Monday 13 September 2010

September 4

Crack of Dawn…ish


When you’re entire room wakes up at noon, that’s when you know you’re going places. Obviously we were a little worn out from the week of wonders but we got up and went to the famous Waffle House. I think waffles to the British are like cake (considering its on the dessert menu) but we all ordered it for breakfast with scrambled eggs they made in a microwave. Hmm... other than those freaky looking sponge disasters it was actually really good! SOO sweet though.

Went to Tuk Tuk Thai for dinner (I swear we do more than just eat...wait no that's all we do), not usually a fan of Thai food (or so I thought) but it was really good! Even though half the time I had no idea what I was eating, that’s probably actually why I liked it…

We went to St. Martin-in-the-fields church for a concert of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Andrea obviously really liked it…



It was AMAZING! It was the coolest old church and considering our only view was of the ceiling (cheapest seats = no view of the musicians, is that even legal?) so just sitting and looking at this amazing detailed building listening to Vivaldi and Mozart and Bach I felt like calling up my carriage and powdering my wig.

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Coolest old Piano Forte!
Inside the church
The acoustics were amazing in this church, so good that everyone in the whole room heard Grace drop her water bottle. Awesome.  :)

Afterwards we went out in Trafalgar Square where it was HOPPIN. Pretty much everything comes alive at night here no matter what day it is.

Was in awe when this man came running up to us but was not expecting this:


“Excuse me! Excuse me! Do you want to know the funniest thing? Everybody LOVES me!”


Highlight.

September 3

Hypo-Heat-Stroke-Thermia.


After class today we went and read Jane Austen in Hyde Park (did I mention Pride and Prejudice was supposed to have been read…) I was feelin good until the clouds came…then I got cold so I put my jacket on…for .002 seconds until the sun came back out and roasted me alive…until the clouds came back over and it dropped 300 degrees in 2 seconds….only to spike to Arabian Desert temperatures in 3 more seconds.

To solve this problem: fall asleep after only reading 5 pages. Awesome.

Arnolfini Portrait - Van Eyck
-Went to the National Gallery and saw some amazing art! Van Eyck = my favorite artist of the week. The detail he included in these small oil paintings are seriously unreal. Most smashing part of the day.

-Went to the Hyde Park Stake YSA dance. They were playing techno…until we walked in. Then they started playing REALLY bad old American music I think just to cater to us. Finally they realized it was a bad move and put on their stuff and I loved all of it. Way fun even though our huge group of girls made up most of the crowd. These really nice boys offered to walk us all home since the tube was closed. Little did we know they meant go on a Pioneer Trek that took 45 minutes! They were really cool though and told us our British Accents sounded like Austrailian (not a cool part). Sam is the one I talked to the most and was really funny, served his mission in Paris WITH Grace’s cousin and 5 other people we know. SMALL WORLD when it comes to Mormons. He does a talk show with his brother? SafeRadio. Look it up.
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Repped the Jazz shirt. Don't even worry.
Rock n' Roll was the theme. I think Jenna portrayed that effectively.

September 2

Hogwarts, and you’d be Slytherin.
It’s weird to eat, sleep, AND go to class all in the same building, but I kind of like it! Classes were so fun today, it really got me excited for the semester! Weird I know, but actually being able to see everything you’re studying. So cool!

Went to a store to buy school supplies. Definitely liking that all of us were super cheap when it came to school supplies, not so cheap when it came to shopping at Primark after. I was in Heaven.
Shayla this one's for you.

Trying to use my non-existent ASL skills to sign to Mike on skype (my very first time!) since my computer decided it doesn’t want to have speakers anymore. Help! (but not like the Beatles song.)

September 1st!

Woke up to the sight of London. Woke up to 1 million different alarm clocks going off. Woke up to 1 million more after everyone hit snooze. Only thing that got me out of bed? Graces Vogue September Issue falling on my head. Thank you Grace.

our room! really clean... Yes I am the CHIEF of this room. Everyone calls me Master.

First Day of Class = Find all these places in London. Do-able.

Not part of class or apparently in Molly’s personal moral compass: Sneak into the Grace Kelly exhibit thinking Molly was behind you to turn around and see that she’s not. And you’re alone. Lost in the Victoria & Albert museum.


(Luckily I’m my own GPS, found them in no time…...whaa?)
Also not part of class:
JERSEY BOYS. Thank you Four Seasons. Thank you Broadway.


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Molly Me Devri Grace
Mackenzie, Morgan, Devri, Olivia, Grace, Molly
National Gallery (2nd home)
Harrods!!
Tube Masters

August 31

Just Touched Down in London Town
WE MADE IT!!
So many things are going through my head right now. Such as:
  • How are GRACE and I going to navigate our way through this city??? (both really good at directions. Basically call us a GPS).
  • What did that cab driver just say?
  • Why does he not know where we need to go? Like I know the POSTAL code of this place??

  • Did I seriously just get a bottom bunk?? Yep.

  • How am i supposed to fit all my clothes in this 1 foot wide closet.
  • Wait..why didn’t I bring a warm jacket….?
  • Why am I the only one who got to pay 5 pounds for a towel when everyone else payed 15? Cause I’m sweet.
  • Why do we have the sweetest place to live in ever? 27 Palace Court!

  • Why can we go to Hyde Park after dinner to “do homework”/people watch?
  • Wait…why did it all of a sudden drop 30 degrees and I’m freezing?
  • Why did my dinosaur computer not work with a converter and now I smell smoke?
  • Why do we get better internet at McDonalds down the road than we do in our own flat?
  • WHY DOES THIS DAY FEEL LIKE IT WILL NEVER END?? (why does it feel like I haven’t slept in 36 hours?...oh yeah cause I haven’t.)


**August 30

Yo Outta Hee-yuh
We are leaving! I am on the plane from SLC to Phoenix about to take off and it still hasn’t even hit me I’m really going! I said bye last night to all my friends it wasn’t even sad… ;) I was bummed but didn’t shed no stinking tears but when they all left I was like wow, I really will miss them!
       Lungs collapsing. But I love them all :)

Wait.. remind me why I'm going to miss them?
I finally finished at 3, had TONS of extra room…

The Mantus (Al) stayed until like 2 in the morning and helped me pack…oh wait no she didn’t she layed on my bed, but still really nice of her to stay that long!

Woke up at 6, got 3 hours of sleep, finished packing and was off! It was really sad saying bye to my family, I’ve never left them for this long!

I got upgraded to first class for the first leg of the flight SWEET! …which I will spend sleeping. Awesome. I don’t really know what to expect there which makes me nervous. I’m also realizing I’m super lazy which is why I bought caffeine pills but don’t tell my mom.

I’m still super excited though, I know this is going to be unforgettable!

--We’re now getting on the flight to Philadelphia. Slept the ENTIRE way here. It was so comfortable I think I might trade in my bed for an airplane chair…oh wait no I’d rather be locked in the Chokey by Ms. Trunchable then sleep on an airplane again AND we have to fly through the night to London!! KILLLLLL ME! We’re going to try and upgrade cause it would TOTALLY be worth it.

--Taking off now. Tried to pull the sneaky “push the button while you’re taking off to avoid the awkward tension of reclining onto them” move. Told Grace about it, she successfully slowly falls back. But tragedy arises when my reclination JAMS and I’m stuck hanging mid tilt. Tried to slowly give a nudge but end up rocketing back right into the business man who doesn’t mess around. Not sneaky at all. SUPER awkward. Avoided eye contact/any peripheral views of him for the next 4 hours.

--Found the Sky Mall magazine. Enough said. If you’re product has been printed here, you know its QUALITY.
In case you want an adult car seat...
The SkyRest. "This person is able to sleep comfortably in any seat. Can you say the same?" No I can not.
In case you have a problem of sending your cell phone flying into orbit cause you can't hold on to it...
In case you need a Sumo Wrestler COFFEE TABLE
Let me help you out. The title reads: "Bigfoot, the Garden Yeti".... in case you need that...
Above are the two Electronic Racket Zappers to ZAP away any "unwanted pesky pets"
Below: "Dog Dazer & Dog-off Deluxe" ....in case...
In case you need a small replica of a baby... "complete the illusion of life"
In case you want your identity stolen... a neckalce of your fingerprint.
In case you want a knock off Snuggy...the Slanket!
Wait this is real. Hermiones Time Turner!! I really do want this.

--Indian lady sitting by Grace in the window seat has just crossed the row of 3 of us to get out for the 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000th time. (When she started climbing over me in my sleep, that was the crowning jewel moment.)
This is real. Row of 3 seats. She's on the inside.

Then there’s the….I don’t even know WHAT ethnicity they are but they’re SUPER annoying 2 boys who talk SO loud that their conversations in their unrecognizable accent (which makes it even MORE painful from the language barrier making them talk even SLOWER which drags out the pointless annoying conversations )are infiltrating my dreams.
--African Curse lives on. Paying for my water at the airport in Philly- cashier: “Oh how are you my beauty!” No. Way. Was my initial reaction when I heard the accent. WHAT ARE THE ODDS!? Talked to him for a bit asked him where he’s from. “I’m from Philly!” No…definitely not. “Ok… I am from Ethiopia I am coming to school here.” WOW! “You come back to me you know?” were his parting words. Aw the curse lives on…

--HAD an aisle seat. Swindled out of it by 2 cute little black girls and a Mom who “claimed she didn’t speak English very well” (totally was by them at the luggage thing SPOKE IT BETTER THAN ME THEY WERE BRITISH) HAVE a middle seat wedged between this old British lady who literally sat and stared at me the ENTIRE time until we lifted off (delayed, so 20 minutes of really uncomfortable fake looking at a magazine) and to my left I have what I thought was a nice little asian man. Little did I know he had a CANNON of a snore, loved to wake himself up from his sleep by making WEIRD noises I didn’t know were possible and loves his elbow room and Sudoku (which I hate, looking at it makes me mad cause I never have understood it). If it wasn’t so miserable, it could have been a movie.
--Eventually I fall asleep only to wake up to Grandma gripping my arm in her sleep?? Creepy. Literally could have been straight out of the Twilight Zone.

--Another awesome 7 hours of halfy-sleeping. Wish I had one of these: