the extras of life

I suppose there are some other things going on around here besides traveling that I could mention...I have been super sick for awhile now. I don't really know what it is, I thought it was a cold, but i still have this super painful sore throat that wakes me up at night...i suppose I should probably get that checked out?

Anyway I'll just mention a few things and then pop some pictures in

We had a field trip to Belvoir Castle (the Brits pronounce it beaver...it looks nothing like it...we make fun of them a lot...it's one of those English things...ha). It's where the movie Young Victoria was filmed, which I am going to on Tuesday with my Meet-A-Family (I don't know if I mentioned them yet...but it's a program we can join...I have an elderly couple that we meet with once or every other week to do random things...we have had dinner, watched mama mia and gone to a play etc).

...a few weeks ago we had a St Patricks day party

We had our second British Studies exam...since it's my only real class, it's legit for me. Everyone else takes them pretty seriously too...here are some friend attempting to study...we didn't accomplish much. But I got a B+ on the first one, so I'm not too worried about the one we took last week. It's three essay questions on topics such as King Alfred and the Industrial Revolution in England in the 19th century...SOOOOOO exciting yeah? hehe

last week Wednesday night after our test we had a Black and White Masquerade...so fun to dress up and bask in the beauty of the manor:)

We had the dance in our beautiful Great Hall...which is basically our living room...oh the life I live:)

We were also lucky enough to have a farmer bring some lambs to campus last week...that was very exciting for all of us!

Basically my time consists of going to class, doing A LOT of freaking art (currently we are making prints in my studio art class by cutting our of linoleum blocks and in my drawing class we are working with black and white pastels...I enjoy it...but it's a lot), watching a movie every once and awhile, having dance parties in the bistro, training and planing to destinations on the weekend, and a lot of walking. It's a great life, and I will never complain:). This week (or 2.5 days i should say, since we leave for Paris on Wednesday afternoon) I have to focus our term paper due, a presentation and my yearbook pages that are all due next week...EEK! But I def can't complain, since there are people here that have it far worse with school work! Someday soon I have to get back to reality and register for classes for Fall at Eau Claire (so weird to think about)...and I'm starting to stress about finding a sub leaser for my house in Eau Claire...I am for sure not living there...so hopefully I can find someone...or else I will be paying $300 a month for an invisible person! YA WHOO! not. But, life is great now, and that's what's important. We want to live in the moment:)

Once I have more spare moments I will write about Denmark! For now, I shall shower and finish my classes for the day! Peace and Love to all:)