Feed the Birds

     Can I just say it is so nice to be home while half of the students are traveling.  It's so peaceful and it actually feels like I have space to breathe.  If only they never came back... just kidding, it would get pretty lonely around here.
     For the second time this semester we woke up to waffles for breakfast.  The waffles here are so good because they have this like sugar coating on them.  I definitely couldn't eat them everyday because as Jordan said this morning, "you can feel the cavities coming in as you eat them."  But boy are they good...but not as good as my moms.  After breakfast we all went back to bed for a couple more hours before leaving for the day.  I started out by catching the 94 bus down to and hopping off at Marble Arch for Primark with Anna, Mikelle, and Sarah.  I bought a green shirt and a scarf with zebras on it.  I should feel guilty because I bought stuff there last night, but I never shop so I can justify my purchases.  Plus, it only cost £6.
     From there we met some more girls at St-Martin-in-the-Fields for a free lunchtime piano concert.  I got to listen to some Debussy, whom I'm actually growing to enjoy.  Before it started, as usual they asked everyone to turn off pagers, cell phones, and any noise making device.  I'm used to not carrying a phone by now so I just ignored the instruction.  Wrong call.  I should've checked anyway because after the first piece some persons phone started ringing quite loud.  It took me a second to realize that it was mine ringing.  Woops.  I forgot that I had brought my international phone with me.  I told Cami I would take it so she could meet up with us later.  I would've just turned in on silent but the phone has no volume button anywhere and no way to turn it on vibrate.  Oh well, at least it didn't ring in the middle of the performance.
     Next our plan was to rent some bikes and ride around Kensington and Hyde Park, but seeing as we had 9 girls it was hard to find 9 bikes on a Friday afternoon.  We ended up just feeding the birds instead and I had the whole time I had the tune of "Feed the birds" from Mary Poppins stuck in my head.  It got pretty annoying, although that didn't matter because it was an absolutely lovely day.  The sun was shining, and the weather was cool and crisp.  After a while it got cloudy and cold but for the most part it felt like spring.

     Can you believe today is the half way mark?!  49 days down.  49 to go.  On one hand it feels like it's going by extremely fast, but on the other hand it feels like I'm never going to get back to Utah.  I've learned to love London and am pretty attached to it.  I know I'll have a really difficult time leaving, especially since I know I may not be back for many, many, many years.  But for now I try not to think about it, and just enjoy every minute of this once-in-a-lifetime adventure.

“Sometimes we let our thoughts of tomorrow take up too much of today. Daydreaming of the past and longing for the future may provide comfort but will not take the place of living in the present. This is the day of our opportunity, and we must grasp it.”

-President Thomas S. Monson