Reverse Culture Shock

I thought that was a big joke. But it's not. Well, to be honest, i'm not shocked by my own culture. Obviously. It's not hard for me to rejust being back in america on a cultural level.

It's difficult being back on a normal level. It's so difficult being back in my suburban town. Where i am stuck. Not having the tube just a few blocks away, and an entire magical city at my feet. Where i can do anything, even hop on a train and fly to another country. Anything. But instead, i'm back in the states and i can't even get into town.

It's like being dunked in hot water and then immediately thrust into freezing. Not time to really adjust. Not that i really thought i'd need adjusting. It's easy enough falling back into an old routine, or old habits. But i just spent the last four months trying to break out of my old habits.

I know it will get easier, and that eventually everything will fall back to normal but i'm not really looking forward to that either. I think what all us LDA kids are feeling right now, is that we just want to go back.   Although i love being home and seeing my family and friends who i have missed desperately--i really just want to go back to that city that i had begun calling my home.

America?

Well, I'm back. Almost a week. It's been a little difficult, some things i certainly have to get used to again. But it's getting easier. I do miss it so much, and i think i'm going to make a list.

But firstly, thanks for reading. I'm so glad i got to keep in touch with my family and friends through this little blog and i've had a lot of fun with it. And i'm glad you've liked it too!

I'm trying to decided if i should keep it up, make updates from Trinity...so let me know what you think. :D

But for now i'm going to enjoy doing nothing for once! Yay! And catch up on all the american television (like GLEE) i've missed out on! :D

cheers!
xx t

ps. Hopefully in a few days i'll have all my pictures that i took VIA disposable camera/my last polaroid. So those include our last night together and thanksgiving! I'm pretty excited! :D

Tim the Tube Man :D

I can't even begin to explain how unreal it feels right now. I'm done at LDA and have one day in London left? Egads.

So i won't. Instead i'll tell you about "Tim". I might have mentioned Tim before, but he's our tube station guy, and the nicest person--always ready with a smile and wave. We see him practically every morning, and he always loves to chat. I didn't realize this, but it looks like everyone loves tim JUST as much as we do...the BBC actually wrote an article about him! So now you'll get a little insight into who i see every morning. It's true, riding the tube can sometimes be annoying, crowded and rather sad because people are piling in. But every time i walk into warwick, or leave to head home--seeing Tim makes it so much more cheerful. We had to say goodbye to him on Thursday...i will so miss seeing his smiling face every morning.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/london/low/people_and_places/newsid_8358000/8358871.stm

My City

Yesterday i was walking home from the tube station after going to the Apple Store to have them check out Moby. Lately it's been warm (considering it's december) and a little rainy. Last night it was lovely--especially in oxford circus. It's so shopping/touristy heavy i don't usually make my way down there, but i must say with the misty christmas lights everything just looks so beautiful.

So anyway, i'm walking home from warwick tube station and I started to realize that in a week (just about) i'll be home. And that taking a quick trip to the apple store is not going to be as easy as just taking the bakerloo line to oxford circus. OR  even running down the street for a quick late night cookie from Tesco. Or even simply making some tea (because at home i don't have one of those water boiling tea maker things which i do here...xmas present anyone?). And i realized despite the fact i want to get home, see my family and friends and really return to the normal routine...I'm going to miss this city more than anything.

I realised (i still can't get used to this s instead of z thing) that i've lived here from 3 months, and that i've really found a comfortably place here. I never thought i could live in a city, and grated i have a lucky situation here but still...i've loved every moment. I do wish i had gotten more time to explore, there are some places i just haven't gotten to go. But that just means i'll have to come back.

I realized i would miss this place more than I realized. I was so worried about doing all my work (obviously i still am), and getting home, and everything else...that i forgot how much i was going to miss this places. My comfy little flat, everyone in the program, going to see shows every week....but I'm getting ahead of myself. I've decided that one of my last days I'm going to list everything that i've learned/will miss about london.

Alright, silly amounts of work this weekend, but Sinead and i are finding time to slip in some fun. We're going to the movies today and tomorrow we're FINALLY going on the London EYE. ( £16 later my friend.)

I'll be seeing you in a week and 1 day.
Love,
T

It's ALIVE!

Goodness.

If you hadn't heard, my computer had a little accident. It's rather a mystery, but basically we had some technical difficulties. But, for some miraculous reason we're back in business! So i didn't want you to think i'd forgotten about you! <3 On the contrary, Moby (as some of us fondly call my little white mac) just needed some time...to...wake up i guess.

Anyway, HAPPY DECEMBER! I cannot believe it's here. And that tomrrow is friday. One week and i'll have my last day of classes. I'll be home in 10 days? That's unbelievable to me. I can't believe i'm leaving so soon.

Love, T