December 8, 2008 — 12:00 a.m. |

Just a quick bloggy update because I am finally feeling better and believe that it is a time for celebration! So I ended up having the flu, and it’s accompanying fever for five days until Saturday, when I could finally bring myself to wear less than four layers of clothing without shivering. It kind of sucks because it was my last weekend here and I really didn’t leave the house any except for today, but whatever—I’m over it. What’s done is done, right?

Had a great day today—probably reason for my overly optimistic mood at the moment. Kate Meskey traversed England to come visit the capital!! So Courtney, another friend of ours studying in London, Kate, and I all went around to some of the sights and other fun London-y stuff. It was really just nice to see familiar faces—I can’t tell you how excited that makes me to go home and be surround by people that know me and that I already know. Such a comforting thought. We started around Trafalgar and went to the National Gallery, walked down to Big Ben and Parliament, and then over to Buckingham, which still tops my list of my disappointing London sights ever. Why so bland, palace?? Afterwards we walked up to Piccadilly and Fortnum & Mason [whose teas I am obsessed with] and then spent at least an hour in Pret gossiping about pregnant classmates from high school, which was….amazing. Obviously.

THEN, I had to split because it was finally time for our tea at the Wolseley! I’ve been excited for forever. We had to book months in advance and it was literally the only spot left before Christmas, so Amanda, D, and I all got really pumped up about going for afternoon tea at such a sought after spot [rumored to be Kate Moss’s fave!]. AND. We ended up being seated at the table next to Dita Von Teese!!! The woman is gorgeous in person. I mean, her skin is a little weirdly luminous, but flawless nonetheless. Anyway, so that was definitely a highlight. Although our tier of finger sandwiches, pastries, and scones didn’t hurt either. So delicious. After a pot of tea and some chatting we ended up sticking around for dinner, where I had a few oysters [bad decision] and fresh cooked veggies [and trying D’s steak tartare, which was surprisingly good]. I think that may have been one of the longest times I’ve even been in a restaurant. It was really such a relaxing way to spend a Sunday!

Fast forward back to my dorm, where I finally finished all of my coursework for the semester! I did most of my history paper a few weeks back, but really pushed it all out last night. 3,000 words on crime and disorder in 19^th century London? Ew. But also done. And I sited that thing like crazy, so hopefully he’ll notice how much intense researching I did? Tonight I finished my linguistics coursework, which was a pain, but atleast I didn’t want to tear my hair out this time. I’ll be handing in both of them tomorrow and then all I have left is a linguistics final on Thursday! Hurrah for a free week! I’ll update later!