Minx

Jo cooked an amazing dinner for my flatmates, the Bulgarian boys, and I on saturday. She made breakfast for dinner and it was totally legit! We even had maple syrup! I nearly cried lol. It was absolutely hilarious hanging out in my flat with everyone (in my onesie), and helping Jo cook. Then I got all princessed out. I'm not going to lie, the princess idea was really great until you realize that Snow White was actually a tart... lol. I went in to the kitchen to show Mina, Toni, Jo, and Johanne my outfit and the Bulgarian boys just started at me. Then Momo said "are we your seven dwarves?"... lol we joke around but he knows that I can actually high kick him in the face if I really wanted to. It's actually an accomplishment since he's over 6 feet tall :) At the other flat, Kelsie, Zoe, Bri, and I all felt stupid together. Literally Kelsie's outfit was called "Saucy Cinders" LOL. We only went to union, but we definitely got lady ball points (I'm not sure if I've ever mentioned the lady ball chart before actually... oops) for walking to union with a definite lack of clothing. Kelsie and I were the only ones who wore crowns and I absolutely loved it! Besides the hookerness of the costumes, we all looked pretty cute together. Then our other friends started joining us and we felt less stupid. Martyn had a full out Batman costume (literally an exact copy from the movie that he ordered special) and it was hilarious to see all the random people walk up to him and ask to get pictures. I went to the toilet at one point and an asian girl stopped me to take my picture because I looked "so pretty". Lol so we had an interesting night to say the least. The dancing was great at union for once, and I was really excited when my Bulgarians and Johanne showed up later. They ended up going to town with Jordan, though, but we still had a great time hanging out. It's always fun to be standing around outside and get salmoned or have some weirdo guy dressed as a "vampire hunter" (I think he looked like Neo from the Matrix, actually...) introduce himself and kiss your hand. But, I really loved the funny decorations at the bar and the inappropriate dancing was fab. My group of friends and I were absolutely ridiculous because we are those people that dance like maniacs and belt all the songs. We had an interesting rendition of Living on a Prayer. I really love drunken shenanigans... but I'm not always a huge fan of Bri's premonition. At least I know I looked attractive. The number of creepers at the bar was unreal. Eventually we were all kicked out of the bar and I kind of ran home lol. 

Our clocks went back an hour on Sunday, so I ended up waking up kind of early. I got some work done though, which was great. Then I hung out with Mina, Toni, and Johanne in the kitchen. We made brunch (french toast with syrup!) and exchanged stories from the night before... they always laugh at me and say I'm such a player since people try to talk to me and I run away lol. The three of them had a really great time out in town with Jo, and I'm kind of jealous. They have this hilarious picture with a guy dressed exactly like Jesus... literally he looked boss. They also found this great club in town called Exodus that plays great music, like Teenage Dirtbag and System of a Down so I definitely want to go out with them this weekend at some point! I went to Bri's flat, but everything was very sad over there since Kelsie had gone home that morning and Lindsay was out of town too... and Zoe didn't come around until like half 3. So Bri and I had some quite time in the kitchen while we planned decorations and drank for our Halloween party. When Zoe finally got her lazy bum over to Bri's flat we went to Morrisons. The three of us had a good time hanging out... even though there aren't any gummy worms in this country and Bri had a little freak out lol. After shopping I made pasta for the my flat family plus Jo. They all seemed to really enjoy it and it reminded me of the pasta my family makes so I was happy. Later that night I hung out at South House with some of the guys, Bri, Zoe, and Jo. A lot of people went home that weekend so we ended up just staying there for a while before going to union. Zoe and I played fifa on Andrew's playstation and we were absolutely horrible at it. Andrew and Callum enjoyed laughing at us and trying to yell directions... it was all very confusing lol. At union our group kept growing as different friends kept appearing out of nowhere. It was pretty great. It's always a lot of fun to catch up and make fun of people who had ridiculous weekends. That's how you know you're really getting comfortable with people lol. 

Monday definitely didn't feel like Halloween... although I did wear my cat ears most of the day and I listening to the Nightmare before Christmas and Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtracks to and from class :) it was a very pretty and fall feeling day, though. I actually had a conversation with a girl from my tutorial about Halloween and that got me pretty stoaked lol. On the way to my Arthur class I was looking around at the King's campus buildings and admiring how awesome and halloweeny they look when out of no where two people walk by me. I immediately recognized them, but had no clue where I knew them from. All three of us looked at each other and the two people gasped, got really excited, and looked at each other. As I walked around the corner of the building I heard the guy call "LYDIA!" and I knew exactly right then why I recognized them. They were the strange people who pulled me aside after I sang a song at karaoke at the union back in the beginning of the semester and told me I was their hero and thet they thought I was amazing. Lol it was pretty funny. It's a good thing I was in a hurry to class, though. I wouldn't really want to stand around and talk to some people who could be acting like complete dicks. My lecture was pretty interesting, though. We are getting in to material that deals with Arthur as the great king with his knights so it reminds me a lot of the Mists of Avalon which is an amazing book. But it was hard to concentrate in the class since it now gets so dark so early and all I could think about was going to Bri's flat and carving my pumpkin! I had a great time carving my cute little pumpkin. It was very homey feeling to reach inside it and pull out all the guts and seeds and smell the pumpkin-scent. I had a great time lol Zoe and Lindsay kind of looked at me like a crazy person, but I didn't care. After the pumpkin carving, I helped Bri and Zoe get the party stuff together. I love the balloon arch I made lol and the food turned out kind of ok, too. The vodka gummies were ridiculous, though. The gummies must be different here, because after soaking in the vodka they find of all congealed in this weird gunk. You could pick up an actual gummy but it was all gloopy lol. Bri, Zoe, and I tried them all together, but Bri was a jerk and didn't tell us not to chew them so Zoe and I nearly gagged as we ate these gross tasting semi-solid things. They really weren't that bad if you could swallow them whole, though. That was the first bit of advice we gave to anyone who ate them later lol. I went back to my flat and made some quick food and got all princessed up again. Jo was over getting ready, too, so I didn't feel like such a partier compared to everyone else in my flat. Lol they all just laugh at me... but I know for a fact they enjoy my silliness! Jo and I went to Bri's together and we all had a great time hanging out all costumed out with our group. Some people had absolutely ridiculous costumes on. Silly pictures were taken and people were forced to eat the vodka gummies lol. It was absolutely crazy when Kelsie finally came home! Once she got into her costume we all went to union and then caught some (free!) cabs in to town. Only a smallish group of us went to town, but we had a good time at tiger, tiger. Jo and I danced like crazy people, like usual. We actually ran in to the Bulgarian boys there which was really surprising! I saw a very menacing, tall person sitting in the corner with face paint on... I can't believe I recognized Momo. That could have ended very badly for me lol. But we hung out with them for a little in the club before finding the rest of our group. The drinks were really cheap, but they came at a pretty high price. You had to stand at the bar for way too long and be pushed up beside strange people... the drunk strange type who try to steal your crown. I would have roundhouse kicked someone if they stole my crown! Violence wasn't called for though, thankfully lol. There were a ton of people in the club and we stayed until it closed. It was a pretty good time. But walking around in town and then waiting in the taxi line was awful. We first went to McDonalds so some people could get food, and it was crazy in there. There was an actual bouncer at the door lol. Then we had to wait for ages in the cab line and it got pretty cold. At one point Jo put on my crown and she was wearing it for a while but then it fell and a few of the jewels fell off. I may have cried a little about it lol. But we have the pieces and can definitely glu it back on, pheew. We finally got a taxi back and I went to bed. My warm blankets never felt so good :)

I slept like a dead person last night. Literally I didn't get up until 11:30 lol. But I made it to my lecture and lab just fine. My physical chemistry lecture was actually pretty interesting since we have a new lecturer. She always grades my lab write up and I like her a lot, so I'm glad that she's lecturing us now. My lab actually went really well today, too. I never felt so composed and fluid while working with solutions before. It was amazing. I was actually complimented for my efficiency and speed. Literally I was pipetting, titrating, and composing solutions in just a few minutes. Since the lab was about reaction rates, the reactions in the different flasks were timed and in order to accurately measure the extent of the reaction you had to follow a certain time frame while quenching and then titrating the solution. At one point one of the reactions was measure every 2 minutes and I was pipetting, quenching, and then titrating like a boss lol. It felt great :) but what really didn't feel great was how dark it got outside before my lab was done. I nearly walked through Seaton park, even though it was completely dark. I took a few step inside, definitely heard some person saying weird stuff, and ran the other direction. I had to take the long way home, but I was literally freaked out. I wish they would put lights in the park. But thank god this week was my last week of really late lab so I won't have to worry about that anymore. After I finally got back to Hillhead, I stopped in Bri's flat for a little and talked with Kelsie, Zoe, and Lindsay. Then when I finally got back to my flat I found a cute little note from Mina explaining how she thought we should take it easy tonight and order pizza. That was a wonderful idea! Mina, Toni, Johanne, and I had a great time sitting in the kitchen, stuffing our faces, and drinking pop. Mina was so excited for our pizza night, she was like skipping down the hall lol. They all thought it was so funny how I call soda "pop", but I can tell that they will eventually start saying it, too. We were all nursing some crazy food babies after eating, though lol. Since I drank a ton of pop I was feeling extra disgusting, but in a good way lol. We were talking about movies (especially Up lol) and it makes me sooo happy the Johanne and I share a love for watching Jane Austen movies. She was watching Persuasion (the really good, older one) and we started quoting it at each other and talking like how they do lol. We are ridiculous. After eating a ton, I went over to Bri's flat like usual and we went to union for a little. It was just Kelsie, Bri, Zoe, and I but we had a good time. Everyone was pretty tired though, so we decided to come home early. I also think everyone is depressed since it's already november! I can't believe how quickly this is passing by. Before I know it I will be back home and looking at my pictures and feeling like this was just another dream. Kind of like how I feel about living in Siena. A wonderful dream. I hope these friendships last, though. I feel really close with everyone here.