First, I want to say that the (almost) daily posts are not the norm for me. I have had time to post (almost) every day and so I've been able to sit down and do it but once I have books to dive my nose into I will probably shoot for once a week or once every two weeks to keep those (few) of you who actually read this thing apprised of the goings-on.
The exploring that I mentioned in yesterday's blog went really well. Lauren (Meredith's friend who graduated from Keele but did a year abroad at Willamette) took us into Newcastle and we went shopping and had lunch (really good food from a place called Missoula (isn't that a city in Montana?)) and then went back to campus had a nice break and then went grocery shopping (at what Lauren called the English version of Walmart, its called ASDA and no it doesn't stand for anything (we asked)). Finally, we came back to my room at like 9 and made dinner (chicken and noodles with white sauce and asparagus) after (possibly scaring) the drunk freshman out of the kitchen. Shortly after finishing dinner I had a GIGANTIC HOMESICK MELTDOWN, crying for no reason and just generally thinking I want to go home, over and over and over again, but I calmed down and did the dishes and talked my way through most of it. Then it was back to Meredith and Sierra's place to drop some stuff off and then we went to tea and toast in the chapel (which was actually really nice and I'm excited that they put it one once a month). I came back to my room around midnight and was able to call my mom which was really nice and we had a good talk and then skype with my fiance which was comforting and then I tried to go to bed and had to fight off the ridiculously loud club music pouring through my window from the student union (which is turned into a club on weekends (and possibly some weeknights I haven't quite figured it out)) SO MUCH LOUD MUSIC.
Then this morning, I attended breakfast with the other people who live in the Horwood section of campus and went to the church service. Then most of the day up to this point has been filled with Welcome Festival activities including the Sports Faire, I did take information on multiple sports and sign up to be on an email list but I'm not going to say quite yet until I commit myself to one or the other or both. The Welcome Festival also included A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF LOUD MUSIC AND A GIGANTIC TV! I should have emailed the picture from my phone while I had wifi so that I could include it in this blog but ho man it was not something I could ever imagine at Willamette but we managed to snag a great view from the balcony of the second floor of the student union. Now its a little chunk of relaxation time before we have dinner and head to a comedian later tonight.
Awww the home sickness will go away. I was only there for 2 weeks and even I had it (I don't even like most of my family). Enjoy your time there and yes asda really is the UK version of walmart LOL, walmart owns them, my friend chris's mom works for them. Make sure to visit the other stores too EVERYTHING IS OPEN 24/7! And yea, universities in the UK are big party schools (yes, even oxford LOL) It's just how things are now. Good luck! Safe travels and have the time of your life, you WON'T forget it!
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