Its been a month since my last post and instead of traveling, i have been living the life of a typical Edinburgh student. Going to class, spending late nights reading and studying, going out at night, and soaking up all that is Edinburgh. I am currently half way through week 7 of 10 and i have turned in two papers and taken one exam. I have two papers left before finals start and luckily all of my finals will be done by December 9th even though finals can be scheduled up until the 17th. This will probably equate to a lot of stress in the first week of December, but it will also give me more time to travel with my sister when she gets here on the 13th.
It has been starting to get dark pretty early since daylight savings time. My evening class is now a walk in the dark both ways- how depressing. The daylight hours have dropped to around 9 and its started to get rather rainy. I guess this is what ive been missing during Tacoma winters these past two years and i cant say im not glad to reside normally in southern california.
I have been trying to culturally educate myself here outside of classes. Suzy, Barb, and I went to see Spam-A-Lot at one of the local theaters, which was great. I think i am finally starting to understand British humor. We also got really cheap tickets to go see this streetdance performance, Blaze. It was actually pretty cool.
The one bit of traveling i have done is a quick over-night visit to St Andrew to help celebrate a friend's birthday- the big 21. Its obviously not a big deal over here, as kids can drink at 18, so we wanted to make a big deal of it. And i believe we did. Quesadillas, margaritas, and guacamole. I also got to go to coffee with a friend from pre-school that is attending St Andrew for all four years and see her flat. It's such a cute little town and i did not see the golf course, so im planning a return trip before i leave.
Last weekend was halloween or should i say, halloweekend. Just as in the US, the Scots go out at least three nights. I only made it out for two because i am a baby when it comes to getting enough sleep on school nights. But i still had a lot of fun dressing up and hanging out with my flatmates one night and a bunch of kids from the program on the other night.
This week has been pretty stressful already, dealing with class registration for the spring and also a pretty large housing dilemma has sprung up which is resulting in quite a few angry phone calls back to the states. I will be so relieved when all of this gets sorted out.
Well, this evening, Barbara has friends in town so we are going to walk around and show them the sights and then go on a ghost tour in the underground vaults. I have already done this tour when i was here two years ago, but im sure i will still be scared.
haha this update probably has not been nearly as fun as the past ones, but hopefully things will liven up soon. Rachel Haag will be making her Scottish debut on the weekend of the 19th and the following weekend we are going to London together and then the following weekend we are meeting up again in Paris. Im not sure if i will survive this much Rachel; wild things are bound to happen around this one.
Until next time :)
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