & Venice in mid-April. Then home on May 3rd! The greatest destination of them all! :)
But for now I am a dirty kid who has one more mid-term today & the last one tomorrow morning before I can officially be on Spring Break!
*Note: I am a "dirty kid" because there is no [& I mean zilch] hot water in this entire school! Not a drop! It's all frigid cold water! :( I HATE cold showers!!! To top it off, the dryers are broken in the laundry room. So not only am I a dirty kid, but I am a dirty kid who has almost no clean clothes left. This is gonna be gross. Hahahaha!
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