Busy Busy

Amanda came back home this morning. Hooray! The last four nights were pretty restless. I really don't like being by myself. On Tuesday night, it took me about two hours to fall asleep. Every little noise made me jump. What am I so afraid of? Who knows. At least the ghost never showed herself.

I've spent the past couple of days finishing up essays and then reading Watchmen in two days. Loved it. My tutorials were okay, but I definitely have lost the momentum. This week will be a nice break from school, but then just having one more week is going to be awkward. Hopefully I can shape up and write some killer essays.

Ryan and I spent the afternoon and evening in London yesterday. My tutorial was moved up four hours, so we were able to go to the British Museum for a while before going to see the London Symphony Orchestra. The Rosetta Stone, The frieze from the acropolis, "colossal" statues of Ramses II from Thebes, and various Mesopotamian artifacts that Ryan studies and apparently verify some Biblical stories. Not too shabby a collection.




The LSO performed Rachmaninoff's third piano concerto and Tchaikovsky's sixth symphony. Both pieces were fabulous. The pianist for the first was incredible, but I liked the second piece more. I prefer Tchaikovsky anyway, but I think that they did a better job with his piece. Plus, it had a gong. A little anticlimactic... I was waiting the entire time for the gong man to stand up, and when he finally did I was so excited, and then it was just, well, anticlimactic. Oh well.

Today will be filled with cleaning, travel arrangements for Amanda's and my month off, and anticipation for tomorrow at 10 am, when Griffin will arrive!