June 28

In class today, after talking about the show we saw last night, Christine brought in a friend of hers who is in the theatre world. He led us in different exercises for a few hours, which were strange, but it was great not be sitting and talking for 3 hours.

I went on a run after class, which lasted an hour. I ran to around and back from Regent's Park and I felt unstoppable. I cannot wait for this 10k in 19 day. JT and I have agreed to run, at least some, while we're traveling next week.

And of course, it's Tuesday, so it's pizza night. They ordered way, way less than normal because they kept giving away too many. Lame. So, instead, we got the last 2/3 pieces, in the box, and grabbed the box, then each of us would collect 2 or 3 of our own and bring them back to the box. We successfully stole an entire pizza +2 pieces. It was a proud moment.

There is also a lot of drama going on in our apartment right now. A lot of tension is in the air...so everyone wanted to go out, then they didn't, and no one could decide. Brooke and Dom, who had wanted to go out decided to go run instead (dumb, because Brooke just ingested alcohol, seriously, JUST). Once they left we were still trying to figure out what to do and Brittney suggested drinking in Trafalgar Square. Sean, Reid, myself, Aleesia, and Brittney all took the trek to the square and climbed the statue in the middle. We drank with Big Ben in our sight, in Trafalgar Square, next to the lion statues talking about how great of an experience we're having. We talked about how we all thought we'd miss that "freshman" year experience, but, in all honesty, our freshman year is 10x better than the average one. We also get to experience it when we get back, we'll have our first football games and get lost on campus, and I'm just so excited. We already have friends, close friends, which is great because it's hard to make friends on such a large campus, as we've been told by the upperclassmen that studied with us in Valencia. We talked about returning home and how no one understands us, and it's great to have each other. I just cannot describe how happy I am that I found this program, let alone that I faced every fear I had by flying to Spain for my first year of college. This has been the greatest year.

After our sentimental conversations we walked to Buckingham Palace, had a few races, jumped on some backs, completely bullied each other and it was amazing. I'm still so emotional about how great this year was/is. Honestly, best decision of my life.