Liberated!

This is a post for Friday, July 23rd after I finished finals!

I spent the majority of Thursday evening studying for my D&B final. I woke up early, studied in the dining hall and then went to the final. Upon leaving, I felt that I had studied too much for it—not the worst feeling though. I had the rest of the day free—one of the best feelings! I met up with Meg for lunch and then decided to go on a hunt for a store called “The Works” to buy a book for one of my classes. I found the store in the coolest little shopping center filled with interesting stores and plenty of places to explore. It was really cool being able to tour Cambridge, and trying to find the book store gave me a great excuse to wander around the city. I am very glad that I went on my scavenger hunt, and I am definitely going to have to go back to the shopping center. Despite not having the book I wanted, “The Works” quickly became my favorite store with its 3 books for 5 pounds deal. It’s like an even better version of “Pick ‘n’ Save!” I found water color materials for about 4 pounds and a book for 1 pound. I had a difficult time not buying every book/art material/DVD/scrapbooking/toy that I saw in the store!

After shopping, I headed to the gym, and when I finished, I still had a lot of time before dinner! I was still in a great mood after finishing my class, and with no work to do, I spent the next hour and a half using my new watercolor supplies. I’ve included a picture of the painting I did. For dinner, I went with a friend to a French café called “Café Rouge.” It was very good food. Afterward, I met up with the gang again to go to the “British Bop”—a done-with-finals party thrown by the program assistants of the program. The theme was “anything British,” so I dressed as Dawn from the British version of The Office. Some of the great costumes included: Mars Bars, Pimm’s, the porter at King’s College, James Bond, and The Yellow Submarine. It kind of reminded me of a middle school dance but it was fun because most of the students were at the party. It was a very enjoyable day, marking the halfway point of the program. I can only hope the next 4 weeks are as fun as the first 4!

July 23