Hello all! After a busy two weeks in the States, I landed back in London on 5 January to begin Term 2. Due to a delay on my flight out of Pittsburgh to Chicago that would have caused me to miss my connecting flight to Heathrow, United rebooked me to go through D.C. instead. Despite the fact that I then spent another hour waiting in Pittsburgh, I loved it because I got to fly from D.C. to London in business class. Ah, that is the life! So, my flight back was only...

Hello, all! I thought I better up-date one more time before I head back to the US for Christmas break. The first term at Brunel ended officially today, and I had my last lectures yesterday. And while it feels good to be able to say that I made it through Term 1, my work for this term is not quite finished yet. I have three essays that will be due the first week I am back in January. That means that although I have plenty of time before I must submit them, I actua...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I celebrated today by attending two lectures and handing in an essay! Woohoo! But don't worry--we are having our big meal in Kilmorey Hall on Saturday.Because I have been busy working on the assignment due today, I did not have a chance to up-date you on my trip to Oxford this past weekend. I had a lovely and relaxing two days at Julie and Tim's new place. Since they had Tim's dad's car, we got to drive a few miles out...

I thought I would give everyone a quick update about the new photos I have posted. As requested I have added some photos from the Brunel campus in the album called "My New Home." There are still a few places on campus that I would like to get pictures of, so I will work on that soon. I've also created a new album called "Off Campus" that has photos from a few places I've gone recently off campus (yes, I know--creative name!). The firs...

Hello, everyone!  My apologies for not posting for a couple weeks.  I have been busy with my "homework"--shocking, I know!  I have two essays due this week that took a little longer than I anticipated.  I am a little out of practice with the whole researching and writing thing.  Plus everyone got really busy with their own essays and reading and exams, so nothing all that exciting was going on here.  I do have a few things ...