end of London..back to reality...

Here I am writing my last post almost a month after my semester in London ended. I can't believe it. That it happened. That now it's over. That it's been that long already. That tomorrow I'm starting my last semester as a college student at JMU. WHERE DOES THE TIME GO.!? but really. I guess this is the end of my travel blog for now, as it is the end of my traveling..for now..but that's okay. This post is for me. The last thursday and friday spent in London passed in an absolute blur and whirlwind of activities and cramming in packing up my entire life..I went to Food for Thought a few last times, and bought a cookbook :) spent my last lunch alone enjoying Neal's Yard one last time. Watched a couple more episodes of the inbetweeners...finished the book Renee lent me- called "Saturday," realllly good.! Finished up my essay on the early years of Monet's life...went to Eve's cafe by the school one last time for a chocolate peanut butter bar...bought some more chocolate digestives to give to friends at home..Friday afternoon I met up with Mira to take our Abbey Road picture. It was a huge hassle because I didn't have a phone anymore, but it ended up working out. Julie was sick and Carolina couldn't come, and Lindsay was writing her essays.. so it was just us and Marvin...I figured we would see people at the crossing because there's always tons of people there..wrong. Hah. Mira kept being like Ooh what about them?! I said they were gonna think we were getting ready to mug them..finally Marvin went up to a couple and asked if they would take our picture..the man said sure right away, but his girlfriend took some convincing to be our John Lennon...hahahaa..I'm sure we have the most original international version :P We headed back to Occupy one last time since that was near where I needed to be for our end of the semester banquet. It was really upsetting knowing that I wouldn't get to see Mira again, at least not for a really long time..and Marvin and her were just hanging all over each other..then Sara walked up..got free tea from the tea tent..we said bye..then walked to the banquet. The banquet was really nice and everyone was dressed up and most of the professors were there to talk with. I got pictures with Nick, Sheila, and Rachel, we gave thank you presents to Charlotte and Renee..it was really nice but sad in a few different ways..not just because it meant that London was over, but there was a sense of closeness yet distinct distance between groups of people. There was a three course meal (I got a cheese appetizer, a mushroom dish, and then Christmas pudding). Georgia kept getting Sara & I to write notes to Dan from her. It was absolutely adorable, but after awhile we started making things interesting. They went from "I love you Dan. Love, Georgia" to "Dear Dan, I only like you when you wear your crown. Also, please stop picking your nose. Love, Georgia" as we added our own comments :P Soooo cute though.! After the banquet everyone tried to go out together..and I wanted to at first since it was our last night..but it wasn't very exciting and from past experience Sara & I decided to avoid the drama and peaced out then headed for O'Neill's one last time. (and from what I hear that was an excellent call..because app there was TONS of drama that we missed...O_o) It was a really memorable last night, we went out with a bang. Met & talked to so many different people, danced, had a blast...Didn't get back to the apartment til after 5..and I think I may have gotten 45 minutes of sleep because you could hear people carrying luggage down the stairs all night as they had to leave. I was sharing a taxi to the airport with Danielle and Erin, and all 3 of us had been pickpocketed at some point in the trip..It was so incredibly strange to come home from an experience like London..and now I'm expected to just carry on and live life as before..I need to keep the bigger picture in mind..to maintain the feeling I had when I returned of the pettiness of unnecessary day to day personal drama and remember that there's a huge world out there and so much more to care about and spend time and energy on.