London meets USA

Since I've gotten back from Scotland, I've packed my bags mostly and did a few final England-y things.

Alex and I visit the Hatfield House and the home where Elizabeth I grew up.
Went into London to a few festivals, one at the Udderbelly on South Bank.
This was one of the street performances...that guy was very bendy
Got cheap last minute tickets to the show We Will Rock You co-written by Queen. It did rock me.
Sunday there was a university-organized trip to Brighton, a nice town on the southern coast.

Thursday Geoff got into London, so Alex and I met him at the train station and we took him to do London things all day. Our first stop was Abbey Road, where the Beatles took the picture for their album cover.
Tried to get into a show at Shakespeare's Globe Theater but it was sold out. Walked the Millenium Bridge (in the 6th HP film) and went to St. Paul's Cathedral. There were 3 levels to walk to, coming to a total of about 400 steps we climbed--sore. But it was an awesome cathedral.
The next day we were going to go to Oxford, but transportation presented to be a problem so we went back to London, this time going to Camden Town. Then back to Trafalgar Square to watch the South Africa/Mexico game, which ended in a tie 1-1.
That night we went to the last Forum :( But it was fun! And Geoff got to see the wonder that is our club on campus. Also joining us for the first time was Nicole's sister Sarah and Rachel's friend Debra
Last night (Saturday) we went to the World Cup Festival at the Shepherd's Bush Pavillion to watch the US/England game. And what a game! They had a good team, but thank goodness we had a phenomenal goalie, and it too ended in a 1-1 tie. It's so crazy that that is what I stayed in England this long for...and now it's over!
Now Geoff is off in Cambridge for the day while I'm supposed to be finishing up my packing and cleaning out my room...oor watching How I Met Your Mother. I can't really remember :)


--I come home tomorrow?!?!?!

Oooh to be a Gooner

Me and Alex, and a new friend Oris got us tickets to the Arsenal women's game tonight against Leeds Carnegie. Here's a link to article if you need all the details. We were SO stoked to be able to go into the Emirates stadium! Ooh Arsenal, it's love <3We won 3-0
They won the FA Women's Cup Final, 5th consecutive title!
That's this gal, Alex, and Oris
Emirates! Nice..

Mid-March

Last week I...

...went to a "football" game of Watford v. Ipswich with Simon, Vella, Vella's old man, Sarah, and Hannah. Ipswich (who we were going for) ended up losing 2-1, but the game was great! We sat in the away stands since it was at Watford, and they were packed with fans singing for the Town to come marching in :)
...went out with my flatmates the next night for one of our own, Zoe's, birthday.
It was also just fun to finally do something with the girls in my flat outside of it. (They never wear coats here! Luda) Meera, Robin (in the back), Zoe, Me, and Katy. Aww <3 The boys went too, adding Craig for the first time, but these girls are prettier.
This week I...

...put off writing a paper all weekend (actively), then ending up writing it with ease in less than 3 hours Sunday night. Not quality, but all we need is a D3..

...got played by the bus to Potter's Bar where my chiropractor appointment was. He saw me stand up when he drove around the corner, then we made eye contact the whole time he drove right on past me. What a knob. Going for try 2 tomorrow, hopefully with better luck.

...spent alot of time booking hostels in Europe for various trips, and will be leaving for Amsterdam Thursday!

Clap Clap Wizards *raise hands*

Saturday Shannon and I went to KC to meet with Nette and Chris and stay at Newgen's. We ate at T-Rex, which was the first time I'd ate under jellyfish and next to Dinosaurs.
After that we went to a Kansas City Wizards soccer game! We sat in the cauldron, which is the fan section, so we cheered like mad futbol fans. SO much fun! Plus we ended up sitting next to Brett and Brian, Coleman's friends, completely by chance which was nuts. Our boys tied the Chivas (who we watched play the Rapids last summer), but we had two players get red-carded, so we held our own pretty well I'd say. My favorite, Wolff who was #16, was the first to be kicked out :(
After the game we went to Steak 'n Shake...I don't know where else you would go after a game. Chris and I got hats. Original Gangsta and Ballin since 1939.
We got some sweet gear from the game.

Summer come early

Friday I went to Dr. Kirk because my real eye doctor (Dr. Hake) referred me to him to get some minor thing check out (which turned out to be nothing). So after being kind of rude throughout the whole thing they dilated my eyes--TWICE. I couldn't read a gosh darn thing after that and I asked about it and they were like "Oh yeah, that should wear off in 3-5 hours". Freakin cool guys. So I do not recommend going there if you can help it.

So after work I met Geoff and Coleman at the K-State/KU soccer game, which we ended up losing 0-1. After that we decided to go to the K-State/Mizzou baseball game. We were winning the entire time 2-0 until the ninth where we lost 3-4. But our batboy was adorable, Weber had on his rally cap which lightens any situation, and they had fireworks after!




That made it really hard to realize there are still 3 weeks + finals left of school.

At the end of the night I stopped by Will's who was having a belated passover party.