Wednesday, August 1st.

Wednesday, August 1st... It's reality that it's now August and that means I'm forced to come home soon. It's very bitter sweet and that's something that I'm not exactly too thrilled about. Today was the last day of classes.  I was VERY happy about that. My 2 classes were very stressful. As a reward, my psychology teacher that I've been cursing so much for the past month had the decency to take us on a tour of Buckingham palace. This confirms my idea of wanting to marry in to the royal family. It was so amazing that I can't even begin describe the inside. We had a rare view that most don't get. Amazing! Of course, this couldn't be a simply enjoyable visit to the palace. We had to consider how the queen felt and how the people who worked for her probably viewed her from a psychology standpoint. Yay, crazy psychology teacher...

I finally left from Buckingham with the idea that I was going to meet my friend Holly at the O2 center music arena in Greenwich which is where some Olympic events took place. More importantly is the music arena itself. To say the least, Led Zeppelin played there in the mid 1970's so I was game! They had a ramp put over the O2 center where you climb over it and back down. Sounds easy and silly but don't be fooled! It was very steep and also very high. Me and Holly wanted to go together, so I bought the tickets the night before, which was the first mistake. We agreed on a place to meet in the Olympic park, obviously forgetting that there would be hundreds of thousands of people there, mistake #2. We each allegedly waited in the meeting place for an hour each and we never found each other. Since, I paid for both of the tickets up front, the box office wouldn't let her on without me. This was really disappointing that I had to gear up in dorky climb gear and go by myself.  And even more disappointing that she would have to pay for something that she didn't get to do. She didn't get to go which really upset me. Despite having to go alone, it was an awesome view! I could see all of the river Thames, the actual Olympic park, and even saw the Olympic mens rowing team on the river. So unique! I loved it. The climb down was less than thrilling because if you lost your footing then you had quite a tumble, regardless of the wire support holding you up. I made it down without any issues, but not everyone in my group was as fortunate. I did the American thing and got McDonald's before leaving down simply because I wanted some collector Olympic Coca~Cola glasses. Then I returned to campus after this and studied my butt off for upcoming finals. Bummer!