early morning musings.

how is it monday already?

and why am i awake right now?

i keep waking up having anxiety about spring break. it's stupid, i know. it's not my only chance to travel europe, and it's a brief one at that. but i suppose it's my lack of close companionship for the week that worries me. i don't have seth. i don't have maggie. i have a plan to visit madrid and see jenny & caitlin for the final weekend, but i'm perplexed as to what to do the rest of the week. i wish i could teleport someone here to hang out and bounce around europe with me. all i want to do is travel, and do it right, but i don't want to end up alone. 

london is wonderful, but it's the little things that make me miss home. the cultural differences. the time differences. the fact that, no matter how hard i try and compare things to make it easier, london will never be new york. the lack of lasting familiar faces. i don't know.. i just feel foreign. 

i'm sure i'll be fine. i'm sure all this worrying is for nothing and spring break will come and go with a whole mess of fabulousity. i just hope something alleviates the stress of pre-worrying about it soon. or i just might go crazy.

anyway - this weekend was full of fun adventures. maggie and i did make it alll the way out to kensington at 11pm on saturday to take in "the reader." it was good, i enjoyed it very much. not best picture material, but definitely not as crap as everyone says. another thing that weirds me out about england - movie theatre popcorn sucks. it's not fresh and there's no butter on it. you get it out of a big canister in the middle of the room and it tastes like shit you buy in a bag in the supermarket. epic fail. anyway - maggie and i survived our 1am bus ride back after waiting a million years for the shockingly inefficient night bus to pick us up. 

yesterday, we went on yet another date. this time to the british museum for our art in london class. then we wandered over to the charles dickens house museum, because we're literally the coolest people we know. saw some old pieces of paper, and commode (toilet) chair chilling out in the old bedroom. i learned all about reform schools and the social

awareness of charles dickens. it was extremely interesting. and i bought some hilarious postcards to send to deserving people. THEN we went to platform 9 3/4 in king's cross for a hot second. took some pictures and peaced out. i wish we went to hogwarts. that would be so tight. 

while we were there, i heard the announcement for the 4pm train to PETERBOROUGH. oh how i wish it were that easy. 

alright. i suppose i should go make some use of my morning, since it began so early. class today. then a brief rehearsal. then perhaps some cooking in my little kitchen late into the night. ooh! that's what i'll do. i'll make myself a proper breakfast. scrambled eggs and a bagel and lots of fruit. that sounds fantastic.

for those keeping score at home:

the reader

frost/nixon

the visitor

doubt