Boat cruise...

Last day of April. That means I am going home soon! Aww I am going to miss it here. Not the food. Definitely not the food. Last week I had fish and chips. I think I forgot to mention that. It was ok. Do not know why people would like fish and chips. I was rained on by God’s tears. Where did I hear that one? In addition, it was sunny and it rained at the same time. Made me feel as if I was back at home. Going from the house to the internship is exactly like being home. The sun was out and it was cloudy when I left. Maybe it is all over and not just there. Who knows? My hours of internship are nearly done. Well they are done. Now I have two papers I have to work on. Lord help me. I head for Paris tomorrow. Margaret and I will keep in touch. She is very spiritual and I need that. She can be the one to help me forget my past and move on.

Today was the night that we had the boat cruise. I went home to drop off my backpack and laptop and then headed straight there. It rained hard at one point. Oh, on the way walking there I got soaked. My pants felt like leather pants. I did a shot of something. It tasted like licorice. I had fun just dancing and getting down with my “bad� self. There are some scandalous pictures of me. I was buzzed but not drunk tonight. Glad I did not do tequila. It was funny seeing the teachers dance. I will never forget it. I also saw the River Avon at night. It was beautiful. That was the highlight of the night.

Lappy damaged...

The sun was out. I cannot believe that is it is getting closer to when I leave for the states. It will be going home, but then again going away from home. As I told June last night, if you are over at another country for a long period you tend to make that a home as well. If you are treated as part of the family, you feel at home as well. If they have the same type of lifestyle, you are used to at home then you will feel the same. Lappy was damaged. = (

Ran some errands...

Today was an ok day. It rained and then stopped at times. I got most of the stuff that I wanted at Sainsbury. It is a miracle what you can do when you put your mind to it. I told them I was heading to Paris and so I will have to give the present on Wednesday night or Thursday. I tried to get some work done for my paper at the internship, but only had a little luck. I will try working on it in the morning. I think I work best then. As for the history papers I really do not know what I am going to do.

Spider and Pinball and not working on papers...

I got up today later than usual. I mean it was bright but I just did not want to get out of bed. I finally did about 11 something. That is still early but it will be the last Sunday I spend here. The days are going by so fast. I have not even really worked on the papers I have due. Total of 12 pages! Man that is going to take a lot of work on my part. No more time in England. I am going home! Well not before, I spend time in France. I had better get to work and stop playing Spider and Pinball. At least I beat Alan’s score!

Mistake by me or a miracle?

I cannot believe that I have the See’s candy. Must have been a dream or something. That or it was put in without my knowing. I know I did not have it when I left Mandy’s. Oh well. Sometimes these things come as a surprise to you. I just realized this last week when I went to put some stuff into my bags. Oh, I also killed this ugly looking spider that was in the room somewhere but out of my sight. I did not know that they shed. I used my shoe to smack it. I cleaned it off this morning. Today I went to the library and checked out books that I would need for my history paper and hopefully it will help me out. A week from today I shall be on my way home.

I started to pack as well. It does not seem like I have a lot to pack up until I bet I empty out my drawer full of stuff. That should be interesting. I did not buy a lot of stuff but hopefully the stuff that I got rid of such as a big bottle of shampoo and almost a bottle of contact solution and 3 or 4 bags my instant tea. Wow. That seems like a lot that I have gotten rid of.

Shakespeare's hometown...

Today was not pleasant. The sun was not out or it was but briefly. Where we went Stratford where Shakespeare was born and died was rainy. We saw were Shakespeare was buried in the church with his wife. I wanted to get an Oxford shirt, but then went against it. I did get a cute piggy bank. I paid £ 1.99 for it when the original was £5.99. It was cute. I saw salt and pepper shakers but they were not at the shop that I got the piggy bank at.

Warwick castle was nice. Saw a wax statue of Princess Diana. That is the closest I think I will ever get to someone famous. I did some bad things in pictures with wax figures. I got some nice pictures of views though. There are also pictures of me chasing a peacock. Horrible really. The castle was fine. Moreover, while I got on the bus I was attacked by bow and arrow by Aaron and Scott. They attacked everyone. While we were heading back, we passed High Grove where Prince Charles lives or stays. I had a royal day. Finally, when we were back at Bath the sun was shining. How horrible is this? Oh well. You win some and you lose some.

Rain...

Today there was no sun. I mean I saw it for a brief time but then it just went away. It even started to rain. Me without my umbrella. Such a shame. The lecture went on and on. It really would not end. By the end, I wanted to be sedated. Time is going by so slowly. I mean really slow. I think it is the weather. It is making me want to go back to bed and not do anything productive. I should really work on the rest of the papers. At least I would have it done.

Looking busy...

Today the sun was out. I went to class my second to last one. I am so happy yet so sad that it has ended. I have tried a lot to stay awake in that class even though it was not boring most of the time. This just means that I am closer to going home. It is odd how time really does fly. It makes it even faster if there is no Monday. I went to my internship struggling to find stuff to do and to look busy. I think I will go in as early as I can to get some hours. It is becoming a boring internship since I have nothing to add to it but make the shell. That is not being very creative.

Little Abbie...

Today the sun was out. It was just one of those days that you do not want to go to school. It was after a long weekend. I was able to hold little Abbie yesterday, who is June’s granddaughter. She is so tiny and cute. Well I headed off to school later since I knew that nothing would be open and that I would be in the room doing nothing. I finished most of the paper that I wanted to. I went to work and then to Sainsbury which is turning into a bad habit of mine. The weather was nice going to school, but then with each passing day I know I am one-step closer to going home.

Grandson woke me up...

Today was a nice day. The sun came out eventually. I had gotten up to the sound of Tommy slamming the door. That was nice. Well I went out to get some tissues and locked the door when I knew it was not locked. Was not sure. You know how you go out and you have to make sure everything is locked. That is what I did. Anyway, I had to get another box of tissue and lucky I did. I ran out! The new ones are nicer on my nose. I decided that I have a cold. Too bad for me. Seems like everyone else has one too. Killed a spider as well. It was in me jacket. Seems like the cold is getting better.

Focus on papers..must focus...

Today I was awaken by the sound of my host dad Tony either talking to Tommy his grandson or Abbie his granddaughter. It was time I got up anyway. Too much time in bed is not good. However, I did go to sleep late and it is not good since I think I have come down with a cold. I hate being sick. I wonder if either one of them will go to the night at the Midlands. From the information, I have gathered it might be a no. However, the boat cruise thing will probably be a yes.

Today I am going to try to work on my papers. That is the focus for me this Easter weekend. It is the most boring thing in the world, but if I can get it done then I am good. I do not know how many more I have to do, but if I can get them done sometime before they are due then that is excellent. If I am working on it, the night before then that is horrible. Or even the day of. Doing stuff at the last minute is ok sometimes, but most of the time it is not great.

Spider is evil...

I got up today wondering if I should make a call to Margaret. The sun was not out. It appears cold because I see wind. Today the plan is to work on papers, all day without doing something else otherwise known as procrastination. Just hope I do not start to play Spider for hours on end and say one more game and before I know it, I am playing many hands. I will play it once and then work on the anthropology paper. If not one hand but to finish the one, I started last night.

Therefore, Spider’s bad. I think I need to delete it or something because I find myself playing it a lot. At least I finished one of my papers. The idioms one is the killer. Having to think of slang terms is hard. The worse part is having to explain it. I mean I just use it, but do not really know the meaning of it. How hard is that? Pretty dam hard.

Hitting the supermarkets...

Today was a nice day. The sun was out. I went walking to Safeway, Marks and Spencer’s, Iceland, Sainsbury, and Somerfield. I bought stuff at every single store. That is horrible! I even went to Superdrug and bought candy. I swear the person who was the cashier was stupid. I did not take more than what I had. Hello to cashier lady! I got to the bus stop in time to take the bus back home. After walking from my house to Sainsbury there was no way, I was walking home from town. My feet needed a break. I went to Waitrose and did not buy anything. I wanted ice cream from Mc Donald’s but I was not sure if they had any or not.

Tomorrow the plan is to get up somewhat early and give Margaret a call about Glastonbury otherwise; it is just work on papers that I have to turn in. Tried to head to bed early but I fail every time. I talked to Adam for a brief while today. Hope his sister and nephew are ok.

Peter Gabriel's studio and a crazy swan...

Today the sun was out. I wore a skirt! It is never skirt weather, but today was a good day to wear one. Peter Gabriel’s studio was nice. The most interesting bit was the crazy swan. If it was a dog, it would bark constantly but instead it followed us even when we were inside the studio. The best part was this little tractor tricycle thing. Seeing a Bruce Willis record was funny.

The area was nice. Lacock was interesting. It is pretty much like Montague. Nothing too special except Harry Potter was filmed there. No pub open. Just our luck. Who knew that it would be like that?

Left class early...

Today is a nice day. The sun was out. It should be about 70 degrees or so. That is nice. I worked on some of the pages for Margaret. Now I have to study for my quiz. More later hopefully. I went to class and had to leave even though Hanns was not done. I had to get to my internship and so that is why I left. It was interesting. I got there and worked on the page and to see what else I could work on without hardly any information. Cannot wait until I see where they filmed Harry Potter film and Peter Gabriel’s recording studio.

Off to Paris again...

Today I just did not want to get up. The sun was out. It was warm. It reminded me of when I was in high school walking back home sometimes and it was warm. That is what it felt like. It is supposed to be at least 70 by the middle of the week. That sounds like absolute heaven. It will be as if I was on spring break again in Spain. I left class just as it was getting interesting. How ironic we would talk about the springs and I work for the one person who knows the most about it.

I told Margaret about it and she wanted me to ask her if I wanted to know more. She is after all the expert. I wonder how class went after I left. Well I showed her something as to how the page would look like. I am proud of it. Since it is my baby, what I mean is I gave it life. If someone else changes the page, it will not matter since I am the one that came up with the design for it. I am happy that I get to create something from scratch and it is more my vision and not someone else’s or something that someone has worked on and I am just helping them maintain it, because then I could put some of my creativeness on it. With this site, I have total control except colors. Nevertheless, even with that I am sure I am going to make it look good. Even if it is amateurish, it is fine with me.

I booked my flight to Paris. I am going alone, but it is ok. I am sure I will survive. It should not be that hard. It cost me £10 more than it should but I suppose it is better than paying much more than before. At least I saved £10, but it would have been £20. That is what I get for booking late. I should really look for a hostel or something to spend the night at instead of the airport. I will just have to find out tomorrow. I am sure the airport will be fine.

Another day of school...

Today was not so bad. I got up and watched Matthew. He is such a cutie! June went out and came back to tell me it was warm out. I did not think that it was because it looked somewhat iffy. There were clouds and what not, and even a little wind. It was not until I went outside that found it was actually hot.

I ended up at school later than usual, but it was ok. I just checked e-mail and the times for the coach that I would be taking to Paris. Hanns wrote the letter and I was thankful. I got all the information that I needed. Now I would have to plan my trip. The only problem is there is not one that I can think of. I would have to be at the bus station at about 6.00 a.m. on Saturday to get the coach to Heathrow. It will cost £11.50 or £11.25, which is not too bad. I arrive back at sometime in the evening on Friday. Therefore, I am sure I will have time to pack. If I do not have time then I can spend Wednesday packing up. The plan is to start on the papers that I have due soon. The anthropology paper is the one that I will work on first because that is the easiest. Then Hanns paper is the one that I am going to tackle next. Work was ok.

Working on papers...

Sunday morning and it is early. Half past midnight with six minutes added. I am tired. I should sleep and then get up tomorrow ready to work on papers. At least I started to read The Joy Luck Club. That is something I am shocked I started. I should really work on the papers that are due first. Next, I should plan the rest of the month. More later since I am just trying to get though Spider and then watch one or two episodes of Gate Keepers. I ended up watching one and a half. I was just so tired.

I think I got up early. I am not sure what time, but then I tried to head on back to sleep. Well I have cleaned up my room as well as doing a little homework. I made a calendar to see how the rest of the time I am here is going to be spent doing. It helps a lot and that way you can see what you are going on about doing and when you have quizzes and papers due. The TV has been on VH1 and it is all 80s music. Reminds me of that one night I was with co-workers during the summer. Just dancing and having fun. Well got to get back to work and focus on it, hopefully I will have most of it done and then I can have some time to go on day trips to places. We will just have to see what places there are for me to go to and where I will go.

To the library and the other side of town...

I think I need sleep. What I need is a shower, but I will do that once I get back because I am partly smoky from last night. I have to head on over to Weston Village. Well the library is not open yet, but I suppose if I get ready, change, and then do what I have to do, it will be time for me to go or the library and it should be open. I suppose I should call to check to see if they have the book, but I would rather just spend the time doing some exploring. It would also help if I stopped playing Spider too.

I took a chance at going to the library first rather than calling. It paid off. I got the book, got off at the right stop, somewhat and asked where the library was. Found it and the book as well. The library is tiny. Then I went back to the bus stop and took it back. I ended up having spaghetti. It was ok. Not that great. Then walked about and took the bus back. I tried to figure out all the names of the pubs we went to last night, but not much luck. I tried to get pictures of the “Shame Castle,� but I am unsure how I did. I also tried to go to see if they had fried Mars bars, but they did not. I took pictures of my house and of my family. I am done I guess.

A night of pub hopping...

Today I got up early. About the same time as yesterday, but easier I suppose. I was up before the TV turned on. I headed over to Newton Park where I was expected at anytime. I waited at the bus stop, which seemed like an eternity. I figured out that because they were on their Easter break the bus would not come as often. I waited and saw all these buses pass by. It just got cold. The sun was out. However, it disappeared once I left Newton Park. I came back to find out that yesterday it snowed in Bath. It probably would have been more exciting staying in Bath for the snow than heading off to Wales.

Pub hopping is what I did. Made me a little sick though, this was not nice. I do not think it was because I was not used to drinking, but it was beer. I am more a light beer drinker. The Saracen’s Head, The Star, The Bell, The Old Green Tree, Ha! Ha!, and finally ending it at Moles. That was many pubs. I am not even sure I got all of the names. I will go back and check. I saw the “Sham Castle� last night. I tried to take a picture of it, but it would not work. That sucked a whole lot.

Wales...

Today we head off to Wales. I got up early and went to Safeway. I bought more than I should have. I could barely fit it into my backpack. I walked from my house to Safeway, then from there to school. That was one long walk. My backpack felt so heavy, but in the end, I was relieved to know I did not have to carry it with me the whole time. I also had my jacket with me. That was a pain to carry as well. So I had to have one over stuffed backpack and then one huge jacket that was really too big for me. The hill that I had to walk up has an 11% incline. The one I have walked up that there is still mini hills to walk up and down. I should have just bought everything after the trip or the next day.

Wales was boring. The Museum of Welsh Life was okay. It was not what I thought it would be. There is only old buildings or sometimes it is a reproduction because the original does not last that long. Then we headed to the city center. There was not anything special about it. It was almost as if we were in our own city center with the exception that the streets were wider and no cars went by. Overall, there have been field trips that were better than this. This was not one of my favorite ones.

An internship at last...

The sun was out. I noticed that I have many papers to write and no time to do so. That is just not a good sign. I have to start soon on it. Time just flies by so fast. I do not know what to start on first. I do not know if I should work on the papers that are due first, well yeah those are important, but also everything else that I have to do. I forgot to ask Hanns about the letter. Tomorrow I am off to Wales. To bad, I am not meeting Alistair. That is the one thing that I thought I should have done. I think I did tell him. I wonder if should give him a call. I do not know. Whom am I kidding. I am lazy and I know I will not call. I barely read and I know I have homework that is due tomorrow. I know I did the first one, but I never turned it in. so I am wondering if I should even bother to work on it at all.

I worked my second day at the intern place. Somewhat interesting. I mean it was more office work and getting sorted. I am organized so that helps. The way I would sort something out is not how someone else would, but the idea is the same. Just get organized and know where everything is. I have at least six and a half hours done. How many more do I have? Way too many! Hopefully once I get going I can work on it more and the hours that I spend on it away from work will count. I will have to sit down one day and just sort that all out. The ideal would be for me to be doing two things at once. Where are the cloning people when I need them? At least another set of hands. Have to head to bed earlier. I have really been lacking sleep.

Roman Baths and Costume Museum...

Today went to the costume museum and the Roman Baths. Just seeing the costumes was as if I would go back in time. Did I forget to mention the sun was out? It was if you were back when Jane Austin was alive. To see the coronation gloves of Queen Elizabeth II was interesting. The one glove that she wore in 1953. All the rest were duplicates. That was nice to see. I think I might fit one of those gloves. That is just wishful thinking on my part. I also did my internship. Yay! 3 hours down and a whole lot more to go. I do not know if I can do the math enough to have close to 25. There was also the dress that Jennifer Lopez wore and Geri Halliwell. I did not know Geri wore the same dress as Jennifer Lopez. You know the green one and everyone wondered how it stayed up. Then there was the roaring 20s. It was not that interesting. It was as Tamara said. Not that great, but costumes nonetheless.

At the Roman Baths, it was more interesting. I mean it looked more historic. I suppose it had more meaning than I wanted it to. Seeing where people took baths was somewhat interesting. I mean at least you know and wonder how they knew it would still work after 2000 years. After I got some nice pictures.

I started one of my internships. The one that I got yesterday. It is interesting. I mean it is not something that I would like to do for a living, but it might end up being that way. I have only helped with what I call cleaning, but hopefully once everything is sorted out that I will start to be able to do what I want to. I know it is always going to be like that. You have to do other stuff that you do not want to do to finally do what you want to. I also went to Sainsbury. Nice. I think I am going to end up shopping there just because it is on my way to work or after work

Boring...

Today was nice. The sun was out. It was not warm but at least the sun was out. Tomorrow I will hopefully be able to take pictures of what I want to of Bath. Some of the pictures or all of the ones from last Thursday are up. There is even me in the mayor outfit. I look silly and Adam thinks so too.

Making plans...

Today got up. Well not my choice but by noise. I did not know there was going to be some grand breakfast for me. I opted to stay in bed and watch anime. I did not really do anything productive today. Just watched the telly. I was going to call mom but I did not. It is going to be the end of the program soon. How sad is that? Making plans for Easter, but not sure, what I am going to do yet. Maybe I will visit Adam.

Just a day out walking...

Beautiful day today it is. It was only after a certain time that the sun would come out. What should I do today? Head to town or ? I shall sort myself out after I have been washed up and dressed. Maybe I should head to school. Doubt Adam will be on. I could not get on to talk to Adam. I was about to step on the stairs to the crescent and instead I ran into TC who said that the library was closed. That was not nice. I used up all of my one hour time and then left. I walked in town to see if there was something that I could get Margaret (my mum's boss). I saw some nice Union Jack tank tops. I do not know if they will fit me but they are buy one get one free at this shop that is closing. I did go to Iceland and did not buy a thing. I was going to buy some marmalade, but I stopped when I did not see the free bottle of raspberry jam. I also went to Somerfield to see what else they had that I would buy, but I did not even buy the gummies. I ended up taking the bus home, but I did walk back after getting off at some unknown stop. Not bad. I think I am getting the hand of walking. I mean I did not walk home the majority of it, but at least I tried. I walked to Tonya’s house. I do not know why but I did. I got a book for anthro and then I also came back played Spider for a while and then read. I am getting better at reading, but still it made me tired.

I found it! Not mission impossible after all...

I cannot believe that it is going to be less than a month until I have to go back. It is sad. I mean it is nice in a way, but sometimes you just wish that time did not have to this fast. I went to find the fire truck and I got one. 99 pence it was. Not bad. I also went and got some fruit at Safeway, but then that also meant going to get some junk food. I got what I wanted from The Body Shop. I went to school to check my e-mail. I find out that the only time that the guy has to meet with me in next Friday. I talked to him today after I went to town. At this rate, I doubt I will see Adam before I leave. It was the perfect day with the temperature at 59 degrees. The sun being out made it seem hotter than it was.

Stourhead and Montacute...

It turned out to be a nice day. The sun was out and it was a bit chilly, but other than that no problem. The first place that we went to Stourhead had a nice artificial backyard. It looks like it is natural, but it is not. Got some nice pictures at Stourhead. At Montacute, I did not get any. It just was not that nice to take pictures of.

So I decided to have a drink at the second and last location. I was drunk. I will admit it a shot of Bailey’s Irish Cream did it. Then later that night I get a phone call if I am going to go out. Yes I did. Man was it some night. I did not even know that Kristi left. At the end of the night or partly near the end, Ryan and Jessica were making out. Scott and Maria were going at it on the dance floor. They make out more up on the street. Stacey’s so blitz she will not even notice. I could not stand anymore of Stacey so I walked home. I ended up going the long way, but it is ok. I do not mind at all. I just thought of it as going for a nice walk. It took me a while to go home, but I think it was well worth it. I did go back exactly the way I went. I cannot believe that Tonya and Kristi missed all of this. I am remembering how Ryan was when Jessica went missing in Paris. Should I just forget everything? I do not know if I can. No guys for me, but there were cute ones. I did not think I noticed anyone checking me out.

Just a regular day...

Last night I actually got on the internet. I talked to Adam as well. That was nice. The two of us were just being silly. Today was not that bad of a day. I got on the wrong bus, but that was ok. I had time to kill. The quiz was hard. I cannot believe it. I ended up heading to town twice today. That is really a record. The internet was actually up and I was shocked. At least I know I have an easy day tomorrow. The weather actually cleared up but at times, I thought that it would rain. I get nervous when that happens. I e-mailed the guy last night about my internship with him. If I do not get something with him then I am really pretty much screwed. I am too addicted to Spider. That spider is still in my room. It goes away and then it comes back. I just wonder where it hides.

Mission impossible...

Today is April Fool’s day. You know April first? The weather is horrible. The forecaster said that it would be nice in the morning indeed it rained. To top it off before I left the house to open my umbrella it broke. Mickey Mouse died! Mickey Mouse is on my umbrella. The last time I used it was the last day when I was in Spain. I had taken it with me to France, but I never had to use it. I had to ask June to borrow a brolly (umbrella). I was given a new one but I noticed that there was not something quite right with it. It seems it does not want to stay at the right spot as in the self-open and self-close umbrella would not lock. I did not break it but if I did I would have to buy a new one.

I head to class to find that the 9 a.m. class was cancelled. I am hoping that my class tomorrow is cancelled as well. I head to town after decide that I would not. I bought a brownie, which was not good. I then went over to Iceland and bought some crisps (chips). Then I head over to Somerfield to buy a Yorkie. I took the bus home and I saw Ben from my old house. I wonder why he did not get off at the stop that is near his house. He went to buy something. It is still odd just seeing him.

I asked June where I could maybe buy a fire truck. It is for my cousin who is a fire fighter. I looked in the Argos catalog did not have any in it. I am just going to check second hand shops and Woolworth. I have not seen a Woolworth in so long or been in one. I suppose some American shops survive in the countries where they were not born. I find myself pigging out sometimes. I do not think that is a good thing. My eyes get blurry when I play Spider and when I look at the monitor too much. Are my eyes being lazy or are they just getting worse? I love the terms that they use for flashlight. It is not a flashlight, but a torch. Heat is not heat but fire. Wow. I really do plan to use those when I get back. It would be nice just to screw with their minds. Surgery is one that I might not use.