Procrastination

You know how i've been bragging that I have practically no school work? Well, karma has come to get me because I have three essays due in the next two weeks. But it's crazy to think that after that i'll be home and it will be Christmas! And since Lorraine finally blogged, I figured I ought to as well ;)

I went to Scotland two weekends ago for the christmas market during the day which was tons of fun, and I tried mulled wine which is amazing - i'm going to figure out how to make it so that you guys can all try it when I get home. Most importantly (and prepare to be insanely jealous) I went to the cafe where JK Rowling started to write Harry Potter and to the hotel where she finished writing it. I know it's cheesy, but half of my life was shaped by the events that went on in those two rooms!

Also went to Manchester this past weekend to do a little bit of "christmas" shopping with my friends Becca and Kiri and we had a great time :) On Saturday night a dub-step band called 'Flux Pavilion' came and played at my college bar. If you've never seen a dub-step concert add it to your Bucket List, it is absolute mayhem! Last night had a christmas film night with the girls - we watched a very strange British christmas movie called 'Santa Claus the Movie'...I can't quite explain it. We were talking about christmas films, and no one in England has ever heard of the cartoon version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!!! Crazy, eh?

Tonight, we are having a study abroad Christmas dinner in town, then I plan to spend the rest of my week writing non-stop to finish my papers in time to enjoy my last week with the house-mates and go to the Christmas Ball! Was talking with my friend Andrew from the US today, and we are both going to try to phase out all of our British slang in the next two weeks before we go home....you can tell me how successful I was when you see me :)

T-11 Days until Tim Hortons.

Cheers,
Alexis