A Year at St Andrews...

I'm back in London now and counting down the days till I'm back in California (I almost wrote "till I'm back in St Andrews", I miss it so much).

I spent the first half of this week visiting a friend in Wales. I hadn't seen her in over five years so it was great to meet her again. We had a really nice time. The first couple days were really warm and we went to Barry Island Beach on one of those days. The weather was perfect for it. There was a theme park there as well and

Exams are on. My last one is on Tuesday (ie tomorrow). Well, what am I doing here then, you ask? Why, procrastinating, of course!

Yes, I know, I really should get back to studying. But, I only have a few days left in St Andrews, isn't it cruel that I have to spend them studying? Especially when the weather is so nice outside and the sun doesn’t set till 10!

Ahh… I really wish I was staying here for the summer. Not that I don’t want to be back in California, because I do. I miss my friends and family terribly and I can hardly wait to see you all again. See… then I think about all these things, and I wonder what it's going to be like when I get back, and I get distracted. It's so much nicer to wander in dreamland than to study.

Gah! anything's better than studying. I've already taken a million facebook quizzes today, and there must be approximately two left that I haven't taken. I've signed up for my classes for fall quarter in Davis and it just hit me that I'll have to get used to Davis all over again. If you're wondering if I've changed at all, I don't think I have. But I'll leave it for you all to judge when I get back.  *sigh*

Alright, alright, I'll get back to studying. Mitochondria play a role in controlling apoptosis…

 The past few weeks have pretty much been about shopping and prepping.

 I had to buy a nice coat. I went to the mall a few weeks ago, saw a coat at one store and feel in love with it, but I decided to wait until I'd seen options at other stores. (Bear with me, or else skip to the next paragraph if you don't want to hear a boring story about coats.) Right enough, I saw another really cute coat at another store. It looked amazing on me. so I was in a dilemma. In the end, I decided to get the first coat.  Later, I regretted that decision as I thought the second coat looked better on me. I went back to the mall a few days later and purchased the second one with the intention of returning the first. After a while and after trying the two coasts on in succession, I figured that the first coat was better because it was sturdier. I was all set to return coat number two. Before I could do that I chanced upon a delightful third coat at another store which was practical and looked good on me. So, in the end, I returned coat number one, and now own coats number two and three. I think I'm happy with my  choices.

On another note, I've had seven cavities filled this week in two sittings. Some people hate going to the dentist, I rather like it and I especially like getting cavities filled. I know, you may think I am peculiar (if you did not think that already) but it's true. I guess I like the sensation of it. The part that I don't like is when the anesthetic starts to wear off. I hate the itchy tingly feeling that comes with it.  Also I wish that the dentist chair that I had to lie in was a bit more cushy. It hurt my head to lie there while the dentist was pushing and pulling on my teeth and jaws.

I've not yet really started to  pack. I cannot believe that I have a mere ten days before I leave. I am starting to feel slightly nervous and  I have these short flashes of emotion like "Wow, I can't believe I'm leaving" or "OMG, I'm scared",  But I'd buried those feelings so deep that I can push them under quite easily again and pretend that everything is normal. And nothing out of the ordinary is going to happen. At all.