Two months

 These ducks have been chillin in front of my building for a couple weeks on and off. Sometimes when I go in the kitchen in the morning I look out the window (the one to the left with the light on) and they're right underneath it. They make noises at me like they expect food, kind of reminds me of Bobby in the mornings.

 My flat mate Fi took the picture out the window =)
Skye has started coming to zumba with me and it's still tons of fun. I can feel the shift to the last week of classes, everyones concentrated on school work. I am too but seem to have a lot less due before the break then other people.

Thursday we went out for a friends birthday with Kat & Crystal which is always fun.

 It's been cloudy all week except the day I woke up to this. 

 Friday I tried a kettlebells class and it killed me. It hurt to move for 4 days afterwards. It was such a good workout though!! It sucked being so sore though because the next day Kristine, Brian & I went to Liverpool for our first premier league match!! We had to switch trains and hustle through Warrington so I was just in pain the whole time. We got to Liverpool and took the bus to the stadium. The atmosphere was incredible.

I was so excited by this point. We found our seats and were behind the one of the goals. We were high up enough that we could see everything even though my depth perception was a bit off watching from that angle. It was electric and the fans got so into it compared to hockey. 

It was amazing. The Everton fans lost it when Everton scored. Kristine tried to get a video but they don't work on my computer =( basically it was a roar. They had different chants during the game which were cool but we couldn't understand what they were saying. We had to leave early which I was disappointed about but we had to catch the last train back to Lancaster. We caught a cab back to the train station and I was happy because it was my first time in the ones where you can sit backwards! =D

After we got back Kristine, Elise, Emma & I went out with some friends to elements in Lancaster. The upstairs of elements is great .

Sunday was a good sports day with Kat, Rob and some of the boys. I love hanging out with them because every fourth or fifth sentence someone needs something cleared up. I always get made fun on when I call it a "cab" instead of a "taxi". My defense is that in Jersey Shore, Pauly D says "The cabs are here". Their favorite is when I say "oh my god" or "oh no", they repeat it over and over again. I'm mostly (as least I like to think I am) understanding rugby now. We watched rugby and hockey and it was a really good weekend. 

Monday I had a presentation in my football in society class that went well. I've been working on my psych paper alot. 

Wednesday was so much fun. I always to to Sainsburys weds on the free bus but that day Crystal came with me and grocery shopping turned into actual shopping =D There's a market on Weds as well so I get stuff cheaper then at Sainsburys. After we got back we went and watched her bfs football game and it was nice because I missed watching my friends sports games! 4 of my flat mates and I had dinner together. We hung out and later that night Skye, Liv, Crystal & I went to Pendle blackout. It reminded my of my fire pit with the circle brick on the ground and then 3 steps around it that you could sit on. In the middle were different people with an acoustic guitar playing songs, and they had written "blackout 2012" in glowsticks on the ground. They had free hot chocolate, marshmallows and biscuits =D if  there had been a fire pit my life would have been complete. 

I'm pretty much just finishing my paper and getting my stuff organized for when my parents & Mariah come in less then a week!!!!! Saturday we have a fashion show / photoshoot which should be super fun and then Sunday there's an Easter egg hunt! I was feeling a bit down the other day but when I went and checked my mail my care package from aunty Janet & uncle Tony had arrived!! So that for sure brightened up my day, and my room and my shower! <3 It makes me so happy getting things in the mail. Hint, hint ;)

Edinburgh xo

  

So this is my roooooom! Compared to when I first got here to a month and half after landing. I love it, it's a lot easier to keep clean then my one at home,
probably cause there's a lot less stuff in general.

Thursday was busy, I had dinner with Skylar, Livi & Carolin and Skye's mom. It was really nice to meet her but also weird seeing a parent in one of our kitchens. We watched a video of the last fashion show that the modeliing society did and I met a girl who was born in Calgary! She grew up near Lithowania but when she spoke English she sounded just like home =D. Then I went to the Grad bar with some friends and just chilled. 

I went to Edinburgh for the weekend! My train left at 7 am. It was awesome taking the train all by myself during the day so I could actually see outside. When I got there Katelyn was working so I went and did the free walking tour which takes you to a lot of the big places in Old Town and is really really good to get oriented around the city. 

After my tour I went to New Town and met up with Katelyn! I haven't seen her in a long time and this is the last picture we have together. We went to high school in French immersion together and it was cool seeing a face from back home in a completely new place.

Her flat is pretty big with 4 bedrooms and I loved the couch & TV set up, I didn't realize how much I missed having a living room until I saw hers. We painted our nails and just chilled before we headed out to our ghost/ close tour!

Edinburgh used to have a different layot with really skinny closes (streets) running from the river to the top of the hill but they're mostly covered up now. So it was basically an underground tour of the old streets of Edinburgh. It was pretty creepy. I didnt want to pay 6 pounds for a picture so I just snapped my own photo of it.

That night we made a proper dinner with her flat mates and watched UK reality TV shows. 

We went to the museum and the most interesting part for me was the animals. 

We went to a free lunchtime improv show.

We walked everywhere in Edinburgh 1)because it is possible and 2)I was too cheap to take the bus. We did some serious window shopping and I got way too many ideas. Then we went back to her flat, made a really good pizza and salad for dinner and watched the holiday and I thought of all the snow that I'm not missing from back home. My train left at 8 but I can't wait to go back!!

Monday was overall a really good day. My classes had boring tutors but it was sunny all day and I sat in the sun for an hour and had an ice cream cone, it made me smile cause I though of Pigeon lake. Sam lent me a book, a real book! =) I haven't read one in a long time because I didn't bother bringing any over, and I have my kindle. I had dinner with Skylar and Livi again and then watched spirited away with Elise in the JCR. Also, my EVENSTAR NECKLACE CAME!! Soooo excited! Elise loved it so she got a matching one off ebay, we are too cool.

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