Slowly adjusting...

So, I wasn't going to post today, but then we had a bit of an adventure...so I figured I probably should. Besides, it's fun to relive the day by writing about it!

We had class for the second time today. I'm afraid I felt really sick and rather tired for most of it, so I didn't get much out of it. As soon as I got back to my flat, I went back to bed for a 3-hour nap, which felt fantastic. I felt mostly better after, and I hope that by tomorrow I'll be up and running at full speed again.

After my nap, I went and saw "11 &12" at the Rose Theatre. It was one that we all went to as a group. It was definitely abstract, and I'm still not sure exactly how much of it I understood. But we'll discuss it at our next class, and I'm sure that will help me. I enjoyed myself, I just didn't really get it...

Here's the adventure: you ready? After the show, we all came back to the flats. After we'd all been in for about 15 minutes, the fire alarm went off...and kept going off...and kept going off...so we all evacuated to the embassy across the street, where we were told to meet if the alarm ever went off. Someone called the management, and after about 15 minutes someone came, checked the whole building, and turned off the alarm and let us back it. We still don't know what happened...nobody was cooking anything in any of the kitchens, and we never smelled smoke. Odd. So, we all got to spend 15 minutes in the rainy London night together...fun fun, right?

Speaking of rain, so far it hasn't rained hardly at all during the day. However, it has rained every night. I don't really mind. It's a perfect temperature during the day - perhaps a light jacket, and you're totally comfortable walking around.

I'm going to get up tomorrow morning and go to the Portobello Road Market with a few other girls, so I better hit the sack. Love you all SO much! I miss you!!!!

Oh, PS, I almost forgot. I rode my first double-decker bus today, on the way to and from the Rose Theatre! It was awesome. These bus drivers are crazy! They make the tightest turns, and pass people by crossing to the other side of the middle line all the time. It's kinda like the Knight bus (isn't that what Stan Shunpike's bus is called, all you Harry Potter fans?), only not quite as crazy. But still crazy.
Also, a few more Londoner phrases for you:
You advertise a "flat to let" not an "apartment for rent;" the signs say "give way," not "yield," and "way out," not "exit;" and they're called "mobile phones" not "cell phones."
Cheers!