I'm so tired, it seems like it should be bedtime already.

But it's only 5pm.

If I take a nap now, I'll end up sleeping all night and waking up at some absurdly early hour...which is unnecessary, since tomorrow is my first day here that I don't have something planned.

Yesterday I went on a boat cruise down the Thames.

I was under the impression that it was going to be much more fun than it was.

I assumed that food would be provided since it was at dinnertime...I also thought it wouldn't be 4 hours long.

I was wrong about both things.

It wasn't too horrible though.

I did get to see London at night...and I even got to hum the 1812 Overture as we sailed by Parliament (V for Vendetta, if you don't understand the reference)

When we passed Big Ben, the 5 year old girl in me started to squeal: it was like I was in Peter Pan...except I was on a boat, not flying...and I didn't end up in Neverland.

We also went by the Globe Theater, which just sent me into spasms of joy.

Here are some pictures:

Parliament

The Tower Bridge. Contrary to popular belief, this is NOT the London Bridge. We saw the London Bridge too, but it's short and ugly and I didn't bother to take any pictures....The Tower Bridge on the other hand looks like Cinderella's Castle up close. I'm not joking.

Big Ben

The London Eye...which is ginormous, for the record....also, it seems like a waste of money and time. 40 minutes to go on a giant, slow-moving ferris wheel? No thank you. I have better things to spend money on.

London really is very pretty at night though.

It was horribly cold though...made even worse by the fact that I didn't bring a jacket with me (like, to London) because I figured I'd just by one here.

As a result, I'm developing a cold...no reason to worry though, I've purchased multivitamins and am drinking lots of water. I'll be fine. I'll even do my inhalers too.

Today was Fresher's Fair.

Essentially, Fresher's Week is a week of parties and massive events planned by the Students Union and subsidized by the school (this means lots and lots of free things, cheap admission to clubs, and cheap/free alcohol).

Today was when all of the societies on campus set up tables around campus and try to get you to join their club. It will happen again tomorrow.

There was also a poster sale (I bought two posters of Dali paintings and a massive poster of a baby elephant (my favorite animal)).

I ended up joining drama club.

I wasn't really planning on it, but I walked by their booth and it was so bright and colorful....and just because I'm joining doesn't mean that I have to be involved in all of the shows (which I really really really DON'T want to be...I like theater, but it's very time consuming and I'd rather spend my time here doing things I can't do at home).

So we'll see what comes of that.

I'm also thinking of joining the Women's Football Club.

The school doesn't have actual school-sponsored teams, so you have to join the clubs.

Football doesn't seem too time consuming and I miss playing it.

I also wnt to join Fencing and the Rock Society...but I couldn't find their booths today.

So maybe I'll find them tomorrow.

Oh, and I registered for classes yesterday. I still need to figure out my Semester 2 schedule, but this semester I only have classes Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday....and even then I only have afternoon classes on Tuesday.

This entire registration process is just kind of ridiculous. One person can approve me to register for classes, she can't tell me WHICH classes I can take. Another can do exactly the opposite.

This is aggravating.