A London Day

To do:

• Get cash
• Buy groceries
• Buy new shoes that ACTUALLY keep my feet dry
• Practice drawing human figures
• Read:
• The rest of Lady Audley's Secret
• 70 pages of Narrative homework
• The short stories for Creative Writing
• The next chapter for Translation Studies
• Perhaps next reading for Language and Gender
• Start the Translation Studies essay due next week
• Blog post
• MAYBE just maybe see a bit of the city

My day started at noon, which was actually before my alarm went off. I had been up until two looking at castles in Yorkshire. Why? Why not? A girl can dream. I pulled myself out of bed and got in the shower. Since it was my midweek day off, I decided to take an extra long, extra hot shower. When I got out, I indulged in myself with a bowl of cereal and an episode of Merlin.

When the episode was over, I washed my bowl and made myself some tea. That episode was so good though. And what goes better with tea than a BBC show? I started another episode.

And another after that.

And another.

Eventually, I realized it was about 4:00. I decided I need to be productive. I pulled out my sketch pad and drew one (terrible) muscular arm as I started another episode. When the episode ended, I looked down at my sketch pad. One (terrible) muscular arm flexed back at me. Well, I don't need to send the drawing until Friday, and I want to look at tutorials first. I'll finish this later. I pushed my sketchbook aside and started another episode of Merlin.

Around six, my stomach was past the point of growling and reaching the phase of aching. Finally, I conceded to go get cash and buy some noodles from Ned's Noodle Bar across the street, which I obviously ate while watching another episode of Merlin.

Sometime during this episode, Lucas messaged me that he was coming over at 7:30. He has the book that I need to read for class tomorrow anyway. I should just wait to do homework until he gets here.

So I watched one more episode of Merlin before Lucas arrived, which worked out because the next was a two part season finale.

Lucas and I lounged on our computers in my kitchen, watched funny Buzzfeed videos and attempted to productive. Eventually, I actually read the chapter for class, which turned out to be pretty interesting. I caved and got ice cream from Sainsbury's yet again.

I'm finally writing this, as the clock turns to midnight, concluding my incredibly uneventful day.

I'm abroad in LONDON, the city I've been dreaming of since age 12, but this is what I mustered the energy for today:

• Got cash
• Drew ONE (terrible) arm
• Read 12 pages for Narrative
• Wrote this pathetic blog post
• Rewatched almost all of season 3 of Merlin

I barely made it 10 yards from my door today. 12 year old me would be ashamed.