Routine Life

Well today was definitely a return to my routine. Sadly, I don't have many more times that I can have the routine. Not to be too weird but this was my fourth to last Monday in London. That means I only have three left. That makes me feel so many things: sad, happy, scared, excited, anxious, depressed. Right now though, all I feel is good about getting back to blogging. I kind of missed it the past week. Speaking of blogging, I added two entries about last Sunday and Monday. I put them under the actual day they occurred. It makes more sense that way. I also added a little more to my post from yesterday, about what I actually did and such.

Now, about today. I woke up a little earlier to put the final touches on my Sociology in the City paper. I had to describe a social activity in London. I wrote about the church I went to. It was fun to write about it. In that class today we talked about Parliament. I had heard most of it before during our tour of Parliament but hearing Justin put in his little anecdotes and opinions made it really funny. He is a really good teacher. We spent about an hour talking about the monarchy and what they do and what's going on with them. That was really interesting. We watched a video of Queen Elizabeth II performing the ceremony of opening Parliament. Lots of traditions and weird things going on. Like the Queen has to request the the House of Commons to attend and sends a guy over to do it. The House of Commons slams the door in his face (part of tradition) and he has to request to enter. This shows the superiority of the democratically elected Commons to the monarchy. Anyway, there was a ton of stuff like going on. I thought it was really fascinating and had never heard of most of it before (at least before my visit to Parliament).

I got lunch at the sandwich shop (I had to go grocery shopping later) and read in some books in FIE about Turkey and the Greek Islands. I am going to say this just about everyday until I leave but I am so excited about my trip. It is going to be so amazing. In Senior Sem, we discussed the next chapter in our moral philosophy book. It is about utilitarianism. Basically, that theory holds that whatever decision creates more happiness is the best decision. This created lots of discussion during class. Like utilitarianism says that animals can feel pain and unhappiness so we shouldn't kill them and we should all be vegetarians. I'm not even exaggerating or anything. That's what my book says. Then we spent some time talking about Shakespeare since we are going to Stratford-Upon-Avon this Saturday on our last group excursion. I will admit that I did not really pay attention during this part. I was busy planning my schedule for next fall. I register on Wednesday. Everything that was talked about I had heard before. Then we talked a little about the role of critics and what one needs to include in a critique of a piece of art (like a play).

After class, I did my usual Monday grocery shopping trip. Not much to say about it. I bought some frozen pizzas which should be really good. One is Cajun Chicken flavored and the other is Tikka Marsala flavored. Yum! After grocery shopping I went to the library and returned a bunch of books then checked out a bunch more. I got a ton of books on the places I am going to travel to which I am looking forward to looking through.

I came back and sent off some e-mails to figure out where I am going to work next fall. McGlynn's e-mailed to say that if I wanted my manager position again next fall, I would have to re-apply and re-interview. The prospect of doing all that work for a job that I used to enjoy but not really anymore doesn't get me very excited so I sent in an application to be a math TA today instead. We'll see what happens. The rest of my evening was spent writing those blog posts (uploading the pictures took FOREVER), finishing my class plans for next fall, posting pictures on facebook, and eating dinner.

I like my Monday routine here. Sociology, Senior Sem, grocery shopping, and the library. I am really going to miss it when I am traveling and have literally zero routine so I better enjoy it while I can. I hope everyone had a good day. Hopefully, a couple more Spain posts tomorrow.

Toodles!