[Day 38] Food

So apparently today someone was underneath the train on the Piccadilly Line. This is the second time since I've been here that I've heard that. I'm guessing that means that someone fell/was on the train tracks, but I don't actually know. It's kind of frightening. I'm going to google it tomorrow and see if there are any articles written about it.

I had history today and I gave a presentation in my history seminar. There is a girl that I sit next to in class sometimes from Norway and she's studying to be a teacher. I think she already graduated from college in Norway and this is like her fifth year or something so she can get her teaching degree. She's taking four history classes, including Building the American Nation. Today she asked me if i already knew all of the stuff that we were learning and I told her I did, but not really in this specific detail that we're learning it. She said that she knows the major, basic things but that this class, and her other history classes, are a lot of new information for her. It probably sucks for her too because I feel like we go pretty quickly in this class and if I didn't have a background in it I might be struggling a little bit.

My presentation was fine, it was just about Thomas Jefferson and Notes on Virginia. I have a paper due next Wednesday for that class. I'm going to the Senate House Library tomorrow to get some books for it because QM has kind of a small library.

Today for lunch I made chicken tikka samosas and they were soo good. I actually didn't make them, just cooked them in the oven. They were delicious. For dinner I had vegetable curry and chips (fries) with chocolate cake. I swear all I eat here is chicken, potatoes and chocolate. It's a pretty good mix, except it'll be a miracle if I don't turn into a potato before I leave this country.

I went to South Kensington for my Villanova class today. It was a really informative class tonight, but boring. It was a lot about the British government and economics and I'm just really not interested in that stuff, which is why I switched out of poli sci I guess. I also talked to someone about my volunteer hours and I think they understand that we're really pressed for time to get these 30 hours in, so that's good.

It's getting really cold out. It's partly cloudy most days, so at least the sun is out, but I think it was only 44 degrees or so today. It's also pretty windy, which doesn't help. I wore my pretty pink, gold and green scarf that I bought in Camden Town. On Wednesday I'm going to Oxford St with my friends to look for cheap Halloween costumes. Kate and I are definitely being Snookie and J Wow from Jersey Shore one night, but we also might be nerds or bunnies another night. Erin is getting here Wednesday night so I'm getting her a Halloween costume too. I have to plan something for my birthday too :)

M