Stressed!

Hello world! My my, I live a very busy life. This past week went by so quick. Sometimes I wish I could just put a pause on life, so I could soak everything up. From where I left off, Wednesday I had gender and lit where we talked about nothing because that class is dumb. (I'm a brat I know) After, I had my art class and instead of going to a gallery we just had lecture and learned about 4 more contemporary british artists and it was very interesting. I am pleasantly surprised by how much I continue to enjoy that class. That night we had a pub crawl that was set up for us by the program and it was so so much fun. There was a smaller group of us (about 12 students maybe?) and our tour guide Simon took us to 4 different pubs all in the Kensington area. It was a lot of fun and I got to hang out with some of the guys in my program who I previously didn't really know. Most of the group was feeling pretty  good by the end, and we met up with some more kids in our group who were out also. It was just all in all a really good night. Thursday morning we had Screenwriting which was a lot of fun, no surprise there. We read part of the script for Almost Famous, which I had never seen- but the script prompted me to watch the movie when I got home from class. I loved the movie, it was very entertaining- especially since we are learning about the 60's and 70's music scene in my Pop Culture class. Anyway, Thursday night I took it easy since we had a planned trip to Brighton the next day. Brighton was wonderful! It was the cutest seaside town with "lanes", which were little narrow streets with tons of second hand shops in them. Unfortunately, we weren't able to spend a lot of time there, so I didn't get to look around as much as I wanted to. We had a planned tour at the Royal pavilion which was one of the coolest palaces I have ever seen ( not that I have been in many, but you get the point) The outside had a ton of onion shaped domes and was really oriental looking. The inside was so gaudy and over the top, that it was completely fabulous. There were dragon sculptures on the ceiling holding up these massive chandeliers which had more dragons who had lotus flowers coming out of their mouths. Sorry that explanation was terrible, but that is just a basic idea of how ridiculous it was decorated. Mom, you would have been in love with the place and its architecture and interior design. After the tour we had 2 hours to wonder around before heading back to London. Kate, Elena, and I decided to eat lunch at this little pub. Lunch turned into having a few pints, and consequently tons of laughs. Those girls crack me up, we had such a good time. After the pub we quickly went down to the beach for some pictures before having to go back for the bus ride home. The rest of the weekend I just kind of bummed around and enjoyed the sunny weather! This morning I had contemporary Britain where we learned about the British Identity and some of their traditions. It was really interesting, I feel like I will get a ton out of that class- I already have actually. Well that leads me to now, and I am just hanging out until some of the girls are done with their class. We are seeing Billy Elliot tonight (!!!!!) and we are gonna head down to the theatre early and have a pub dinner before the show. I am really excited, it will be a very english night tonight!
As for the title of this post, I am stressing a ton about spring break. Reading up on Morocco, and just hearing from other people, it is very conservative there. Some natives may take offense to female tourists wearing tight jeans or showing a lot of skin on their arms. Which normally, hey I can deal with that- but it is going to be in the 80s (HAHAH to all of you in Wisconsin with snow). Soooo I need to buy some loose conservative clothing before I leave. Alsoo, Hannah and I read online that it is a good idea  to wear a ring on your left ring finger and make up a pretend husband, just as a precaution to avoid being hassled. I have my claddagh ring, and I decided Ryan Reynolds will be my husband hahah I girl can dream right? But the more I read about Morocco the more I get excited about it. It is so different, and I am really excited to experience a completely new culture. As for Spain, I am just excited to practice my spanish and walk around Barcelona. If I take a step back and look at my life, I just feel so so lucky. Studying abroad has provided me with so many opportunities that I never thought possible. I already feel like I have learned so much, and have changed so much. Time is flying by! As soon as I get home from Spring Break, Casey comes that week! and we are going to PARIS. which thankfully she speaks french ahah. I just have so much to look forward to in the next few weeks. My life is UNREAL.

I must be going, got big plans tonight!
Adios amigos.
Ma-Sah-Lama  (how to say goodbye in Arabic, Im getting ready!)