Week 10: Dropping & Picking
The week after spring break was a total blur of dropping and picking. I’ll allow the week’s events and occurrences explain. Off and on during Sunday (3/18), snow, hail, and rain dropped from the sky. Then on Monday (3/19), my uncle picked me up from the Tube station so we could grab some dinner together before he headed off to the States. The next day (Tuesday 3/20), I dropped off a letter at the post office. Then on Wednesday (3/21) Becca and I looked in 3 different bookstores before finally picking up the book I need to read for my psychology class.
Like I said, a lot of dropping and a lot picking. The only day it took a break was on Thursday (3/22) where I spent the day camped out in the laundry room getting loads of laundry done…before dinner! The last dropping and picking happened when I dropped the ball and stayed in the wrong terminal for 2 hours to pick Grace, a friend from high school, up from Heathrow airport. We got back to my dorm pretty late so we just stayed in for the night.
I took Grace out on Saturday (3/23) around town, starting with…some Starbucks! I know, I know—but it was a comforting taste of home. Then we strolled around Kensington Gardens where we saw the Albert Memorial and Kensington Palace. We followed that up with some shopping at Portobello Road Market and the Victoria & Albert Museum. By the time we came back to the dorm, the lack of sleep and change of time zones must have caught up to Grace because she was out like a light. We let her catch up on sleep as the rest of us attended the “Kinda Late Show”—a student-planned, student-produced, and student-hosted rendition of a “late”-night talk show. She was awake by the time we all headed out and celebrated at a near-by pub with get this—a smoke-free section! That was definitely a first.
We got off on a late start on Sunday (3/25) due to Europe’s daylight savings. Grace headed out with some of her other London friends as I spent the day cracking open my books for the first time since Wednesday night and as Rasa stayed in bed to try and recuperate from her sickness.
It’s hard to believe that it’s the end of March already, which means planning, planning, and more planning. More of that in next week’s blog!
Lots of love,
Danielle
Like I said, a lot of dropping and a lot picking. The only day it took a break was on Thursday (3/22) where I spent the day camped out in the laundry room getting loads of laundry done…before dinner! The last dropping and picking happened when I dropped the ball and stayed in the wrong terminal for 2 hours to pick Grace, a friend from high school, up from Heathrow airport. We got back to my dorm pretty late so we just stayed in for the night.
I took Grace out on Saturday (3/23) around town, starting with…some Starbucks! I know, I know—but it was a comforting taste of home. Then we strolled around Kensington Gardens where we saw the Albert Memorial and Kensington Palace. We followed that up with some shopping at Portobello Road Market and the Victoria & Albert Museum. By the time we came back to the dorm, the lack of sleep and change of time zones must have caught up to Grace because she was out like a light. We let her catch up on sleep as the rest of us attended the “Kinda Late Show”—a student-planned, student-produced, and student-hosted rendition of a “late”-night talk show. She was awake by the time we all headed out and celebrated at a near-by pub with get this—a smoke-free section! That was definitely a first.
We got off on a late start on Sunday (3/25) due to Europe’s daylight savings. Grace headed out with some of her other London friends as I spent the day cracking open my books for the first time since Wednesday night and as Rasa stayed in bed to try and recuperate from her sickness.
It’s hard to believe that it’s the end of March already, which means planning, planning, and more planning. More of that in next week’s blog!
Lots of love,
Danielle
posted by Danielle Batol at 10:30 AM
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