March 12th

March 11th

I got and went for my run this morning, and for the first time in a while I really felt like I should be out there running. I was almost completely cleared up and it felt good again. I got back from that and made some lunch and spent some time watching TV with people as they awoke from their slumbers. After a while of that, I headed to Metrogate to get my blog updated and to check my email. I managed to get all that done before I had to go meet my group for a walking tour of part of London. We took the Tube to Hyde Park Corner and started meandering around. We headed past Green Park, to Buckingham Palace, then we went through a bunch of little back streets, through a park, and ended up around the House of Parliament and Westminster Abbey. The walk took us about 3 hours or so, but we could have done it a lot faster. We ended up spending about half an hour standing in St. Jame’s Park looking out on a lake with a bunch of ducks and geese. The flowers were also really starting to bloom, so that was very pretty. We picked a wonderful day to do it too. The temperature was right around 60 degrees, there was no wind, and it was sunny. It was an absolutely gorgeous day. It helped make the run feel really good too.

When we got done with that, we took the Tube back and I spent a while working on my schedule for next semester and just messed around on the internet. I also got a hold of an application for an internship this summer, and I really need to get going on those. I have a couple of places in mind that might work, so we’ll see. If not, I’ll just have to get a job somewhere else this summer to make some money. I got done with that and headed home to do some reading that went along with the walk I took. I was about an hour into that when the Family called and I talked to them for about half an hour. I even got a chance to talk to Hanna for a while, which was pretty nice. After we finished, I went back to reading and got that finished.

After I was all done with that, I went out to the common room and did some writing and watched Grey’s Anatomy of all shows. Its, yeah. Not something I would pick to watch, but it wasn’t bad. The real treat of the night was a movie called Snatch. Its set in London and has all sorts London subculture references and themes in it. It’s a really great movie and a lot of people turned out to see that. The movie and my writing finished up and I went to bed.

March 12th

I got up this morning and went to class to do my group presentation on the walk and reading I had done yesterday. That went pretty well, and I can’t say that I was worried about it. After class, I went with the group I was going to go to Paris with to book our train tickets. We had already booked our hostel, which looked really cool, so this was the last step. We’re leaving really early in the morning, but it saved us about £40, so I’m not going to complain. That turned out to be kind of interesting. We got four of the five tickets booked when the computer system went down and the last person couldn’t get his ticket booked. They tried for the rest of the day, but apparently they didn’t have any luck. He should still be able to make the train, but it sucks for him.

After we finished up there I went to Metrogate with the hope that my computer would be there, no such luck. I checked my email and I had quite a few to respond too. I guess I’ve become popular all of a sudden. That took me a couple of hours and then I went home and tried to book some tickets to the Royal Shakespeare Company’s performance of The Tempest, but it wasn’t looking good. They might be completely sold out already, but I couldn’t get a hold of the actual theatre ticket agency, so I don’t know. I was trying to get tickets for four other people, but I don’t know if that will happen now or not. We’ll have to see.

From there I headed out on my run. It was so amazing. The weather today was as good as yesterdays and the all the trees and plants were really starting to flower. The scent was just incredible. I did an easy lap around the parks, then headed to circuit training at Imperial, and then did another short run. When I got back, almost everyone had gone out. Apparently people were on an ale trail. They would go to a bunch of pubs and at the end they got T-shirt. That really is an American thing. It’s amazing what a free shirt will get people to do. It really is incredible. Well, I made myself some dinner and then headed to Metrogate here to do the email thing again and work on my schedule. I need to email my advisor about a couple of things too, so I’ll do that tonight. I’m going to go back and watch some TV when I’m all done, and I think I’ll call it an early night.