Eric, Oxford, and Misery

WELP. I have bed bugs. This has been the worst week of my life. I am scared of very few things more than I am scared of bugs. Especially ones that feed on my blood while I sleep. Which sounds like a horror film, but it's actually my life. The hall managers have been incredibly incompetent. They ignored my problem and tried to bum it off on each other for DAYS while I continued to get bit all over. And then when they finally got around to dealing with the problem, they only treated the bed area. Once. So I'm so not safe. I have washed everything I own in hot water multiple times (which has gotten expensive). I've been bathing in Benadryl. I've been begging people to let me crash on their floors. I've been eating A LOT of chocolate in an attempt to deal with my anxiety. Ugh. I did not sign up for this.

View from the Eye

If we go backwards a little in time, I am a very happy camper because Eric came to visit! We had an awesome time doing all the touristy stuff that you have to see when you come to London. Such as: Big Ben, Parliament, and the London Eye. Which we decided to do at night. I highly recommend it--so beautiful! Went out to dinner and ordered a bottle of wine legally. So awesome. We saw Billy Elliot, which was hilarious and had some wonderful dancing. We walked across Abbey Road and did sort of a Beatles walk through London. Also did the Tower of London! And watched a little girl puke her brains out, getting ZERO help from her entirely incompetent parents. That was less fun. But all in all, it was very busy and awesome. We didn't get to do everything we wanted to, despite drinking about 5 cups of coffee a day, but hey. We're human. Eric is home safely. Which is good, but saaaad.

Cotswolds

Last weekend, we did a day trip to the Cotswolds and Oxford. Unfortunately, we only got to spend about an hour in a little village in the Cotswolds, but it was absolutely stunning. The main green was surrounded by old, stone buildings, and was cut through by a little brook all crossed over by little bridges. The locals were very friendly and sweet. And, they make wonderful banana bread. I am a bit of a banana bread connoisseur, and let me tell you--they know how to do it. We just sort of wandered around, got a present for momma, and climbed back on the bus.

Oxford Broad Stret

Oxford was SO coooool. I get why thousands of people try to go there. It's very hip and cool combined with all these old, regal buildings. I was actually so entranced with the place that I briefly looked into grad programs there...before remembering that I really don't want to go to grad school. Nevertheless, I completely understand the appeal. It has such good vibes; lots of tradition, but lots of innovation. And OH MY GOODESS it looked like Harry Potter. I thought I was at Hogwarts. Apparently both Rowling and the movie directors based a lot of the location designs on Christ Church College at Oxford, and I could tooootally tell. I took about a million pictures and was excited out of my mind, as you might imagine.

So...things have been good up until about Sunday, when my saga began. And it's probably going to be a struggle indefinitely. I'll keep you updated with any news, good or bad.

The Great Hall

On the bright side (I'm really digging for them),  it's almost Halloween. Also, I've been keeping on top of my work. Also, I'm running uncontested (awesome) for the Director of Finance position in Alpha Phi. Also, we got our pre-reg materials, and if I get the schedule I want (which I should) I won't have class on Fridays next semester! Woo!


There are some things to be happy about. Mum's care package of food that is bad for me is keeping me going.

LOVE AND MISS YOU ALL!
xox