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.