New Outlook

So we're once again a little behind. Remember that nice Irish guy I met at the pub? Yeah, he came to Chinese New Year with my friends and I and we had a blast! He was nice and friendly and knew all these facts about London and history. It was really nice to just have a local friend with a cool accent. We watched the fireworks that were amazing! Then headed home to catch up on some things. Throughout the week, I went to classes, the Museum of London and the Courtauld Gallery of Art, read articles, discussed the middle ages, and was a normal boring student learning about the coolest aspects of London and the UK throughout history. Then... the ominous Valentine's Day struck! (dun dun dun). What does a devilishy handsome student like me do in another country on Single's Awareness Day? We gathered a group of friends, went to a local pub, and then saw the cutest, cheesiest movie ever; Warm Bodies. It was so good! I would definitely buy it on DVD once it comes out. It was so fun to just get together, meet up and have a nice night. When we were leaving this little old lady stopped Taylor and said how cute and nice we all were and how she had never met an American and she's glad her first American experience was with such lovely young people. :) Heartwarming right? It jerked at a few of my tears when Taylor told me what she had said. We were just kids, sitting around a table for dinner and this woman had seen something entirely new and different. It was so cute to see. I can be really negative at times, and sometimes bottle or hide my thoughts so as not to hurt or embarrass others. I don't think these things on purpose but I know they have a time and place to be said. I'm trying a new approach. Not blatant optimism but rather... positive outlook on things here. More positive than they have been, anyway. I keep looking forward to the next moment the one I'm in seems surreal. Sitting in my room in London, 56 days on the clock and so much to do between now and then. :) who knows where it'll take me.