its Friiiiday

Couple of days ago we went to Madame Tussaud's. Its a museum with lots of figures of celebrities made of wax. They are all very realistic-looking. I had to do about 5 double-takes on Samuel L. Jackson, because for a while I was sure he was real and just waiting til I wasn't looking to pounce. Branjolina were there, and I made out with Angelina while Brad watched. Yeah, I've got guts.

We went on a team scavenger hunt today around the city of London, which included checklist items like taking a picture with a policeman and retrieving a brochure from the National History Museum. My team won! and we had about 12 other teams to compete with. We got every item on the checklist completed, and made it back with about 20 minutes to spare.

I feel like I have gotten used to the time change now, after about 5 days. But I am still very tired all of the time because we do so much walking. I have also decided that I am probably no drinking enough fluids. My roommate, Nick, agrees with me. My stomach has been tossing and turning a bit the last couple of days, and I think its because I only have water/milk/juice in small amounts with meals.

I bought "calm" bubble bath and a french vanilla candle today at Sainsbury's, our local food mart. I realize the statement this makes about me. But. After walking miles and miles most days, I feel like I deserve a hot scented bath every once in a while. Plus, it was cheap, the big bottle of bubble bath was only 65 pents, or about US $0.80...

I have started to wish I would have brought with me the following items: sunglasses, my watch, and more clothes, especially white T shirts. I guess I took all that "Don't pack too much....Leave half of what you've packed behind...Pack lightly!" stuff to heart too much. Oh well, I will wear things many times before I was them, and I'll also have more room in my bags to smuggle stuff home in. Although they told us right when we got here that we are NOT allowed to purchase illegal drugs off street vendors, so there goes that idea.

Tonight we are going out to the International Student House, or ISH. I'm told they have a bar, workout area, and general commons lounge, among other things for students to do.

So nick and I were just laying here playing on our laptops, and we decided we should try to play a song (Just Dance by Lady Gaga) on our computers at exactly the same time. After about half an hour of fruitless attempts that left us hundredths of seconds off in either direction, we finally nailed it after some careful planning that involved pausing the track just before the music actually started and counting in to the start with more rhythm than either of us thought we had. When we finally got it to work, it was such sweet victory. Its much harder than you'd think.