Good Bye Worcester!

Who would have thought the hardest part of all this would be having to say goodbye? I just sat here starring at my computer for about ten minutes crying, how am I supposed to write down everything I am feeling? I don't want to leave all my new friends.., hell I consider most of them my family now, Ok I can't write about going home right now.
So Friday we went to the dive one last time. And holy moly was it a good night. Kelly and I played some pool and we all hung out wit the boys. After a couple of shots the Aussie girls and I got up to sing karaoke to Sweet Child of Mine...oh lordy I think for a hot second I thought I was Axel Rose! Any way Carl and Will brought some of their basketball buddies, which was enjoyable for the most part. They heard I was from the States and started asking me about basketball, and of course I knew my shit, my Dad raised a sports girl! (Thanks Dad!!!) This one guy and I had a conversation about Davidson and they all realized my love for UNC!!! I think they were legit shocked that a blonde American girl knew her shit...I wasn;t. After that I believe I took some Tequila shots...yuck and went up again with the Aussie girl to the stage and sang the Australian National anthem...they adopted me lol! After another hour of enjoying the Dive I walked home with Carl and Will back to the flat. Carl decided to call our friend Nathan to drive us for food, it was like 3am but seemed like a brilliant idea! So Nathan I come to find has only had his license for six months...he is a baby lol. And me being in the drunken state thought it was a choice idea to drive with him, it was like a NASCAR driver. Carl thought it was HILARIOUS! Then on top of that I evidently could not make a decsion on what to eat at mackers...so evidently they decided I was getting nuggets lol cause they ended up in my lap!! The rest of the night was a blur, but I did get sprayed with a fire extinguisher by one of the b-ball guys...I slapped him and there was also a food fight...boys will be boys !
Saturday was a packing day, I have a lot of shit...ugggg! Kelly and I went to town one last time and just walked around and got Greggs...I love that damn sandwich!
Sunday was Will, Nathan, and Jake's Basketball game! I love sport days, my whole family gets into them and cheers! Prerna and I were animals! Will and I have had discussions on the game of basketball so at halftime he came over to me and asked if I had any opinions. OF COURSE I DID! I told him that on defense the boys hands need to be up, and that number 21 needs to stop throwing a tantrum when eh misses a basket cause then he lallygags and leaves the boys on defense a man down. Evidently he told the boys this and they did much better, and he actually thanked me! It was funny tho I guess boys here are not use to girls cheering and a girl knowing her stuff...if you know me you know I have NO problem running my mouth!
Tonight we are ordering Pizza as our last family meal...AHHHH. Tomorrow Kelly, Myself, the three other Americans, and Michael leave...it will be a hard day. But I know in my heart I will see these people again! I owe a lot to Worcester, a new begging, rejuvenation!I was never expecting to really be sad to go back to Jersey. On the first day I arrived I told everyone "I'll make you like me!" but in return I think they made me love them! I will forever in my heart hold this place close to me. The people,experiences, and lifestyle have made this a worthwhile adventure!
So I guess all that is left for me to do is come home to Jersey guys!

These are the times to remember...

So, Worcester, England! Damn you for being an awesome place and capturing my heart. When I first started with the idea of going abroad, I was really just doing it to get the heck out of Jersey and because Dana was going to France. I couldn't bare to think of her making all those amazing memories...I wanted some of my own! Going through all the paper work at Willy P was hell, and I did it basically with no help form the school. Once I found out I was going, I was terrified, what had I really signed up for? I am going to go out on a limb and assume most people thought I would get homesick and whats not, I was worried myself. But a month before I left I had a dream ( I strongly believe in what my dreams tell me) I dreamt that I didn't get accepted to the program, I was re leaved, but then disappointed in myself. I was upset that I just let myself be babied and take the easy way and stay at home in my comfort zone, I awoke the next day knowing I had to go!
And looked what happened, I actually liked it! I came here and learned about myself. I met amazing people and some not so amazing people. I got to travel and see beautiful places, But most importantly I think I grew up. When I was home I didn't really have a drive. Here I learned that I want to do so much more. School is only a small part of my life (thanks julie!) And yes, even though I didn't take the conventional route I am just fine, and my way is the right way for me! (Thanks mom,dad, and daney!) Here, in amazing England I learned that I am a confident person, I got better fashion (thanks jesus!) I also have come to understand other people and how to interact with them. I learned how to cook, healthy! I make my own soup using only veggies, and I love my fruit smoothies at night! The friends I have met here are one in a million. Prerna and Kelly are my besties. We have been through a lot! Boys, Girls, School, Drunken night, family drama, they are good girls. By meeting them it only solidifies that I am a good person who can meet good people. I got an insight to other cultures and learned how good it is to have a best guy friend for advice, MICHAEL!!! I can actually go places on my own and not take the quickest way with the least amount of people, and I go out! (Dana is soooo proud!) But I think the most important thing I have learned is that I am capable of anything. I was afraid I would fail and be miserable..but I didn't, on the contrary I am trying find a way to miss my plane!
So this is out last week, seven more days...AHHHH I AM IN DENIAL!! This weekend Kelly and I went to London one last time...we saw Legally Blonde the musical! I never got to see it in the city so this was pretty cool. Before the show we went to Camden, which is mecca for cheap things and barganing. I got soo much stuff! Then we went to Kelly's family friends house, it was a lovely couple who live in fairlawn but the husband got transferred to london for 3 years, they have a flat in the rich part of London, kinda like the upper east side. My room had a view of the London Eye! They were so sweet, we lit the Channukah candles and they made up french toast in the morning! The day of the play we went to oxford street just to walk around, then I had a brilliant idea of getting balck shirts and decorating them for this up comming Wednesday! So we did, one for me, Kelly, and Prerna. You see hear on Wed it is social night at the Uni, where all the sports teams dress up with a certain theme, This week our basketball friends are doing swimmers and lifegaurds. So I decided we would make our own shirts with Sarah Siddons on the front which is the name of our building and on the back our nicknames and 09! Prerna's said Prenny Lane, mine was Jot Jalapeno, and kellys was wastyface! I love us girls.
So this was our last Wednesday out at Bushwackers! The girls and I wore our shits and just had a blast. We hung out with Nathan and Jake from the basketball team, though Jake tended to wonder away Nate stayed with us the whole night...like our own body guard. We just danced our hearts out to all the best music, there was a part when they played Christmas music..not very clubbish. At 3am we decided we would go home, and there were no taxis willing to bargain so we walked home...poor decision. It was freezing! Prerna and I had the brilliant idea of running home, which wasn't that bad. We got exercise and home to hot chocolate faster!
Today is Thursday and my day off. Prerna and I decided to go into town. On our walk in it started snowing!! How perfect is that? We went to Greggs for lunch which is an amazingly cheap sandwhich store, we both got our favorite, TUNA CRUNCH! And then just walked around the town. Tonight we are all going to the Dive to say goodbye to Espen, he leaves in the morning! Ahh this is soo hard to say good bye!
Ok this is the first part of the last blog...I will finish it on Sunday, my last day here!

Watch out Paris here comes Jennifer!!

So this weekend I got to go see Daney in Paris!!! So my flight is on Friday at 8pm. I have my FAVORITE class on friday, Justice and Revenge in Literature. It is really interesting but also I have a HOOOOTTTTT German teacher. Anyway I had to leave this class a little early, and I was talking ot my teacher, Andrius and he goes "Are you really leaving Jennifer? My star American pupil...?" and I said yea I had to but in my head I was like mdkfjhsjkghesuih I LOVE YOU lol...don't judge me! So I leave for the airport, and get there fine, early actually. Here in England they don't believe in giving you your gate number untill like a half hour before your flight so I had to wait in a lounge..when it was time ti board I went to the gate only to discover I couldn't find my phone! All I kept thinking was I will be in Paris with no communication to Dana who speaks the damn language then I started to worry about Dad. "How could you lose a phone Jennifer...your not getting a new one..." Then I started to tear up I ran all the way back to security who saw me in a frenzied state and six of them huddled around me, and they were really helpful. This amazing man was like let me have your bag and we will put it back through the scanner...so he comes back and is like I can not open your bag but check this side pocket...SURPRISE I'M A DUMBASS! There it was staring right at me...GYPSY PHONE! All the gaurds were really nice and all hugged me, I guess I looked like a basket case, then I had to run through the airport to the gate...everyone was staring, I fell into my seat cursed for five minuets and then went and ate a whole chocolate bar..it was well deserved. My flight was fine except for the damn air speed bump that scared the hell out of me and totally did the KFC pee thing ( you know what I'm talking about Dad!)
I finally land!! I had to wait in line for customs which made me nervous, last time I went to France they were not very nice at customs, but I got through in a flash, they loked at it and said have fun! Dana was waiting for me outside the gate and we ran to each other as if we were lost lovers..awkward for those around us but we did not care! That night I was staying at her place with the host family...SHE LIVES IN A MANSION!!! I walked in and peed myself! This place is bigger then our house at home...and it's on the Cheyennes Liaise and here kitchen looks at the eiffle tower!! And her room is sooo cute, high ceiling and pretty curtain a fire place...heaven pure french heaven! The next day Dana had a test so I slept in and showered. I was not fully awake when I went to shower but I should have remembered from Dana talking about it..the shower is not real, you have to hold the thing where the water comes out! So I turn the water on and the hose is laying in the tub and then it came to life! The damn thing started snaking every where and getting the bathroom soaking wet...it was rough. When dana finally returned we went to get my hot dog on a baguette! It was the same place and everything...I think Dana was amazed I remembered..fat ass does not forget food! Then we went shopping..it was a little market place, kinda like canal street but the French don't bargain. I got awesome brown boots that are the thing in Paris, I love them! After that we went to her Australian friends house, we had some drinks on the way there...like on the metro...hilarious! Dana also made me run through a metro card thing with out a ticket...oh yea I am a rebel! Around 3am we got back to the hotel and fell fast asleep in the amazing kind bed! In the morning we had a continental breakfast...it was GOD...hash browns, omlett bar, cheeses, fruit,pastrys, juice.bacon...really good stuff! We then went to Versailles, which is beautiful and big. The gate is in gold and the artwork inside is amazing, Napoleon def made himself taller in the portraits though...on the way home we were in the train station wating and the doors that you would normally need to open with your ticket were ALL OPEN..key word. A gaggle of Asians came in and tried stuffing there cards in and the machine wouldn't take it, then to top it off they would start to walk through and just when you think they were going to make it they'd run back as if there was a force that would shock them if they crossed the line. Finally some English guy just ran through and all the asians started jabbering a way and then one guy pushed another one through and they all paused and then cheered when he got through...like they were shocked he lived..that right there was PRICELESS entertainment!
Then I had to go home...sadness but only cause I was leaving Dana...Paris is all right but I am a London girl at heart! I got home with no problums and now am back at the dorm typing this up..and I just looked that I will be in the USA two weeks from today...I am really sad about this!

Stranded...but HAPPY!

So today I decided to be spontaneous. Three of my Aussie friends, Clare,Alice, and Kate went to London on Friday, but I had class so I couldn't. Our other friend Carl who lives 25mins from London was going to meet up with the girls on Saturday and show them around, and on Thursday night before they left he said I should join them on Saturday. Well if you know me at all, you know I am not the type to just decide to go somewhere, plans are needed. But I went to bed on Friday and all I could think about was how I wanted to go to London. I then convinced Prerna, Will, and Kelly to come along, so I wouldn't have to travel alone! We got up at 6am ( UNHOLY TIME) and grabbed the train and was there by 10:30! Carl and his brother Russel, who mind you was a spitting image of my uncle Kenny at the age of 26, met us at the tube station. The six of us decided to go to Camden and meet the three other Aussie girls, needless to say the girls shopped until they dropped! (I didn't dad...you can start breathing again) After that I had a run in with a rouge pigeon..I hate birds! This bird had the guts to dive bomb my head, alas making me look like I was a crazy lady running from a damn bird! After that ordeal The three boys, Prerna, Kelly and I went to Footlocker and New Era...stores for boys. But it was really fun to see the boys be sooo into shopping..Will actually said "I need to do retail therapy!!!" We then all met up for dinner and this mexican food place. After dinner the girls went back to camden to get their bags from the hostel so they could go home, the three boys and the others decided we wanted to go on the eye! The London Eye is this HUGE hundred foot fairest wheel. You can see allll of London, mind you we went on in the dark...while it was raining. Still well worth it! After that we went to a pub called the slug and lettuce..weird name but awesome drinks. It was really nice to just sit around with a nice drink and good company and just be in the moment, I mean when will I ever be back at 10pm in a London bar drinking with these friends...probs never! We then got a call from Clare saying how the trains were not working and there was no way of getting home tonight....awesome! It ends up that we are stranded in London. Thankfully Carl offered up his house. So all eight of us slept in his living room on the floor...not the best accommodations I have ever had but it was fun! I had no clothes since I assumed it was just a day trip so I had to borrow a pair of Basketball shorts and a huge tshirt...I am sure I looked very attractive. And in the morning I was awoken by Casey (their dog) licking me..YUM! I have never been the one to spontaneously do anything...but if I am being honest...that was one of the funnest days/nights of my life! It was fun not to have a plan..and just roam! It was a great day with awesome people...have I told you guys...I really don't want to leave England?

I didn't know I enlisted...

So this morning at 4am I was on a battle field. I was awoken from a comatose state (due to the fact that I took a benadyl) by loud BANGS outside my window...I was disoriented and confused so I did what I thought I should do, tucked and rolled. I tucked into the fetile position and rolled off my bed onto the floor where I then proceeded to army crawl to my window. Don't ask me how I knew how to army crawl(probably to much Army Wives) but I made it to the window where I skillfully used a bottle of wine to pull the curtain back, outside I could see smoke. At that moment I knew this would separate us men from the boys. I jumped to my feet, which I was proud to say I could do since I had done yoga only 6 hours ago and was sore, looked out the window only to learn that there were fireworks...though I wasn't in the safe zone yet, a rogue piece actually did strike my window. After that wake up call, I could tell it was going to be a good day.
After classes today we girls decided to treat ourselves to movie. Sadly it was New Moon, I hate my life. How is it a crazy pale girl gets a vampire AND a wear-wolf? Yes I AM aware it is a movie..but it doesn't make it any less depressing lol. Any way Prerna and I were making snide comments the whole damn movie, either cause we are both bitter about our love lives or the movie was bad, you can be the judge. SPOILER ALERT ONLY IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK! At the end Edward asks Bella to Marry him...it is a lovely scene, quite...romantic...and once the words have left his mouth..you hear me "OH CHRIST!" I didn't realize it until the words had left my mouth that it was out loud...oh well. Though I must give credit where credit is due, New Moon has done it;s job...I cried, I laughed...and I officially became a cougar..Damn you Taylor Laughton!

DUBLIN!!!

So this weekend I went to Ireland!!! I didn't realize how excited I actually was until I couldn't fall asleep the nigh before. It meant a lot to me because I only recently found out that I was actually Irish my blood. As we are getting ready to land I saw a RAINBOW!! Like legit a rainbow in Ireland ad we are landing!!! Soooo we arrive in Ireland on Thursday night! It is me. Prerna, Marianne, Kelly, Kate, and Dana was meeting us at 11pm at the hostel. We stayed in a place called Paddys Palace...for a hostel it was a palace! The heat actually worked...what more could you want? We all grabbed a bite to eat and then I asked Dana what she would want for dinner since she be getting in late...she said whatever you can find. So after searching for gluten free food I decided on a bag of chip, an apple, and chocolate milk! She was thrilled! So once we all got settled we went to bed. We woke up at 8:30 to start our day. We met up with Steph and Matt ( my cousins) at this free walking tour. It went all around Dublin for three hours. It was great, our tour guide was from NY so it was pretty ironic. After that we all decided to go to the Guinness factory...that was fun for the most part, it is hard to travel with 6 people some like to go faster then others. Through the tour we got to pour our own pint...so now I can say I poured a perfect Guinness pint! I really am not a fan of beer but I told myself I had to try it...so now Dana has a picture of my before drinking the Guinness face to the "OH MY GOD THIS IS HORRIBLE!!" face. Throughout the tour we met this nice guy from Canada and he became our new friend and we literally hing out the rest of the day. When the tour was over we walked out into pouring rain!! I had my nice boots on and refused to ruin them, so what did I do....I put plastic bags over them...Canada tied them..and I walked through the streets of Dublin with plastic bags over me shoes! Sadly...they still got wet! Saturday we awoke and went shopping!!!! I got so much...that I probably didn;t need...but WANTED!! (sorry dad!) I got a sweatshirt...a Irish Harp neckalce and my ring!!! My lovely Claddagh ring! YAY ME! Then we went to Christ Church, which was beautiful!!! Though I am starting to think all churches here are like that!They had a creepy crypt with a cat and mouse that was mummified!! It was like itchy and scratchy!!! That night Dana and I and Kelly met Dana's friend from school at this bar called Flannery, which was located in Camden and is evidently where all the local kids hang out! It was sooo much fun dancing and meeting people. On our last day we met up with Steph and Matt for a literary Pub Crawl...the girls for the literary info, Matt more for the pub part hahah. In the afternoon we watched the rugby game at a local pub and then went for a traditional Irish dinner! I had fish and chips with mushy peas which were amazing!!! Matt, Steph,Dana and I hung out till about 1am drinking and dancing! Have I mentioned how cool they are!!???? Monday morning came and we had to leave...totally sad!!! But I will be back one day!

BILLY JOEL!!!

So I am no once again convinced that Billy Joel should be a God! He brings people together, I am in my room and I have my music on and Mariann is sleeping on my bed and Delaney comes in and is like do you have "For the longest Time" and I am like HELL YEA!! So I put it on...her and I start Jamming and Mariann wakes up and gets into it and then Clare and Joe join and we just jammed to the whole song together..sounded pretty damn good too! It's moments like that, that really make me love it here!
TODAY IS HALLOWEEN!!! Marianna, Prerna, Clare, Alice and Kelly are decorating our living room for the party tonight. It is really great to see how excited the Europeans are getting! We have a skeleton, cob webs, fake blood, a decapitated hand...IT;S AWESOME!!!
This whole [ast week has been learning week...which means I am going traveling!!! Mariann, Prerna, Kelly, David and I went to Oxford, Surray, Bath and Bristol.
The first place we went was Oxford...holy mother of God it was BEAUTIFUL!!! We stayed in a hostel called Funky Hostel..and it lived up to it's name. Prerna is convinced she got bitten by bed bugs. And I woke up to a man starring at me. But we had a fun night, we played pool with two New Zealnad boys who weren;t that bad lookin either! We went to the markets and had tea, to christ church where they filmed some Harry Potter and Mulvern College which is rated one of the most beautiful colleges in the Uk and only 600 kids study there.
The next day we went to Surrey and stayed in a lovely BandB. But that city was pretty much a wash out.
Then we went to Bath!!! Holy crap it is beautiful! The Romans were mainly the ones who built it up so there were many influences. We went to the Abby which was gergouse! Bishop Oliver King had a dream about restoring it with angels ascending and desecending ladders, It was pretty cool to see. (I lit a candle for Kenny ma!) Then we went to the roman baths. They gave us these audio things to put around our necks to listen to..Iswear with my camera, bag, and this damn audio thing all I needed was a fanny pack and a kid yelling "ma! ma! I;m bored!" But the whole roman bath thing was amazing! But then at night we went to the Spa. The water in bath comes from the ground like in Colorado so its all natural and good for you! We spent four hours there. They had a rooftop pool that overlooked the city...it is crazy to float and look at the stars and then look out on the horizon and see the moon and Bath Abby. The next day we went to stonhenge!!! It was really nice but kinda like the mona lisa...dissapointing...I mean it is a pile of rocks!! But the cool thing I kept thinking was my dad and aunt were there and when they went they could touch it. Not now though they have it roped off. But I really liked it! On the bus ride back I pulled a mom and woke everyone up for a rainbow...I thought it was very worth it!
And then today we stopped in Bristol and saw the SS Britain. Pretty damn cool to look at! And now I am home!

Dana was here!!!!

So this weekend Daney came to visit me!!! She got here on Thursday. Prerna walked into town with me to pick her up from the train. We didn't really do much that day, just went food shopping. Friday I had class so she stayed and hung out with people. After class though thats when the fun started!!!! Most of my friends decided to go to the dive bar (which is the student bar on campus) it was karaoke night! Drinks are pretty cheap there so we all ahd a good evening. Some of my friends sang beat it by michael jackson. Then we decided we wanted to go to the bar in town. About 6 went first and it was myself, Mariann,Prerna, Cecilia and Dana waiting for a cab that never came. So I called the company and literally said to them "what kind of bushiness are you running?" and hung up. But luckily we found a bus...that was actually free, go figure! As we headed to Lloyds my friend Claire poked her head out of McDonald's and called us in! Evidently no one was at the bar and they all wanted hamburgers, so we joined them. It was rather fun, there was this drunk guy in the corner sitting eating his burger with his eyes closed..he looked very much in love with his food.
On Saturday my friend Michael was celebrating his birthday so we stayed in and had a house party. There was about 20 plus people. It was hot and crowded. But still a fun time!

So what has happened since I last wrote?? Dana is coming to visit tomorrow!!! and I went to Manchester last weekend!!! It might have been the funnest times ever!! (I know funnest isn't a word) It was soooo nice to actually get to know Stephanie and Chris, and Matthew!!! I have never been bale to like hang out with them due to the distance, so this meant a lot to me. And the fact that they barley new me and still welcomed me for the weekend! I got there on Saturday, I took the train. (yes Dad..by MYSELF!!) My friend Prerna did walk me to the train though in Worcester. Any way it was about two hours and I got stuck next to this rowdy soccer fan who was DRUNK on the damn train. I tried talking to him about the game but he actually ignored me, turned his back on me..Jerk! Stephanie and Claire picked me up and we went to the center of Manchester, and Claire took us out for lunch to this awesome pizza place. I ordered a Americano pizza, except I couldn't understand the waiters accent, so he asked if I wanted pepper on it all I could do was look at him and go "What?" I am def the American. Any way we walked around a little and saw some sites. Then Steph and I went back to her house and got ready to meet Matthew and some of there friends at the pubs. I had soooo much fun, they really showed me a good time! The pubs were wicked cool, and we went to this club which played some oldies music. Sunday came and we were all a little too tiered to go out so we watched some tv...which is my heaven!!! I really needed this weekend..it was nice to be in a home environment and be around people who kinda know me so I can just be me! (Thanks Steph!!!!!!!) Ok I have to go to bed now...picking Dana up in the morning, so Iam sure at the end of this weekend I
ll have another post!

Dana would be proud.....

So....I am officially in L O V E with going out to bars and dance clubs! My favoirite people and I went out on Gay night in Worcester...it was awesome! We went a club called Reflex, which actually wasn't that crowded. Alice, Prerna (from Austrailia) and I first went ot the University bar for a pre game drink. While we were there it started to down pour!!! So we had to run back to our dorm to catch a taxi with the others, it ended up being Micheal, Espen, Denny, Alex, Clare, Kate and David. When we got to the club Prerna and I went right ot the bar (I was taught well!) I couldn't hear crap cause of the music so in the end I just yelled to the bar teneder "give me whatever is a pund..and then add a Southern Comfort shot!" needless to say I was feeling great! We danced all night...and actually for the last hour we owned the club...we had the dance floor to ourselves. After that we went to a place called "Mr. Shakees" who Micheal met and he set us up in the back with food and drink...most of it was free, a really nice man actually. Some decided to go home and sleep, but Alex, Denny, Espen, Micheal and I stayed up untill 8am! We sat in the kitchen just bullshitting and talking. I actually had a great conversation with Espen, he is from Norway just Micheal. Any way he randomly just started talking to me about how nice I am, and that I am a great women. It was nice to hear because sometimes you can forget that you are actually a really great person, so it was nice to see others notice. The boys then decided to make me an honary boy hahah. But I had to teach them how to shot gun a beer...so I showed them. I actually finsihed the whole thing in like 10 seconds! (Thanks Mich and Nate!!!!) Then I had a talk with Micheal, to fill you guys in...Micheal is my best friend here, we talk about everything and anything. And he watches out for me, (kinda like Dana;s Tim) After that at about 8am I went to bed, only ro be woken up by Micheal knocking on my door an hour later "Jen! you need to see Denny!!!" so I was like hell well I am not getting out of bed bring him here two seconds later I am gretted by Denny's smiling face with a a Mr. Shakee's flyer saying " I shake for Mr Shakees" and while he said that his body shaked...HILARIOUSE!!! I died a little then feell back to asleep. To be honest, that was one of the funniest nights here so far, good people, good drinks, and good memories!

FIRST WEEK OF CLASSES!!!

So school has finally started...no more sitting on my butt drinking tea and talking but rather reading and studying...yuck! I have four classes, all english. one first year, one second year, and two third years. They are actually really cool! The thing I do not like is the issue of sitting in one class for three hours! After about an hour and fifteen I start to daydream, so we shall see how it goes. The gradeing is different too, all we do is two tests, but for english they are essays, which is wicked awesome! My first class is on Tuesday mornings at 10am...my teacher is a nut job! But she is sweet and legit likes what she is teaching, which is creative writting two. I also have women's writters and that teacher reminds me of Prof.Treelawney from Harry Potter, Shakerspearen Comedy, which actually is so boring I could cry. The teacher just loves himself and goes on and on and on and on! And my last one is Justice and Revenge in Lit. My teacher is evidently a german guy who I thought had a great Brisitsh accent....that was funny. It is nice to be back in class with an actual timeline and stuff.

We also went out Thrusday night to a club called Bushwackers...a waste of hottness if you ask me. A couple of girlfriends and I got all pretty in heels and dresses and basically only stayed an hour. We had to pay to get in, and the drinks were sooo expensive, and they music sucked! And I had to punch a guy...basically he licked his hand and wiped it on my friend Prerna's face, he laughed I told him to stop, he didn;t, I punched him in the chest...he left. Then we went to Mc Donalds and ate fries while watching all the drunk girls walk by in their high heels and stumbling.

Today we had a bus trip to Warwick Castle and Stratford Upon Avon. The castle was AWESOME!!! We walked all around this old place and the grounds and explored!!! If you have facebook there are pics on there. Anyway we were eating lunch by the pond and these ballsie ducks kept comming close to me and one grabbed my sandwhich..not thinking I fought it..thats how you know you may be a fatass...you fight a small duck for a bite of you're sandwhich(or sanga as you say in Austrailian) In the end I let the duck win, but I wasn;t happy about it. They also had a part that was called the Princess Tower so I was walking towards it and one of the fair maidens politely told me it was an attraction for yong girls...first I was like WHAT and then I scanned the crowd trying to find a child I could "borrow" but alas I had to retreat. We also walked up 365 steps to like the outlook point..on the windest day and I am afraid of heights...needless to say I didn;t look over the edge.
We then went to Stratford Upon Avon, which is Shakespears home town...it kinda sucked. It was really windy and a lot of walking. I saw the outside of Shakespears house but not the inside cause you had to pay and we all were like "Heck No!" And we tried to find the church where he was burried but got lost and then found out you had to pay for that too. So in the end we all went to Mc Donalds and sat there, it is like a club house.
And then tonight some of the girls and I went to town for a drink, I orderd a Malibu and Cranberry and the bar tender was like " in my 20 years I have never been asked for this drink." I didn;t know how to react so I took the drink and said thanks. In America it is a cheap drink but here it is like 3 pounds....screw that, I guess I will have to learn to like beer.

I almsot poo'd myself!

So a couple of kids and I decided we were going to head to London for a overnight trip. We booked a room at St. Christophers Inn, which is the hostel I stayed in on my first trip to London, oo the memories! It felt soo nice to be back in London, like I was home. We went to the Tate muesum..OMG AWESOME! There was great modern art, and this kid I live with Pat is an art major so he was teaching us all kind of stuff! And we would ask us what we thought of a sculpture, and I think I was pretty good at it. We then went to see the Globe Theater and crossed the Millenium Bridge. I like to walk ahead of the others sometimes beacause I like to think, so I am walking and see a bunch of security standing in the middle. Being the cocky ass I am I for sure think they are here for me. But as I got closer I noticed that I actually new it was. It was Luna and Neville from Harry Potter! Now, Kath, Rachel, Dana, Julie, Mom and Dad know how FRIGGEN awesome this is! I actually talked to to Luna who's name is Ivanka, we talked about school and she asked why I chose here to study and I forgot I was talking to an actor. But it was nice, I got a picture of her but not with her, I didn;t want to be rude or a crazy fan. But I did ask her to wait for my roomie Kelly who is OBSESSED with everything Potter, And she did and I introduced them and she got her picture!
After that we went to Camden street which is a GREAT flea market where I could shop...sorry Dad! But I promise I didn;t break the bank, I got a nice sweater and little dress!
So remeber the guy Mike I wrote about? Well he has a girlfriend so no worries. We had a good talk session and we've decided that we are eachothers new BFF's! So it is nice to have a guy friend instead of a million girls. I am finally feeling a little better, but here they don;t believe in western medication. Which I hate cause I would rather just be drugged up and feeling better. But after a week of suffering I think I am getting better! Maryann, a girl from Germany took good care of me, made me tea and did steam treatments.

1,2,3 Tequila!!!

This morning at 9am I was awaken by a big knowck on the door, I procedded to yell "GO AWAY!" Thinking it was a flat mate and then again I heard a knock, I opened my door and in front of me was a security gaurd, telling me I had an hour to move out into a different room and to go talk to accomodation services. I started panicking and went to Lois (she is in charge of exchange students) I walked into her office and she said hello and then I burst into tears relaying the story and to calm me she offered me tea and all I could say was "That would be nice" she then talked to another woman who told me it was a mistake and I don;t have to move, needless to say I was overwhelmed and already told myself I was goioing out tonight!

So Last night we all went to the pub, and when I say all I mean all 20 of us flatmates, boys and girls!!! The girls decided to go all out and where dresses and highheels. I ended up borrowing a really saucy dress from my friend Aubrey, pink and very short and wore my zebra heels. We all decided to pre-game before we left so we could save money, wine is my new weakness, cheap and gets the job done! I was the first to get to the bouncer and I handed him my Jersey licenese and he stared at it for five mins and looks up and goes "your prettier in person" I didn;t know whether to be offended or not, but he let me in and I made a bee line right to the bar and got a Shmirnoff Ice. All in all I had ALOT of wine, three shots,a shmirnoff, and a beer. I don;t know how I made it home...oh yeah I walked! I can now say I have walked barefoot through the streets of Worcester..Dana would be so proud.


The bar had a great dance floor, and we all took over and made a big circle. It was like being at a Crowley party! (I learned from the best!!!) They even played a Billy Joel Song!! But I think the big hit was my thriller dance (THANKS RARA!!!) I have a flatmate named Mike from Norway who I think has a crush on me...he bought me a drink and was dancing the whole night with me, so I will keep you updated..though I will say he is very nice but not my type, so I think I would like to just be friends.


Today we all decided to go have a picnic by the river, it was sunny and about 70 degrees. We sat and talked for hours and just relaxed from the past week, my liver was thanking me hahha.
On Sunday we had a day trip planned through the school to the Malvern Hills, which are very much like the mountains of Colorado...and we hiked them!!! There were seven peaks we had to go up and down, it was beautiful but exhausting!!! At each peak you could see a 360 degree view of England and some of Whales and Scotland When we got home we all went right to bed, and then I awoke with a cold! I have strep...as ushal Jennifer Rose Fytelson is sick. But I went to the doctor and got medicine. It was free for me to see the doctor due to the healthcare in England (America should def look into this) and only 7 pounds for my meds. I was happy!

I'll make you like me!!!

So I made it through the 6 hour plane ride, on 9/11, alone, next to a drunk. I got to the airport and got through security pretty easy, but after I got through I realized my gate was about two miles away on the other side of the airport. So I had to carry my purse, computer bag, AND luggage all the way to the end. By the time I reached my gate I was shaking when I sat down, due to clearly being out of shape! I sat there for about 10 mins before I was bored, so I decided to call Uncle Ray and say bye, he calmed me about my flying anxiety and then I had to board the plane.
As I sat on the plane I made friends with my two seat mates, a married couple from England, the woman was nice the man liked to drink. But they were nice enough to sit with, until the man asked me to go buy him his 6th drink, due to the fact that he didn’t want the stewardess to think he was drinking to much, ironic. While I was up getting his drink, evidently he got up as well to use the bathroom, I also had to use it and pushed the vacant door open, and there was my seat mate! I backed out with a shocking look on my face and the nice stewardess pulled me to the back of the plane where they were getting breakfast ready and handed me a shot of whiskey and said “it’s on me, I think you need it.” After that shot I hung out in the back of the plane for about an hour and helped them serve breakfast.
We FINALLY landed, I ran off the plane and through customs, and ran into a girl who actually was going to Worcester too!! Her name is Kelly and she is really sweet! When we met up with the school there was our school greeter and two other boys waiting, American boys. I thought I was leaving them at home. When I arrived at school it was 8am and we checked in and got our rooms. I LIVE IN A FLAT!!! How awesome is that!? Across the hall from me is a nice Italian guy named Alex, and a German guy named Denny…SOOOOO HOOTTT!!! But taken. Needless to say all the girls are heart broken. We all joke that we are in a relationship with him...he just doesn’t know yet. There is also a German girl named Heidi, who I wasn’t a fan of at first started talking to me A LOT so we have been getting to know each others, she is actually really nice. There is also a girl from Australia named Prenna, she is soo funny! We have all explored the city which is supposedly a 10 min walk for like 30 min walk all with hills! The American boys tried to teach the others beer pong..but most of the girls gave up and we all bonded in our room to Britney Spears!
The girls have also begun a quote book! Since Denny has broke our hearts we have come up with the “Flush” system , when we see a cute guy we yell flush, very simple! The first quote in the book was by me and this may be the only thing that the group remembers of me, I was telling them of how I am shy (which they did not believe) and I was like (jokingly) “I’ll make you like me!”
So today I played SOCCER!!! I haven’t played in a while and I played with all boys, Italian, German, British, Norway, you name it they were probably there!!! I think I did pretty well, held my own out there. Got the poo kicked out of me though…I got kicked in the arm, kleeted in the calf, and did a great header!!! HHAAAAA I LOVE IT HERE SOOO MUCH!

Hello All!

This will be my England blog, I can't promise long or short entries, detailed or not so much detailed entries. What I can promise is a great time and insight to my stay! Just wanted to do a first post to make sure it works and everyone can get to it! Love you all!