June 29

This morning the fire alarm went off at 10am, exactly. I didn't follow my own rule, which says if the alarm is going off for more than 2 minutes, then I'll leave. This was mostly due to not being fully awake yet, nor having pants on. About 5 minutes later we finally picked ourselves off our beds and headed to go outside, and right when we got downstairs, one of the PA's came in an told us to get out...which is what we were doing. This took a good portion of the morning up, so I didn't realize how little time I had to eat breakfast and get ready for our day excursion.

We met FSU at The Tower of London, but it was a little misty and a tad cold. We didn't stay long, but it was kind on interesting, but I would have definitely enjoyed it more if it were nicer outside. We walked to the Borough Market for lunch and then took the metro back to the apartments. Somewhere between the tower and the market, I was challenged to do a 'box jump,' which I successfully did, with one foot. The other foot was not as lucky and now I have a nasty, nasty gash on my shin. I'm honestly making smart decisions over here.

I made chocolate chip cookies and Alayna and I watched "The Longest Yard," because she loves Adam Sandler and had never seen it. JT joined us at the end, so we started "studying" for theatre, and watching Wimbledon, and eating cookies. At some point we Skyped Lia and Brittany, but the wifi was a little shotty so it was difficult. It's the thought that counts though!

I also, along with a few of my flatmates, received and e-mail about a mandatory meeting tomorrow morning (probably about the fire alarm incident). In our defense, the alarm upstairs doesn't go off, and that's obviously not safe, nor is it our fault. We'll see how that goes tomorrow, Brooke is freaking out, but, what can ya do now?

She then told me that she had plans for Friday, but didn't know where to go, so we walked through town to look for pubs and bars (they are different). It was still really gross out, but this time I had a coat. We came back to look up the places we saw and "study" some more, but that didn't go very far.