Days 35-38: Some time here must be devoted to work... PSH.

After a fabulous weekend, I knew I would have to take a break from fun and start on my homework. Ugh. So this week has pretty much been essay-writing and textbook-reading, with some highlights sprinkled in here and there.

Monday- woke up and went to class, and decided to do a load of laundry. Now being the frugal person that I am (HA HA- more like broke person), I somehow thought that I would be able to fill 2 and a half weeks worth of laundry in one load. Yeah right… So when I got all my stuff out of the drier, not only was it still completely wet, it had the smell of an old wet towel. Greattttt. I’m just so domestic you guys.

Afterwards I went into town with Amy and ran errands (and bought a bunch of Fabreeze). We ordered her cake for her b-day party and then I headed to the Penny Theatre for dinner with Lauren and Cat. Their grille was broken, so I ordered chili. Not too bad…. Just more money than I had hoped to spend. After dinner, I grocery shopped and went home and skyped with Mom and Marty.

Tuesday was pretty much devoted to work. Woke up, went to library, had class from 10-11, did HW, went back to class from 3-5, then had French with Didier. But Cat and Steph came over for dinner and we made a wonderful meal of pasta, salad, and sautéed veggies. YUMMMMM. Then we booked our hostels for Italy and I did MORE HW.

I had class on Wednesday from 10-11 then I headed to the library for a little bit. Went home and started working on my essays; then headed into town with Stephanie. We looked for a birthday present for Amy and got High-School-Musical Themed cups and plates for her party. HAHA. Then we took our class fieldtrip to St. Augustine’s Abbey, which would have been enjoyable if it hadn’t been pouring down rain.

Then we met up with Amy in town to buy drinks for her party. So we’re leaving Tesco with 2 24-packs of Carlsberg and 2 10-packs of Fosters (REALLY HEAVY), Amy and Steph are in one line buying this stuff and I’m in A COMPLETLEY different line buying Sprite, when THEIR cashier, asks me for MY ID. Because I don’t feel comfortable carrying my passport with me everywhere, I only had my KentCard. And apparently that’s not acceptable, so we couldn’t even buy it. It was pretty ridiculous and the argument got pretty heated. We might be banned from Tesco from now on… haha. But the stupid thing is, I CAN DRINK ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD LEGALLY and their dumb cashier said, “Oh, I know you’re buying it for that underage girl.” She was a witch with a capital B.

So we went to off-license liquor store and bought stuff for double the price. And lugged it back in the rain all the way to campus. When we got back, we booked our trips for the rest of the year. Dublin and Barcelona, here we come!!

After I left Amy’s, I went home, ate a pot-pie, and showered. Michael was having people over for ice cream, so I joined them for a few minutes, and got ready to go out. We went to the Venue and it turned out to be a really good night!

Thursday I woke up at 7:30 and worked on my essays. Worked straight until 11:30, then went to class from 12-1. Came back and continued my writing and research (what great fun, eh?), then went BACK to class from 4-5. After class, I went home and changed, then headed over to Amy’s to blow up balloons and get ready for her PARTAY. We ordered pizza and played American drinking games all night, it was so much fun!!! Afterwards, some of us went to the Venue, saw that it was dead, ate food from The Kitchen and called it a night. WOOHOO beer pong and Circle of Death!

Today, I woke up, finished my essays and turned them in, and have been lounging around catching up on my network TV. Heading into town for dinner in a few minutes and hope to have a good night out.

Even though this week was all work, it was still great. I love Canterbury!