Kate, Erin and I went to the politics department at 11 to talk to the head about classes. He was very nice and really helpful. I switched into British Politics. I think it's a good idea to take that because I don't actually know that much about the government here and what better time do so than now? I'm still waiting for the class to be approved by the political science department at Villanova so it can count as an upper level poli sci toward my minor. I emailed them a few days ago and they still haven't gotten back to me so I think I'm going to email them again. The head of the politics department here, Dr. Saull, told us to make sure that we're doing our assignments according to how our professors want them to be done. He said American students sometimes write papers a little differently or answer the questions in a different way, so we need to talk with our professors to make sure we're on track.
After that, Sammi, Erin, Kate, Anna and I took the bus to Sainsbury's (my first red double decker!) to find some cheap clothes for the Neon Rave that night. We'd been told that they splash paint on you and stuff so none of us wanted to ruin our good clothes...I do have an awesome neon pink shirt that would have been cool to wear. I also bought some Dorito's, milk and chocolate covered animal crackers because in the past week I realized I have a big snacking problem that I need to fulfill. Now I have some snacks in my room.
I came back and took a nap for a while and then went to dinner at the Curve at 6. I'm not exactly sure what it was that I ate, some sort of dish with rice and ground up beef and beans. I ate the beef, even though it resembled dog food. It was pretty good. I got a cup of tea too:) I said the other day that I thought I was catching a cold, well I've totally lost my voice now even though I don't feel sick. I was hoping that the tea would help but it didn't really.
Kate, Anna and I got ready for the Neon Rave and I mapped out the directions how to get home. We were going to take the tube there, we only had to switch lines once, and then take buses home. The tube only runs until midnight but buses run 24 hours. I looked up the bus routes on a map and wrote them down so we wouldn't have to remember them. Sammi, Daphne and Erin came over around 9 then.
Our other flatmates had some friends over too and they were all hanging out in the kitchen so we decided to join them. It was kind of awkward though because one of the boys was making fun of us a lot. He was making fun of our accents and stereotypical things that Americans do. I'm not really sure why he was doing that, but it was getting annoying, so we left the kitchen.
Around 9:45 we took the tube to Embankment then to Elephant & Castle and we all bonded on the tube ride. Our outfits were pretty ridiculous, for example I was wearing pink tights, a pink sports bra and a white t shirt. When we got to Ministry of Sound there was a huge line, it wrapped all the way around the corner. What happened next just didn't make any sense at all...
The doors closed at 11 and we were in the back of this really long line. As we got closer we could see them sending some people away, but we thought we were fine because we had tickets. When we got to the front of the line they wouldn't let me in because I didn't have my passport, but they told me to go through line again and maybe they would let me in next time. So Kate and I got back in line and when we got to the door they got angry because they said that they told us to leave since I didn't have my passport. They weren't very nice to us and they took our tickets this time, so we had no choice but to leave.
I'm not really sure what the issue is, no one could figure it out, but all we can come up with is that they sold more tickets than they should have and had not not allow some people in. I felt bad that Kate didn't go to go in because of me, but it was so stupid that they wouldn't let us in! I was really bummed.
To make it worse, those trusty directions that I'd looked up didn't work out so well. After taking one bus, we had to walk quite a bit to the next one. We almost got lost but stopped and asked for directions. No one could tell us how to catch the 25, which was the bus we wanted, but they told us how to get to the bus stop. Then we waited at the stop for a really long time and ended up being on the wrong side of the road. We finally made it back around 2am. Yes I know, it took forever. It was a good thing that we were together and I had written the buses down though because at least we knew what we were looking for.
I'm not sure what time I got up this morning but I just laid in my bed for a while and read my book. It's a pretty dreary day today too, and it's really cold. I'd guess it's about 50 degrees. At 2 Kate and I had a bus tour of London. It was a really informative tour. We drove over Tower Bridge, through Mayfair, St. James's, Piccadilly, all kinds of places. We learned a lot of stuff like Shakespeare's Globe Theatre is the only building left in London with a thatch roof because there was a fire that burned 80% of the city down when they all had thatch roofs. The bus driver was a little jerky on the brake though and so I ended up not feeling well, bus sickness I guess. It was a really nice tour though and we had two stops so we got some pictures.
I'm about to clean my room now; every time I'm getting ready to go out with my friends I also throw my clothes everywhere because I'm decided between outfits to wear. I didn't even wear what I bought at Sainsbury's yesterday, but I think it's ok because it was only about 9.50 and I will probably wear the leggins in the future anyway. I'm supposed to skype with Amanda and my parents at some point today, but I'm not sure when. Around 7 Erin and Sammi are coming over and we're all going to try to cook dinner. I don't know how that's going to work out. Oh I forgot, yesterday I kind of made myself lunch. I cooked up some spicy chicken that I bought at Sainsbury's (in the microwave) and tossed it in with my salad. I even had chocolate musse pudding for dessert.
Here's a picture from the other day when we went into central. This is a guard at Buckingham Palace.
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