Another day in the British life! Unfortunately I have class at 9am on mondays-wednesdays. Booooo classes! This week, however, I do have something extra exciting to look forward to! I love having something to be excited about for the weekends so I don't focus too much on when my parents or Anthony is coming to London. (Not soon enough!) Also, the weekends here do get a little stressful when we're still unsure (a month into it) of where to go out, and what will be fun. We also do SO much during the day that night time is just tiring.
The exhaustion that I feel every night before bed is lessening as I get used to the constant running around during the morning hours and the relaxed sensation of actually sitting on our couch at night. Last night I could not fall asleep with all the events on my calendar bouncing around in my head. Dates of projects, and presentations, field trips, and trips in general just circling around distracting me from the peace and quiet that comes on sleepy Sunday nights. I finally fell asleep to be rudely awoken for a fire drill at 6am. Could've been a little less cranky but it's a Monday and i'm allocated a grumpy spell or two once in awhile.
Today wasn't bad though! I knew we had a field trip to the Chelsea football club (aka "the bridge" from Stamford Bridge), but I wasn't sure if we were going to get a tour around it or not. (We did!) It was great to be there and not be swarmed by the 41,000 people that attend almost every game. We got to sit in almost every section (including private areas for the wives'/girlfriends' of the team) and take a lot of pictures. We sat in the press conference room, and went in both the away and home team locker rooms. There was a vast difference between the two! The tour guide (His name was Elvis) said they use it as a psychological thing to put the other team in a bad mood before the match. The away teams locker room was extremely tiny with hooks around it for their jackets and small little cupboards on the ground toward their feet so if they want to store anything they'd have to bend all the way down! And "hopefully pull a muscle or their back out on the way down." Mean, i know, but strategic? Yes.
I also learned that when Chelsea FC was first built, the men were deciding whether they wanted to name is Chelsea, or Kensington. (Both being affluent/posh areas nearby) The men thought and thought but just couldn't decide; so they went to the pub to have a pint. Over their pints they got the idea to just flip a coin -chelsea for one side and kensington on the other. It ended up landing on Chelsea, and low and behold that's how the team got its' name. My tour guide made a joke saying that it was a good thing it landed on chelsea and became Chelsea Football Club-CFC or else it might have been KFC and they'd wear red and white stripe shirts and be really fat from all the fried chicken they'd eat. :-) too funny
Overall, it was a pretty solid trip that I wasn't expecting. I came home famished from traveling on the bus (there was a tube strike today). I made dinner almost immediately from walking in the door. I cooked up some penne pasta with fresh cut basil and small slices of tomatoes and a little olive oil. Also a caesar salad on the side for some greens! I also brewed a nice cup of tea because my throat is starting to hurt and I don't want to be sick for my WALES adventure this weekend. I'm so excited I barely want to do the work I have to do tonight! I do have a midterm tomorrow so I will have to study for that right this minute.
Tomorrow isn't going to be that exhilarating but will probably post new updates and write a little more about what's to expect for this weekend x
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