#iceskating
For the last part of the semester there was a huge amount of work to be doing. Although I do much more work throughout the term, it still seems seems to bombard you at the end. I’ve had several essays due and we had to film a political “skit”. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lI8KO1WRH8) That was probably the most random piece of work I’ve ever done!
In the very last week we had finals which are now - thankfully - over. It’s a lot different from Swansea as the exams are in December and they are all crammed into one week, whereas we normally have a 2 or 3 week period to sit them at home. The point being is that they’re over and I’ve had three of my four results back and I got A, A- and B+ so pretty pleased about that!
We’ve still had time to do some cool things since we go back from Chicago. Watched some more basketball, the Lady Vols were great. I spent Thanksgiving at the Bennetts, which was lovely as usual. No pictures, but it really was like on TV! I was so full up with all the wonderful food afterwards I kept falling asleep!
We also went iceskating down in Market Square which was great, as downtown has been all done up for Christmas. It played the cheesiest music so was really fun, and I didn’t fall over, although I came very close!
We also found ourselves at two parties which required us to dress up (as you can see, we are now TOTALLY wild), a pirate party and and a Christmas party, although I copped out of both of them really. For the pirate party I simply drew a skull and crossbone on my face and for the Christmas party I went to Goodwill and bought a $2 shirt with a snowman on it! At the Christmas party the guy just had to football helmets lying around which I became most interested in - I’m becoming a football fanatic! Eventually Jade and I managed to get both of them together so had to document it! On a side note they are SO heavy, I have literally no idea how these guys can even run down the field with them on.
So now its the end of the semester Annabelle, Jade and Lauren have gone home for good. It was really sad to say goodbye to them, but I know they’re glad to be going home. We spent the night before taking some cheesy “family pictures” and then went to the cinema and watched Pitch Perfect (amazing) before we took them off to the airport!
I’m also going home for Christmas so super excited for Wednesday to come so I can start my journey to Atlanta and fly back to London on Thursday night! I’m really looking forward to next semester. Michaela and I have just booked a weekend in Orlando, Florida and I’m hoping to take trips to New Orleans, Boston and DC. I’ve always harbored a little soft spot for Texas and I also am hoping to find a way to get there next semester too!
Hope y’all have a lovely Christmas. See you in a few weeks Knoxville!
PS here is a picture of Phoebe and I “dressed up” as Tennessee quarterback Tyler Bray, just for good measure. See what I mean? Obsessed.