Here Comes the Sun

Happy Sunday to you all!
This weekend has been really nice, actually. It's the weekend before school starts (I know, so late!) so I'm glad it ended up being a good, nice, weekend. Saturday we woke up a little later than usual. We were going to go on our Harry Potter tour, but we had plans for later that day and we didn't think we could fit in it. We will go on this trip, I'm just not sure when! Instead, we went grocery shopping at Sainsbury's.

Okay, so I don't think I've really said this before, but I totally miss my car. I've taken advantage of it, and I'm sorry car. I miss you so, so much, and my arms do too. Sainbury's isn't super far, but it's quite a ways walking distance, and this really adds up when you've bought enough food (plus water and washing detergent) to fill five bags, all balanced on your arms and shoulders. Geez, I'm still kind of sore from it. Hopefully when I go back to the states I'll have some amazing upper-body strength!

After that, we went back to the flat, put everything away, and ate lunch. It was pretty lazy then, because it was already around 2:30 and our plans started at 3:15. We were to meet up with my friend Julie and some of her friends to go to the 'Pyjama' party. There was to be pizza and some movies for a five pound entrance. I filled this time with facebook and skyping my parents, of course!

When the time came, Jennifer and I walked over to the building next to us and met up with Julie, Amanda, Jazzy, and Tom. We got a little lost finding the place, but we ended up succeeding, no worries! Walking inside, it was.. less than I had expected. They had one flat screen TV that was supposed to accommodate about 50 or 60 people, and the volume wasn't very loud. They were showing The Hangover, which I've never seen before. It turned out to be an okay movie, nothing too special, but it was pretty funny. After that, Julie and her friends were really hungry (they hadn't brought us pizza..) so they decided to meet up with their two friends at this local bar. I've forgotten the name, but I know it has white or moon in it.. It's kind of confusing, since it has two names but I guess it's for the two parts.. anyways.. it was a nice place. We had always passed it going to Barclays or Sainsbury's or the Co-op, but never stopped by. The food was relatively cheap and delicious! Jennifer and I had the fish and chips (fancy version, mind you) and it was DELICIOUS! Mm, I loved it truly. They have a deal there, burger and a beer for 3 something I think, which is pretty good considering. We will definitely be back! There we met Daphne and Josh, two American students. It was nice, meeting new people and talking and just having a nice good time. After that, we ended up leaving and going to the Co-op to buy some drinks and head back to Julie's flat. Their flat is so fun! The people are nice, and don't really drink a lot, and really really funny. We sat around, some people drank, listened to music, just calm, cool stuff. Some people ended up going to another party (I think a birthday party..) so Julie, Amanda, Jennifer, and I ended up in Julie's room watching Paranormal Activity. It wasn't SUPER scary, but it still scared me, even though I already knew what was going to happen. Sometimes that can be worse, or better, I can't decided which.. Right before the movie ended, Tom came back from the party and joined us. We watched the ending (and the alternative ending, which wasn't all that great,) and Tom set us up to watch The IT Crowd and The Inbetweeners, two British shows. They were pretty funny, although some of the humor was lost on me because I didn't get the references, but they were pretty good. After that, Jennifer and I went back to our flat, and went to bed.

Today! Oh, today was great. I mean, it's still ongoing, but you know, I thought now would be the best time to blog about it! We woke up and left the flat at 10 to go to this church Jennifer had found online. It's called ELT Baptist Church. It's down the road and across the street from campus and it's not too big, but not too small. We were welcomed with open arms and the people were delightfully nice. The service was, of course, different from what I'm used to, but still a good service. Afterward they had tea and coffee (which was openly welcomed, seeing as I was still a little tired,) and a lot of people came up to talk to us. We were introduced to so many people, I hope I remember their names for next Sunday! We filled out visitors cards and chatted with everyone we could. At around one, they hosted a small lunch, mostly for new comers and international students. There were choices in what we ate, but I had Chili con Carne (which was much less spicy than my mom's,) and rice, and Bread Pudding (which was different than I expected,) for dessert. I got a little Apple Crumble too, because it just looked so yummy! We sat and talked while we ate and afterward and got a lot of information about Bible Studies and International Student things, and they even do trips around London! This upcoming Saturday they'll be going to Greenwhich (somewhere I really want to go,) and I'm pretty sure Jennifer and I are going. We spent a collective five hours there and met so many people and had wonderful food. I'm really happy we went! All in all, good Saturday morning (: Now it's time for my weekly Sunday nap, and I'm not sure what's going on tonight, but I'll update you all if anything happens!
Cheers!
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