Today I had a rough start. After waking up numerous times
throughout the night, I woke up again at 8:15am realized I had turned off BOTH my alarms to wake me up for my final exam this morning. So I rushed out of bed,
threw on some clothes and went downstairs to meet my friends to study a little
more before our exam at 9. I went to get coffee because not only was I
completely out of it, I also lost my voice for some reason. Unforunately,
they weren’t making the coffee yet, so I had to wait until right before I
walked into class for my final…which was fine except that the final was
allllllll writing so I couldn't even drink it! Short answers & essays are my preferred type of exam
however, this one had 10 fill in the blank, around 7 definitions/explanations, 3 short answers and 2 essay just for the final 1/3rd
material of the class. On top of that... we had a final with 2 MORE comprehensive essays
(one worth 80% the other 20%) to complete afterwards… Not only did we have all
of these essays we had a time limit of an hour & a half. Yeah you heard me 90 minutes...now you tell me
how realistic & possible that is...it's NOT. So I barely got to drink seeing as my hand
was about to fall off.
Finally
that exam was out of the way though and I came back to my room to relax for a
bit. Around 12:45 Emily and I went to meet Liz and their family at the Tower of
London. I’ve wanted to go the entire time I’ve been here to see the crown
jewels, but I have to be honest I wasn’t too impressed. The tower itself was
incredible and huge; I just expected more.
Included in the jewels were all of the coronation items, gifts given to
the royal families and the crowns that have been worn since the 16th
century. I thought it was interesting that when the monarchy was dissolved
Oliver Cromwell decided to melt down all of the gold and jewels, therefore the
only surviving coronation piece from the 12th century was a golden
spoon. Everything else was from the 16th
century- present. The candlesticks,
plates, silverware, crowns, etc., were amazing and beautiful. I just expected
to see more jewelry and tiaras worn by the previous princesses and queens. But anywhoooo… I got back around 5pm (it took us forever to get through it) and
grabbed dinner in the refectory. Now I
am procrastinating from studying for my biology exam. Tonight i'm setting 3 or 4 alarms... can't miss this one!
Tomorrow
morning I will take my last final here at Regents College and be officially
done with the semester. My dusty bag that has been on top of my closet all semester is
beginning become full again and my walls are bare. The thought of leaving my new friends, school
and city is very depressing seeing as I don’t know when I’ll get to see these
people again (if ever) and whether or not I’ll be back in London (if I have my
way, the answer will be yes!). I’ve had a great time here and I hope you’ve
enjoyed keeping up with my blog. I’m not sure if I will continue to write after
returning to the states, but I’m sure I’ll have a few more things to say after
I return. For now, enjoy the rest of the
week and those of you waiting for me in Lexington…save the date! May 3rd!
Y.O.L.O (in London) – Court : )
“whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be
thought of half as good…luckily, this is not difficult”
– charlotte witton
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