The Weeks Fly By

So it's been a week... ish. That's amazing. They days are just packed, especially when one is so fond of naps. Sleeping is the packing peanuts of life. I'm gonna write as much as I can about the last week or so. You don't have to read this in one go. It's a lot.

The major element that has tied this past week together has been a cold. Yes, my friends, I have succumbed to the London Bug. Cough, sniffles, sore throat, you name it. I got it. My poor housemates, a few of whom were mere aquaintances before this adventure are now prone to my sniffly grossness. I feel kinda bad, but what can I do.

Despite my being sick, my week was still adventure packed. I left you last with my pending night at Avenue Q. It was wonderful. We had good seats. I ended up awkwardly sitting next to this guy named Charlie that my prof randomly decided to hypothetically pair me up with in class the other week. He's a very nice guy and handled the situation very well. I did make sure to drop a couple "my boyfriend" references along the way just to make things clear.

The play was great. It really was like seseme street plus 20 years. Relationships, rent and crushed hopes and dreams. My two favorite charachters where the "Bad Idea Bears." They were two ridiculously adorable bear puppets that would show up and tempt the characters to do stupid things. Hilarious. I want a pair of stuffed animal Bad Idea Bears. They must exist somewhere.

On Wednesday I had a lot of classes. I also got hit in the face with the cold. It was kinda mniserable. I stuck it through though. I had my history class, my video sketchbook class and my drama class. In drama we had a guest speaker. Lou Stien, a real live London director dude (and American Ex Pat) talked to us about the role a director has in a play and did a little example of directing with a few kids in our class. It was a lot of fun. Of course I was so pooped for the whole thing. When I got home I basically went straight to bed. Seriously. Bed at 8:30. I slept in too. I must be sick.

Thursday was spent mostly in the apartment. I was sick so I took care of myself. I also did some work and worked on getting us an internet connection. I remember at some point being at faraday house, but I can't put my finger on why I was there. Oh well. The internet finally works in our house. That's a blessing. That night a lot of people went out to the symphony. I stayed in and had a good time chatting with Julia. We attempted to watch My Fair Lady but we were both so pooped. We didn't get far.

Friday was a lot of fun. I woke up, made breakfast and tackled the kitchen. It was getting pretty bad. I washed, scrubbed and organized as much as I could. I got a bit carried a way and ended up sprinting to Faraday house to catch the field trip to the Borough Market. The Borough Market is what they call one of the best "foodie" markets. It had a ton of delicious food in it. Not too cheap, but worth it. Then again, you could go the way my friend Haley managed and fill up on free samples. I got a really beautiful ceramic tea thinger. It's a cup that has its own fitted filter thing-a-ma-jig and a little cover/saucer to put the filter in when you're ready to drink the tea. I've never really had a chance to enjoy loose leaf this much. I bought some Orange Pekoe (fair trade! score!) and have been downing it like it's my job ever since. I'm in love.

After returning from the markets I had a bit of a rest and then I was off again to see Loot, a farcical play by Joe Orton. It was being performed at the Trycicle Theater in Kilburn. It's this small theater that also shows independent-ish films. The atmosphere was wonderful. It was very community rooted. The audience was fantastic, laughing and reacting at all the right moments. Afterwards we had a curry dinner "with the cast" though I didn't see any of the cast members. I was too busy gobbling the all you could eat curry.

We had stayed at the theater pretty late, and were kind of unsure about out trip home. We knew that the tube closes at midnight. It would be a bit of a rush to be able to get home by then. Two girls from my flat and I were walking down the street toward the tube. There were bars all around and a bunch of people (kinda rowdy) on the street. We hear someone whistling at us and and calling someone by my name. I was about to remark how my name can be applied to both genders when the person calling "Allie" got even closer. I turn around and lo and behold it's Lewis! Our student guide buddy who I adore. Turns out not only are we wandering around in his neighborhood, but he was on his way to a place near ours. Since Lewis is magical, the four of us were very soon on a double decker bus that took us right to our neighborhood in 15 min. That solved our transportation problem, AND we got to see Lewis!

Saturday was a lopsided day. The morning was a bit lazy with some school work and loafing around. In the early afternoon I got to skype with not only with all other members of my immediate family, but with Rick's girlfriend... and her mom. There was a total of seven people on the chat at once, coming from four different places in the world. After the chat I though I shold fit in some exploring. I ended up exploring public transportation more than anything else, but I did get down to a very hip market in Camden Town. It got dark fast and pretty cold as well. I got back to the house, chilled a bit and then went out to a bar with a couple of my buddies. I got a mint mojito. Brianna got giggly. We got back to our apartment, ate a delicious late-night meal of grilled cheese and avocado, and slept.

Finally, Sunday. I traipsed around markets in the city trying not to freeze. I came very close, but managed to find a warmer place before becoming an Allie-cicle. The tubes were another adventure. The really convinient lines around the corner from m flat were under repair. I had to come up with very creative ways to get home. In the end I missed going to cirque de soleil, buu by that point I was too cold and tired to do much of anything except put a load in the laundry and nap. The rest of the day was spent with my house mates, chilling, eating, and working on homework.

Thanks for checking u and reading this whole thing. Lets see if I can become more frequent in my writing. Take care and keep warm. All the best!