The Big Move

Hey All,

I needed to just take a break from all of the reading that I'm doing on the conservation of modern materials.  It's starting to blur and I'm not sure how much I'm letting truly soak in. So! Nothing better for a little study break than to update on my life. Obviously.

It's been a while (ha, who hasn't heard that from me before?), but I've honestly been much more swamped by school and life than I thought I would be.  There is way more reading, research, topic discussion, and topic revision than I thought there would be.  I guess that's grad school for you, though.

Anyway, I moved into my new place about a month ago, and I'm really happy with it.  Grated, the room is smaller than the one I had before,  but I fit everything I need in here (with the exception of the 10 books I have checked out from the library, those currently either live on my bed or my desk.  You win again, Grad School...).  The location is pretty convenient as far as getting to school and any other locations goes, the overground is right around the corner, as is the local tube station and there are loads of bus stops right near our entrance.  It's a little bit sketchy, but there are some really cute restaurants and some pub/bars that do great deals on drinks.

My new flatmates are great so far (at least, 2/3 of them are).  I live with one of my best friends over here who is also a grad student, but she's studying a different subject entirely.  There's also a German guy who is awesome, super clean, really funny and friendly.  His girlfriend seems ok too, which is better than her hating me outright.  The last one is a girl from up north, who is just a friggin' mess. She's studying law or something, and had a part time job for a while that she just quit, but she never EVER cleans anything.  She's lived here longer than I have, but I don't think she's cleaned once.  It was her weekend to clean (we take turns every weekend, that way it's not too overwhelming and so it's fair for everyone). She blatantly blew it off.  She was home all weekend, and did not do a goddam thing.  RIDICULOUS.

PLUS, bitch stole my cookies.  Nobody steals my cookies. And she takes ridiculously long baths when there are 3 OTHER PEOPLE WHO NEED THE ONE BATHROOM WE HAVE. AND she leaves glasses of water in the shower.  What is that. Honestly. What. IS. That.  Bull crap, that's what that is.  And highly unsanitary.  We all need to sit down and have a little chat with her, because if she keeps that crap up, she's going to have to find somewhere else to live.  End of story.

Enough hate rage.

Love you all,
L

Adventures in England

Hello All,


It's been a crazy few days over here in England.  I've been all over!  This post will be mostly pictures, so enjoy!

This weekend past I went out and visited my relatives near Reading, England.  I'm not sure where their home is, I know it's about a half hour from Reading and 45 minutes from Henley, but I have no idea where it is exactly.  The place doesn't even have an address, it just has a name.  That's all.  Anyway, I went and visited them at their beautiful estate home out in the country.  This was the view from my  bedroom when I woke up:

They also have Shetland ponies.  And real ones as well.

A view looking over their lands. A little Lion King-esque

Very cute Market that I visited with my cousin.

 I think you can see how easy it is to fall in love with England... I'll do another post soon on my trip out to Bath and Stonehenge, it'll be too much to write it out here!

XO,
L