A Quick Week

Monday was a pretty normal day. Nothing much really happened... I woke up kind of early and I was really tired and went to the library to finish my dry labs for inorganic chemistry. Those really weren't much fun, so I wasn't too excited about the actual lab this week. I had my tutorial and then lecture and then went to the hub. I met up with Toni and Johanne and some other Bulgarian friends and we talked about Name Days lol. My Bulgarian name day is March 23 and I want to celebrate it for sure! I then had my Arthur lecture and that was great since we had a different professor and I like him a lot. He is always good fun talking about some of the more interesting/strange stories with Arthur. It just really sucks when my 3:00 lecture finishes and it is nearly dark outside... it is really hard to get motivated to do a lot of work lol. But I went back to my flat and worked on some chemistry stuff, obviously putting off working on my essays. Jordan made dinner for flatmates and I. We had a good time helping her cook lol. She made pigs in a blanket and the dough was kind of frozen so we had to like play with it like putty in our hands to make it dough-like. Dinner was really good and we ended up talking and hanging out for a long time. Then I went o Bri's flat and I ended up kind of sitting by myself in the kitchen for a little while everyone else was getting ready. I ended up listening to a lot of 50s/60s oldies that I love and that made me feel really nostalgic... I really like listening to music like that. I was sitting in the kitchen on Kelsie's computer putting on a great playlist and she came in and sang a little with me. We then went to union for a little, but not too much exciting happened. We got there kind of late and just sat talking for a while and then cleared out lol. We might have visited the boys at South House... but I honestly don't remember really. This week has been just a blur.

Tuesday morning I actually went to my Vikings! lecture in the morning with Zoe and Catherine. I actually noticed other people I knew in the lecture that I hadn't noticed before. Although they are kind of doucey lol. I went to the library after the lecture to pass the time before my chemistry lecture at 1:00. I worked a good amount on my Arthur essay, although I'm still kind of wary about writing it lol. I know what I want to say but everything has kind of jumbled together and since I'm a perfectionist I know that it will take me forever to get exactly what I want lol. But I went to my lecture in the Meston science building and got lost trying to find my course coordinator's office... the building is so oddly laid out and huge that even the secretary had difficulty trying to direct me and failed lol. It's just funny when you are walking around in the bowels of the building and definitely smell traces of formaldehyde and other telltale chemicals lol. I then went home and made a potato to eat, was promptly made fun of, and then did some chemistry work. Later on I ate dinner with my flatmates and then went to Bri's flat for a little. Bri, Zoe, and I then went to union and we met up with Kelsie and her twin sisters and their friends. We had a good time sitting with them and talking. It's really interesting to see how similar Kelsie and her sisters. After a while all our other friends showed up and it was quite a huge group of us sitting at the small table. It was a really fun night, especially since Kelsie's sisters were so interested in finding out what Kelsie does at university lol. Basically we kind of had a crazy Tuesday night and it got even crazier when Kelsie went into town with her sisters and the rest of us went back to South House. We played some video games and I was absolutely awful at them lol. The guys found that pretty amusing. Catherine had a bottle of wine and I basically drank the entire bottle lol and randomly jordan showed up and she said that I was pretty hilarious. At least I wasn't the only one. Bri and I had a good time talking with all the boys, and they had a good time laughing at us about not having "normal" things like Jelly Tots (sugar covered gummies) and Knik Knax (snack packs) lol. After settling some discrepancies with the bass player, I dragged myself home. Apparently I made a potato, stood in a very funny "supportive" position, and narrated eating my potato lol. Mina, Toni, and Johanne thought I was absolutely hilarious. They had a good time reminding me about it the next day.

I didn't go to my one class on Wednesday. Instead I stayed in and did a lot of work on my Arthur essay. I have a good start, although it's definitely only a preliminary draft lol. Mina, Toni, Johanne, and Jordan  had a good time talking with me about my crazy antics lol and then we kind of planned what to do about Thanksgiving. I can't believe that Thanksgiving is next week! This semester is literally flying by! I absolutely can't believe it! Bri reminded me that we have one month before we leave and I nearly cried... we plotted to make a time machine/ teleportation device lol. I talked with Erika and she gave me some good advice about cooking Thanksgiving in the UK. It will be a lot of work, but it should be a lot of fun. Mina is very excited at the prospect of eating it lol she keeps reminding me about it and asking me if I'm getting my essays done in time. Lol I'm going to be really busy next week with finishing my essays and working on my labs, that I don't think I will be able to make dinner on Thursday. I will probably do it on Saturday or Sunday. Hopefully shopping for everything will go well. I went over to Bri's flat a little later and hung out there for a while. Then we went to South House to visit the boys and talk for a little. they were going to watch a scary movie so I promptly left lol. I then worked some more on my Arthur essay and went to bed. For being so lazy, it was actually a productive day. I just wish I wouldn't be so busy this weekend with an Arcadia trip around Aberdeen. Trying to find time to write my essays is getting harder by the moment.

Thursday morning I was kind of dreading chemistry lab, but it actually turned out to be quite a lot of fun. There was only one other person in my group and we had a good time working together and making mistakes together lol. It was interesting trying to use the UV-Vis machine, and we were those people in lab that had all the lab assistants/ professors talking to us and having a good time. Having chemistry lab in the morning was really nice. It wasn't dark when I left and the day felt really long! It was great :) I then had some lectures and in my Vikings! lecture I received a bunch of texts from some creep who was absolutely positive that I had any intention of talking to. It was weird and funny. After lecture, Zoe, Catherine, and I walked back to Bri's flat and Zoe and I had strudel and ice cream waiting for us. Lol lots of funny jokes about Lindsay being my eager little housewife ensued. i was hanging out with the Scottish girls, when Kelsie and Lindsay started saying how it would be so much easier if the "americans" were actually weirdos that just hung out with themselves and I said "I would have rather loved and lost than never have loved at all!" LOL it was great. And it's very true. I love them all and although I know it would have been so much easier to leave if I didn't love them so much, I wouldn't change anything about it. I just hope our friendships last and we can visit every once in a while :) After leaving Bri's flat, I talked with Mina about my day and she had a good time laughing about me and my fire-setting abilities. Lol "lydia strikes again!"... apparently this is impressive :p lol a little later Mina and I had another interesting chat. She asked me "what bird talks in the night" and then she made this purring-ish sound lol and I thought she was talking about a dove, but she said no it's spelled C-U-C-K-O-O lol SO I had to explain how cuckoo sounds so she could write her poem. In all fairness, it was a very good poem. Although whether "insects" and "mistakes" really rhymes, I'm not too sure lol. It was funny though :) Then Toni, Mina, and I were sitting in the kitchen and we started talking about family guy and we watched some really funny clips regarding the bird is the word lol. The rest of the night we basically sang that at each other and danced funny lol. After hanging out with my flatmates, I went to union wit Kelsie, Bri, and Zoe. We had a good time sitting around and talking, although there were definitely a group of like 14/15 year old kids there. It was really annoying because they were obviously prepubescent and when they got drunk they started acting like complete idiots. It was kind of funny watching them, but really annoying that they had the audacity to go to a university bar. I can't believe they weren't ID'd. We made them feel pretty uncomfortable, though lol. Bri was pretty merciless. Some of our other friends showed up and we talked until union closed and then went back to South House for a little. Idk why but when we were at union we had some pretty interesting chats... body parts was a big topic of conversation lol and lesbianism lol. You can definitely tell that we have friends with no shame whatsoever lol but that's ok. Sacrifice anything for the sake of banter!