Ah, another week has gone by and to be fairly honest, not much else has happened. It is because I am BORING.

Okay, not totally. I'm still adjusting to my surroundings and whatnot. And I have made friends, so hurrah!

On Monday, I was invited out to for drinks with some other history majors. While my first instinct was to say no because I had homework (I did warn you that I was boring. I guess I forgot to mention that I was also stupid.) I accepted and had a grand ol' time. Drinking/partying isn't really my thing because I'm not much of a drinker (I had three drinks. This is less than half of what everyone else consumed, and I did it within a five hour period.) but the people were great and funny, and so far no one has treated me poorly or thought I was stupid because I'm an American (yes, I was worried about this and why shouldn't I be when we have shows like "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?"). So we were out until 1:30; we went to three places - out of which I only liked two, one was too loud and crowded and had the most annoying techno music - and I took a cab home. I was invited to go to a club with some of them when others decided to go home, but I thought it was best to call it a night. I'm a lightweight unless I eat right before hand, and three drinks is my limit. I'm sure I could consume more - I have on other occasions, but only when surrounded by best friends and a sure way of getting home or a crashing on a bed - but I figured it was in my best interest not to.

The rest of the week has been pretty uneventful - I've been going to lectures and reading. On some occasions the food didn't stink to high heaven. Today was BBQ chicken and while it wasn't REAL BBQ - just baked chicken in BBQ - it was doable. Plus, there was chocolate for dessert.

The girls on my floor have gotten less annoying, though maybe I'm just getting used to it. At any rate, they're not nearly as annoying as the people on the floor below me who had a habit of SCREAMING when they come home at 3 a.m., completely plastered. I don't want to mean or rude, but I think if they do it again and I have a migraine? I'm screaming back at them to shut the hell up. I'd rather have some giggling and loud music - which I'm sure they'd stop if I asked them to ... it really hasn't been enough of an annoyance to warrant it - than making me wonder if someone was dying or being attacked. To quote one of my neighbors, "I thought she was dying, and when she wasn't I wanted to kill her."

I also took a walk around the city walls today. I still don't have a camera, so no pictures. However, it is incredibly beautiful here especially considering that it is January. I feel like there should be snow on the ground, and I'm definitely not complaining that it hasn't been colder than 45 degrees F. I'm not sure what the measurement is for the length of the walls, but it took me about an hour. I think I'll have to do it more often and check out the places I saw while I was walking. I saw a few gardens, the river, and of course the giant racetracks. Apparently there's going to be a big racing event later in the semester.

I have to be off - I need to do laundry and I'm going with some of my neighbors because I don't know where it is well enough to go by myself. So greetings from Chester, and send me some e-mails; I've love to hear from you all and it isn't like the time zone change is in my favor ... I figure that I'm six hours ahead.