It's really weird to think that I'm almost done with my semester in London. It only really sunk in a few days ago that in a very short period of time (two final exams, one final paper, one weekend, and a few goodbyes from now) I will have to go back home. It's actually a mixture of good feelings and bad feelings about leaving the UK. While I am very sad to go, I am very happy to go back and be home and see my family and friends and eat my American (and REAL Mexican) food and have Christmas and all that fun stuff. But I am sad to go. I will definitely miss London. A LOT. I wish I could go back home for a little while, and then just turn around and come right back here. But that is silly. Here's a preliminary list of things that I will miss when I leave. In the ACCENT Center Departure Guide (the actually very useless guide for how to leave the program...), it says that we may experience "Reverse Homesickness" upon returning to the states. This might be true, because even though it sounds really cheesy, I have sort of in fact created my own little home here over the past four months. Oh yeah, here's my list:
Things I am going to miss when I say bye bye to London...(version 1)
1. Pret, and all pre-packaged sandwiches in general.
2. Flavoured crisps, especially the salt and vinegar ones.
3. Good white bread. It's better here.
4. Teatime in the mornings with B&M.
5. Riding the tube with my iPod on.
6. Riding the 73 by myself, after a lovely afternoon of shopping at Dorothy Perkins.
7. Realizing that I know exactly how to get home on the tube without even looking at the map of the underground.
8. Super Noodles (and yes, I do realize a lot of the stuff on this list is food...I really enjoy food)
9. Cider
10. "x" at the end of text messages from Ann
11. The pound.
12. Primark
13. The cold. I actually really like it.
14. Walking home from class when it's just getting dark and cold and I'm all bundled up and warm and know I'll be home soon to my warm room
15. BAM! (but I'll see them again soon I know)
16. Mike (but I'll see him again soon I know)
17. Going to the Angel with the girls and drinking Rose wine.
18. Tortilla burritos
19. The London Paper and The London Lite
20. More to come...
I will make this list longer later, I am sure. But, for now, I'm tired so I gotta go to bed. :)
2 comments:
Hi Simone, its me, your dad, I am at Grandma Doris', she sends her love, we just read through your updated post, about leaving london and about piglet's surprise visit, we are printing out all the wonderful (3 W's) pictures, thanks for those. Can't wait to see you back in beautiful Berkeley. Your buddy Jahvad Best ran for 311 yards in yesterday's game against Washington, and set a UC Berkeley record for rushing yards in a single game. Cal is going to a bowl game - yay. See you soon, Dad
Aw yay! I'm so glad that you are looking at all these posts with Grandma! Tell her I'll give her a bunch of nice ones for her birthday. ;) Good that Cal's going to a bowl game...heard it's not the best one though...obviously, because they aren't too great. Javid Best is cool though. Not the smartest guy really, but good for the football I guess. Just got done with my first of two final exams. I'm about to turn in my final paper, I have one final exam tomorrow morning, and then I'm totally done for the whole semester. SO weird. I'll talk to you later. Much Love, Simone.
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