My Birthday and Other Events

The pictures are of my birthday and of Oxford.

It has been a while since I updated this, but I should remember everything that has happened in the last 10 days or so. During this time I have primarily been busy with school, as I am getting my work done ahead of time. I have three essays due in March, as well as all the school scholarship info like FAFSA and another scholarship. Since I am going to be out of the country for 10 days in February, I need to get much of this done before I leave. Another chunk of my time has been planning for this, as Whitney and I are going to Spain for 7 days and then all the USC students are going to Scotland for a few days (the day after we return from Spain). Outside of the school routine, I have been doing quite a bit with the Christian group on campus

On January 29th, I turned 21. Originally, my flatmates and I intended to go see a musical. However, we didn't order tickets early enough to get cheap prices, so we decided to go out to dinner instead. We went to a Italian/Pizza restaurant and ate a good meal; I had pizza, caesar salad, cheesecake, and a glass of wine.

On Friday, February 1st, Whitney and I went and saw the National Gallery. We spent about 4 hours looking at paintings there and only made it through around half of the gallery. The collection is quite impressive, and I am actually going back today to see the other half. If we have time, we may also start on the Nationl Portrait Gallery, which is next door, and which also houses numerous famous paintings.

On Sunday night, Whitney and I went down to the International Student's House in Regent's Park and watched the Superbowl with other Americans. It was alright, although I don't know if staying up that late was worth it (kick-off was at 11:30 pm), especially since the game had the same 5 or so lame British commercials, rather than all the funny American ones (which I did watched on the internet a few days ago - my favorite is the carrier pigeon one).