up-diddly-ate.

Here we are, only a few weeks before I come home for Christmas vacation and see the family once again. Time has really gotten away from me over the past month, and I can hardly believe it's the 18th of November. Since I last wrote the weather has gotten cooler, but still not cold. I bought a duffel coat. I'm getting more British by the second.

I've been trying to concentrate a little harder on schoolwork, though with minimal success. There are a lot of distractions here - I think it comes from living in residence. It's a lot like when I was in highschool, living in a dorm with all my friends. There's always something to do, someone to talk to, some ridiculous drama to discuss instead of buckling down and studying. That being said, I've had my nose in a book pretty consistently the last couple days and I think I'm getting the hang of some of bigger legal concepts. Whether or not they're applicable in real life, I'm yet to learn. But They're interesting.

I've discovered I hate political and administrative law - they're subjects which are largely based on facts and figures and are terribly, horribly boring. I've been reading my civil justice system textbook for the past hour or so and I've just realized that I've absorbed very little of what I've read. In fact, I'm pretty sure for the last 10 minutes I was just moving my eyes across the paper and thinking about something else entirely. Hopefully I retained some of what I passed my eyes over - it'll be a shame if I have to read the chapter on the Civil Procedure Rulse AGAIN. Gross.

Dad gets here this weekend, which is really exciting. It'll be nice to have family here for a couple days. Even though its only a short visit I'm sure we'll have lots of fun. I'll post again after he's left and fill you in on our adventures. Oh, and next weekend I think I'm headed to London for a day or two to explore the galleries and museums! I'm very excited about that. Other than that trip to York I haven't done much in the way of travel and I'm itching to go exploring. I'll try and take lots of pictures and get some up here. I'm most excited to visit the Tate Modern - art! Culture! Yeah!

I'm off to go have tea with a friend. This is a legitimate study break, I swear.

Bag lady.

A couple days into November, and I still just have to wear a light jacket and a scarf when I'm out and about. Sometimes I don't even wear socks. I don't miss Canadian winters yet. I'm not saying I won't miss them, but I certainly don't now. The only thing unpleasant about November in England is that the rainclouds are positively sneaky - you can leave the house with the sun shining, step into a shop for a minute and exit into torrential downpour. This happened to me yesterday. I must be more diligent about carrying my umbrella.

Since the last time I wrote things have been fairly uneventful. Attending school, reading lots, hanging out with fellow Canadians... it doesn't sound like much, but it's pretty fun. It's strange how just being from the same country as someone else forms a bond when you're overseas. Many of the Canadians I've met are from such different backgrounds and social circles from me that had we gone to school together in Canada we likely would never have talked. That being said, there are a ton of lovely people here and I'm pretty grateful that we've all been put in the same situation together. Do you hear that? I'm making friends! Fun, right?

For Halloween all the Canadians banded together for a night out on the town wearing costumes. I do not like dressing up - it's messy, time consuming, and often you end up uncomfortable and sometimes itchy. But I was being convinced to try and on the morning of Halloween a friend and I ventured downtown in search of costumes.

Here is a hint - if you want to be something awesome or scary for Halloween, don't wait until the day of the holiday to get your costume together. EVERYTHING was sold out. The racks only had the most awful, synthetic/inappropriate junk left on them and we were pretty discouraged when we saw our options. Luckily, my friend and I were very observant and noticed that many stores now had their Christmas stock displayed. And that is how I ended up wearing a giant Christmas giftbag for Halloween. I was dressed as a Christmas present! Genius. I know. I'll try and get a couple pictures up at some point.

That's it for now... I took a break from preparing for my Constitutional and Administrative Law class to write this little update. Back to learning about the Royal Prerogative.

And no, it's not as fascinating as it sounds.