We'll Always Have Brasenose...

Things have been pretty busy here lately, we're all trying to cram in all the last little things that we can. But me go back a little bit...

Aunt Sally was a blast! I played, and I wasn't horrible, as in I didn't hurt anybody or get any of the wooden sticks stuck in a tree, but, alas, I didn't hit the dolly at all. Not surprisingly, we got killed. But it was really interesting to learn more about the local sport and hang out with locals who aren't Oxford students. There was a lot of trash-talking on our side, saying at least we won the Revolution and the War of 1812, and even reciting (as much as we could remember of) the Declaration of Independence. But, since we did so poorly, we're going to be featured in the local newspaper! It's tradition when anybody loses all 3 legs of the game. I'm looking at it in a positive light.

Tuesday was a full day of schoolwork, just trying to finish up all the last little assignments there were.

But yesterday, was simply a great way to end! We went to the Globe Theater to see them perform Romeo and Juliet, and it was a great experience! This was probably the first time I've ever seen this play performed and actually believed the girl was 13, so good casting on that. We were groundlings, and we were right up front, so we were actually resting on the stage. I even got serenaded to by some of the musicians! So, that was definitely a special moment. But, the best part, was that we got to have a Q and A with the actors who played Romeo and Mercucio! We learned a lot of really cool stuff from them, a little bit too much to probably mention here, so hopefully I'll still remember by the time I get back to tell y'all. Oh- and the guy sitting in the chair in the photo is the actor who played Mercucio.

Oh yeah! I finally saw Harry Potter too! It's really interesting getting to see the movie while actually here at Oxford, just seeing the scenery and such. Just the buildings are just like the ones here, it's crazy. It just helped me see the movie in a completely different way, I can't really explain it any other way.

Tonight is our banquet night. I'll be getting ready right after this. We'll all be putting on our pretty dresses and having one last nice evening together, with apparently endless rolls and wine, so it'll probably end up being pretty interesting itself. I can't believe this is our last evening together, these 5 weeks have flown by really fast. I'm really not ready to leave this place, it's just such an amazing atmosphere. And I've become friends with a lot of the Brasenose people too, and it's just sad to think that I probably won't be seeing any of them ever again. I did some last minute gift shopping for myself today, some Brasenose sweatpants to help me remember this place. You get a lot of pride too with the college you're at. I'll miss this place.

Well, it's time to get a rollin' for tonight. One last night where we'll all be together up hanging out early in to the morning.

Also, Scotland photos will be up on Shutterfly soon. I'm uploading them as we speak, but they still have about 45 minutes until it's done.

Cheers!