JMU goofing on the Eye!
Yesterday, I finished all my schoolwork! For Culture by Design, we had an in-class written final which wasn’t too painful. In the afternoon, I presented my project on the role of sports & the upcoming 2012 Olympics in the UK culture to my Communication, Pop Culture & Diversity class. I really liked my topic so that was actually kind of fun to present. Took a second to realize, but that’s it for my first semester of senior year! Wednesday at the house meeting, we completed semester evaluations on each of the professors, courses, FMIR, Charlotte, the program, etc.
To celebrate a great semester, I used the rest of the social budget in reserving a capsule on a nighttime ride in the London Eye. We loved having it all to ourselves (22 out of 28 of us) so we could be as silly as we wanted. The 30 min allowed for plenty of time to soak up the 360-degree views of the city we’ve absolutely grown to love; nice start to our goodbye. Oddly, we heard the student protesters outside Parliament from the opposite side of the Thames! After, a few of us went to one of our favorite pubs on Holborn called Shakespeare’s Head. It’s different than Friend at Hand (no TVs or sports & a LOT bigger) but a younger & more social crowd. We enjoyed several pitchers of our favorite drink, called “Woo-Woo.” Then met up with friends at 101, a bar on New Oxford that we always find ourselves at. Awesome second-to-last night.
This morning, amid packing (me separating what to take to Belgium & what to store), getting the slideshow together with Ali and making paper-plate superlative awards for the banquet tonight, my parents arrived. They are staying in a hotel right on my street, so its super convenient. We had to turn in our mobiles (as well as textbooks, etc – a job that Ashley, Amy, Charlotte & myself had to fret about) today but I just walked into their hotel lobby and tackled them. I was NOT good about webchatting & calling my parents like most people were but because of BBM, email & Facebook, I kept up with my parents pretty regularly. Even though they have both been here several times before (this is only my 2nd), I’m really excited to show my London.
For now, I have to go finish these paper plate awards & packing… This is the end!?
