Loving London!

Well I have been in London for a 2 weeks now and I have to say that I love it! I have had so much fun these past two weeks and I can't believe that I'm going to be here for another 3 months! I'm so incredible lucky to have this opportunity.
The only thing I don't like about London is the awful internet we have here at the Center! This is the first time we've had good, solid internet for probably a week. Unfortunately, I have class in 10 minutes so I'm not going to be able to do much now. Hopefully this is the beginning of good internet though!
For now I'll post a few pictures and later I will try and put the emails I've been sending to my family up on here.
Maybe I won't add pictures right now... Stinking internet!

Arrived!

I'm in London! I landed a little after noon yesterday and took a shuttle to the London Centre (now that I'm in London I think I should use their spelling) with three other girls who happened to be on my flight. When I got to the Centre I got my room assignment, Dorm 1! I have 6 roommates--Mysha, Sarah, Rachel, Meghan, Katelyn, and Sikon (I have no idea how to actually spell her name, that's just what it sounds like).
After I got to the the Centre I took a walk with some of my roommates. We walked down Embassy Road and to a beautiful cathedral. Then on the way back we walked through Hyde Park and past Kensington Palace. It was so fun to see all these things I've only ever heard about before.
After our walk we went back to the Centre for Evensong (apparently that is what they call a little devotional) and dinner. I then went to the Tube station at Notting Hill Gate to buy my oyster card so I can ride the Tube and the buses. It rained on us and I decided that it was time to invest in an umbrella!
I was so tired when I went to bed that I slept through the night which was pretty lucky because some girls were suffering from jet lag. But around 6:30 in the morning I was up and ready to go! We had an Orientation meeting to talk about the rules and logistics of the London Centre and then we were off to the British Museum and the National Gallery. It was at the National Gallery, while trying to do my first Humanities assignment, that I realized I know nothing about art. We were supposed to compare and contrast a Medieval painting to a Renaissance painting using colors, perspective, composition, scale, and other things that I didn't understand. So this will be an interesting experience.
We also got to walk around Trafalgar Square and, of course, ride the Tube! I even caught a glimpse of Big Ben and the London Eye.
Even though I'm a little homesick and I miss my family and my friends, I am looking forward to the opportunity to see another part of the world and make some new friends!

PS Pictures won't upload right now, hopefully later!

London Here I Come!

So I am leaving for London on Tuesday! I am extremely excited and starting to get a tad bit nervous. I always get nervous about leaving home even though I've been doing it for 2 years. But this time next week... well actually I will probably be asleep, but I'll be asleep in London!

Decisions, Decisions

I have been contemplating this for some time now (as in about three days) and I think I have come to a decision...
I think I will buy yellow Vans for my summer fashion enjoyment.
Now I was feeling pretty good about this decision until I was thrown for a loop... there are two different shades of yellow Vans. So many decisions to make!

So what do you think?

Lemon Drop?

Or Citrus?

Or do you not like either of them?

Mind you, I don't spend all my time thinking about what color Vans I want. But I gotta do something to at least temporarily relieve myself of the stress of these last couple weeks of school! I sincerely hope that you already know I'm not that shallow.

Stolen Photos

Here are some pictures from the Nickerson family vacation! I stole them from my cousin Noah's facebook... I don't think he'll mind.

The whole fam damily

Cousins. I was the lucky one that got to hold baby Clare. It's my right as the oldest.


This is how a good portion of our time was spent. Just playing a little family cribbage. Little hint: Burke rocks at cribbage. He got a 24 point hand when we were playing Simon and Wyatt (I think). Yeah, we skunked 'em. Moral of story, try and get Burke on your team.

This kind of makes my heart melt. So cute :)

Man, I love my family!

(Forced?) Family Fun!

That is what my dad likes to call a family vacation, forced family fun. But there was nothing forced about all our fun this weekend. We had a family reunion for my dad's side of the family in Texas. It was awesome! It was a weekend filled with good company, fun, and lots of cribbage! It was so fun to all be together. We also got to see my cute baby cousin Clare get blessed.
We got to stay in an awesome hotel complete with an indoor water park. Talk about fun!

The Great Wolf Lodge in all its glory.

Yeah, it's as awesome as it looks.

The Tornado!


We love cribbage!

A weekend vacation was exactly what I needed. It was so nice to get away from school and to see my amazing family! Hopefully I'll get some pictures soon to put up. Thanks again Gram!

P.S. Have you ever seen War of the Buttons? I'm watching it right. It reminds me of my childhood and watching it with my family. Love it!

Obssessed

I have a new obsession. Longboarding. I have only been once, and technically I only went around the block (it took me like 10 minutes though) but it was so fun!

So if you get the urge to buy me a present and spend lots of money on me... I would not be opposed to getting a longboard.