The Crazies, Glasgow Style

Monday morning I went to the airport to meet Kayla!! I was soo excited when she FINALLY came out (15 minutes after the rest of the people on her plane). We took the bus back to Buchanan Bus Station and it was raining, of course. Kayla said she thinks the bad weather is following her, especially since it is beautiful in Johnstown now. (whaaaaat?!) When we got back to my room we tok a long nap. She was so whooped from all the traveling. Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, Amsterdam, Scotland....yikes. No thank you. It felt good to sleep though because I was tired too.
We woke up around 5 and decided to go eat somewhere. We walked down Sauchiehall and went to the Sports Cafe. We both got burgers and fries (I got a chicken burger & she got a vegetable burger.) They were both awesome. After, we headed up to Cineworld for the 9:00pm showing of "The Crazies." It was pretty good and creepy. I think they put it together really good. It freaked me out. We both had nightmares that night. Awesome.
Tuesday I had a few classes then we went to Campus for pizza and for Kayla to get her "Eyedeal card." (Now she can get in free to the clubs I can, which is soo nice that we have free places to go and just hang out if we want to.) Then we stopped at Primark for a shopping spree. That store is dangerous and awesome! We both got a green dress for Saint Patrick's Day. :)
Around 8:00pm, w walked over with Krista to WalkAbout to meet friends, drink & talk. There was a football game on so EVERYONE was pretty occupied. When it ended my friends were all eager to meet Kayla. She met allllot of people that night! Me, Kayla & Krista decided to go to Strathcylde Union then. It is a Bar/Club with different floors of fun inside (ie. dancing, karaoke, hangout...) They have one pound drinks there too, which is awesome. We hung out on the dancing floor and met some new friends. (Marcus, Spitter Monkey, Cute Asian, Roy Stephens, The Poker, The Crazies Man, Sharpie Mustache...you know, the usual) We got drinks bought for all of us all night by drunks, which was awesome we didn't have to waste money. "The Poker" kept poking my stomach (really?). After the 15th time of rolling my eyes and saying "Stop!!", I yelled at him "I HAVE A TEMPER!!!!" and when he kept doing it, things got violent. Hah. No, I just shoved him, whatever. They were nice, but stop touching me. Seriously.We had fun there and Krista met a cute boy that she really likes. He's cute and they danced all night. We left back to Caley around 2:00am. I was soo tired.
On St. Paddy's Day I had some more classes. I got out at noon and hurried back to Caley to make us some food and get ready to celebrate. Me, Kayla, Krista & Hannah headed to Union around 2:30pm (if you got there before 3, it was free entry!). There was more people there then I expected which was cool. We bought some drinks and just hung out. They were playing a lot of Irish music, but not enough. The only good thing about it really was the cheap drinks and we got our faces drawn on with Irish colored crayons by some random kid. (I got Irish Whiskers & Kayla got an Irish flag). We left at about 5:00pm and we were all pretty hammered. It was funny it was still light outside walking back. So weird. We changed into our dresses and headed to Campus to eat and then dance later with all of our friends (they were coming around 10). We all got free pizza & ordered to pitchers of a fruity cherry drink. It was good. They even gave us free green hats! We waited forever for our friends to come, and I was so happy when they finally did. The International kids definitely took over and made it into the St. Patrick's celebration it's meant to be. Me and Hannah did an Irish jig on a low table (don't worry, there's a video on facebook...), I started a doe-see-doe that quickly spread to the whole bar & got out of hand (I even got stuck under some one's armpit during it, yay.), we ALL danced on stage, we watched real Irish dancers perform, & at the end of the night they had an Irish jig competition with four local boys on stage. They were all CLEARLY on a different planet at that point in the night. They made them take their shirts off and made them dance one by one. At one point, one of the boys had his back to the crowd with his bare naked ass out and was just shaking it like it was no problem at all. Hahaha, so gross. The whole thing was really ridiculous and funny. We stayed at Campus til 2:00am, then went home with some of my friends. Kayla talked about Germany with Claudius on the way home. Everyone really likes her! :) Duh.
Thursday Kayla got to sleep in really late and I was so jealous. I had to get up early for a presentation. How convenient. It went pretty good and my group got a good grade on it. I was so glad to get it over with already. It was so nasty outside (raining, windy and colllllld!) When I got back to Caley, we ate some Lunch and just hung out. At 5:00pm, we went with Krista to Tesco to get some groceries. It was pretty successful. We came home and me and Kayla ate way too many fish sticks. It makes me sick thinking about it. Then we got ready and the three of us headed to "Kushion" (a never went there before but I heard good things about it). It was miserable on the way there with the rain. Kushion was beautiful inside! It had red lights shining on all the walls, seats hanging from the ceiling, pretty benches everywhere and candles on all the end tables. We got some drinks and sat around for a little resting our feet. After our Tequila shot, haha, we headed to the dance floor. The Dj was really good and was mixing cool songs together. We had a lot of fun and met friends there, too. At the end of the night we were dancing with these 3 Irish boys and they were a lot of fun. They even played my two favorite songs (Sexy Chick & Sex On Fire)!!!! I went nuts over them, of course. We made it home at 3:00am and I passed right out. We woke up this morning to the smell of curry and the sound of whistling. Adi was making a feast in the kitchen & whistling and singined. I was starving and NOT in the mood. It was a terrible mix of senses and headaches. Adi really pushes my buttons. That's for sure.
Today we are planning on going to find Terri Love's (Ryans Moms) grandparents church they were married in. It's not too far from here and Kayla said Terri talks about visiting here all the time. It will mean a lot to her to have a picture. It will be a nice walk there.
I miss youns and can't wait to see you. Wish you were all here.
Happy 21st birthday to Jordan today! <3

People Come & Go So Quickly Here

Sunday afternoon I used the bus for the first time to go meet Jordan at the airport. I was waiting in the International Arrivals with an entire room of Indian Families and just me. They were all looking at me like I was in the wrong place and the plane that was arriving was only for them. I started to wonder where Jordan was when he walked around the corner and scared the life out of me. I was so happy to see him, but it was weird. Like a dream. He said since he came from London, duh, he came in through the UK Arrivals. No wonder they were staring. Ha.
We caught the bus back to Glasgow Centre and Jordan told me about his flights. It was like we never left each other to begin with and we picked up right where we left it. It was so nice.
We got back to Caley Court and hung out for a while. Jordan even had a drink of the Scotch I bought him. Then I took him down Sauchiehall Street to "Campus" to eat some dinner. We were both starving. We both ordered Fosters beer, I got a free pizza with my eyedeal card, and we got a huge plate of nachos. It was delicious. While we were eating, people were hanging up signs for Mardi Gras at Campus that night and Southern Comfort mixes were only 1 pound. So after we paid for our cheap meal, we made our way over to the bar and got two Southern Comforts and Lemonade. We also got beads with them! They were really good. People kept getting feathery masks from the DJ and the bartenders and I was soo jealous. After a while of me complaining how much I loved the masks, haha, Jordan went up to the bartender, flirted a little, and got me one! He is so sweet. I love it.We made our way down to a bar called "Box." They always have live bands there and I knew Jordan would loove it. He did. He ordered his first Guinness and we listened to two bands play. They were both really good. One of them even gave us a free CD. It was awesome. On the way back to Caley it was FREEZING! But it was so nice to be back. We were both exhausted, especially Jordan from the long flights and time changes.
On Monday we took a walk down town through George Square. We saw the statue with the cone on his head and went into the museum he is placed in front of. It was free entry, but it was super lame. We still looked around the whole place. Then we went to a little shop called "Tinderbox." Jordan got a coffee & I got a cappuccino. We sat on a bench in George Square, watched the people & nasty pigeons and talked. It was cold, but comfortable to be with him.
Nothing really happens here on Monday night. So we just hung out in the room. I know Jordan was bummed with not meeting my friends yet (he did meet my flatmates already though, including Kateri. But that was all).
On Tuesday I had a few classes and Jordan got to catch up on some sleep. When I got back we got ready for the day and headed to the Gothic Cathedral. I've already been there, but I wanted Jordan to see it and I know he wanted to. We saw the outside (it was closed for the season) of the oldest house in Glasgow. We went in and looked around St. Mungo's Museum. Jordan loved it. He took a lot of pictures to show his mom, because he knew she would have loved it too. We spent a lot of time in there so I kept pushing Jordan to hurry up because we still needed to make it to the Cathedral and the graveyard before dark. We wasn't happy with me about pushing him. Finally I got him out of there and we walked over to St. Mungo's Cathedral. It still took my breath away the second time. So beautiful.After a long time in there looking around, we made our way up to the huge cemetery on the hill. Jordan said it felt fake almost because it was so pretty. I feel the same way about it. The stones are so huge and beautiful. We walked around for a while and took pictures and talked. We were getting really hungry by then. We went back to Campus, got another pizza and some fries too. It was soo good. (Campus regulars, haha) Then it was time to get ready for WalkAbout night. Everyone was nice to Jordan but you could tell they were nervous about him being there. I talked about him so much I think it was weird for him to be a real person. Olof and Chris really tried to include him the most it seemed like. I was glad. He had a good time. Then me, Jordan and a couple of my friends headed over to Strathclyde Union to hang out some more. They had one pound drinks. Me & Olof beat Jordan & Claudius and pool. Only because Olof made up a stupid rule to make us win. Jordan sunk so many balls. I didn't realize how good he was. People were singing Karaoke there too. It was just a really cool place. We headed back around 1:30am.
On Wednesday I had more classes. Then me and Jordan went to the Sports Cafe for lunch. We both got burgers. I thought they were good because I never get that sort of thing over here, but Jordan said it was nasty and didn't even taste like burger. Welcome to Scotland. We even got dessert!! Jordan got the banana toffee waffle and it was to DIE for. Wow.
Later we went to Molly Malone's for some drinks with my friends. It was fun and American Politics was the hot topic for some reason. It was annoying to me, but I was glad Jordan was having a good time with my friends and fitting in perfectly. He could fit in anywhere really. We got kicked out around 10:30, which was weird. But I was tired anyways.
Thursday we walked down through town again to Glasgow Green. It's just a huge open park with monuments here and there. Jordan said it was nice to be out of the city and just see open space. It did feel good. We even saw the Doulton Fountain. It was beautiful. The museum there closed at 5 though so we missed it. Jordan was bummed. We had a good time walking around and even got to see some geese and dogs. Heheh.
Later we went with some of my girl friends back to the Sports Cafe for wing night. 60 wings for 6 pounds. They weren't too good, but the fries were awesome. We each ate too much, then got dessert to top off our fat bellies. Yummy! Me & Jordan, of course, shared the banana toffee waffle again. It was divine.
Firday we walked forever to find the Kevingrove Museum. I got us lost, but also got us found again. Haha. The museum was free entry and it was AMAZING! They had so much cool stuff inside and we were bummed we couldn't see absolutely everything. They had famous paintings, stuffed animals, prehistoric animals (weird/scary), and old weapons. It was awesome. We spent a lonnng time in there. On our way back to Caley, we stopped and ate a chinese buffet. I've been wanting to eat there forever and I was happy I got to with Jordan. The food wasn't that great, but we tried every single dessert they had. Haha. It was a freak show with all of the different dessert on our table. It was fun. Our feet hurt so much from walking all day, so when we got back we took a nap. We woke up at 8:30 and got ready for the night. We were going out dancing with my friends. I couldn't believe Jordan was okay with it. I was so proud of him and excited that he wasn't just shooting down the idea. We went to Beth and Hannah's flat to pregame and headed out to Club Karbon around 1:30am. Late nite. We finally found the place back in an ally, so weird. We've never been there before. Everyone, except me, got free passes to get in from the bartender when I was in the bathroom. I was glad Jordan didn't have to pay at least. We ordered drinks, found the rest of our friends, and started dancing. By the end of the night Jordan was even moon-walking to Billie Jean, hahah. It was so much fun! Jordan actually had a really good time, and so did I because of it. He is so cute.
We got back around 3:30am that night, and slept in pretty late. It felt good. When we finally got up, we went searching for a Scottish place to buys some gifts for home. It took us forever because I couldn't remember when it was. Then we couldn't find the "Drum N Monkey" (where Jordan has been wanting to eat the entire time) and when we finally did find it, there was no place to sit inside and it was jam-packed. So we tried to find somewhere else. We ended up eating at Pizza Hut. It was really good and we got a huge dessert, because that's what we do these days. Mmm, warm chocolate chip cookie dough and ice cream. It was great.
Later we went to WalkAbout with Hannah and Beth to get a few drinks before Molly Malone's again. Molly's has live music on Fridays and Saturdays so we thought we'd check it out. We got there around 10 and I thought the guy performing was awesome. It was just him and a guitar and he had a great variety of songs. Jordan had an awesome last night, I was glad he liked it. I was sad to think about him not being here. Molly's closed around 12:30 and we headed back home after stopping at McDonalds. Jordan got 3 cheeseburgers and shared some with me. They were pretty good. I set my alarm for 3:30. It was already one, annnd the clocks were changing so he was losing an hour too. We slept for an hour and half before we had to get up and catch the bus. We were almost running down there and we made it just in time. It was a quick goodbye and I only cried a little bit. It was harder then I thought it would be to see him go. I miss him already. It was a GREAT week. Can't wait to come home.

Go-Karting!

Wednesday night me and the girls took a cab to a little bar called "Hummingbird." It was so nasty out from the all-day snowing we had. Here, instead of the snow just laying on the ground..it just turns into disgusting slush. We have never been to Hummingbird before, but we've heard about it. You can order huge drinks called fishbowls here. Kateri & Brittany both got one. They even got a glo-stick with it! Haha. I ordered the Hummingbird martini. It was really good, but the strawberry on the side of the glass was better! Mmm. The entire place was adorable and had bird cages hanging from the ceiling with candles in them. We got our drinks, sat down and talked until it was ABC time. (11pm)Around 11:30, we headed out to ABC. It was pouring out so we were pretty much running down the street. Kateri had her new boots on, she was pretty miserable. I felt bad because I've been in that situation before. Haha, not fun.
There was a little line, so we had to stand outside in the rain before we got in. That was annoying. So much for fixing our hair. But it was fun, and me & Brittany got our faces painted! I've been wanting to for a while, so we decided tonight was the night. It was so beautiful. And since it was "Neon" night, all of the black lights made our faces glow. It was really cool.
We left around 2:30am, I skyped with mum & kayla for a while then went to bed. I had to be up to get on the bus for go-karting at 9:30am! I wasn't even really tired the next morning. I was so glad. It took us about 20 minutes to get to ScotKart. It was in a weird part of town that I have never seen before, and was glad that I didn't. There was garbage everywhere. It looked really bad. When we got there, my friend Martin from my class was already there. I was glad he went because he's pretty much the only person I know from Computing. We signed waivers and they split all of us up into two groups. Go-kart group and Lazer tag group. (I got go-kart group first!) Luckily, not many kids went because the weather was bad. So we got to ride and play longer. They took my group into a room, gave us uniforms to put on, and made us watch a little movie about safety and rules. I was so excited! Finally they took us out to the track and we got our helmets. I sat down in kart 13 and they adjusted the seats and pedals for me. (Apparently they didn't do a good job because I am still sore from trying to reach the steering wheel.) After we rode for about 10 minutes, they'd bring us back into the pits...then send us out again. We got to do 4 races. It was so awesome. The first time we went out, everyone went pretty slow and was really cautious. I was so afraid to flip the kart because some places on the track were wet and you could easily slide on it. But then every time they sent us back out I realized it was impossible to flip the kart, so why be afriad? I went faster and faster & only wrecked a few times. When you wreck, you put your hand up and they turn on the yellow light so everyone knows someone is stuck and they slow down instead of ramming into you around a corner. Me and another kid had a pretty good collision, but we were just laughing. I was surprised we didn't get the warning flag waved at us for being reckless. It was so awesome. I had a blast and wish I could do it more often. At the end, they gave us our timesheets and ratings of how we did in each race. I was one of the top 6 fastest (out of 14) in every race and I even got 4th one time.After that, they took us over to "Lazer Planet" and explained the rules. We split into two teams (Red-Star Wars, Blue-SuperHeroes). I was on Red and my name was Jabba (it was written on my pack). The place was awesome with smoke and flashing lights everywhere to distract you. They had really cool music playing that kind of sounded like Pink Floyd. In the middle of the whole thing was a tower with a ramp on each side. The Blue team was up there shooting us forever. Then I got my team together and we took the tower over. It was so funny. We all had a great time. The second game I came in 2nd place for shooting the most people. I was so excited. My team won both games too!
We left for home at 1:30pm and I could tell I was exhausted. I saw Hannah walking to class on my way to Caley Court and I told her to come watch New Moon when she's done. So she did. Of course I fell asleep and missed the last 30 minutes, but it was fun. It was a good day.
I miss you so much.

My Life As A Bollywood Film

Well, I'm all moved in at Caley Court. I love it! I am so close to Uni and all of my friends. It's great. I am in a flat with my friend, Kateri even (from Canada) which is awesome. My room is pretty nice and I have a sink in it so I don't have to go to the bathroom to brush my teeth. :)I have 4 other roommates as well. They are all boys. One is from India and the other three are from Pakistan. They love to blast loud music, cook dinner in a huge pot with all of their friends every night and also they like to whistle. It's a pretty interesting life I live these days. But they mostly keep to themselves and there are barely any dishes left dirty in the sink which is such a nice change!Friday night, me and some of the girls went to a bar called "Box" where they have live music every night of the week and its free to get in. We went Friday because there was a Beatles tribute band supposedly playing. We left around 8pm to walk down there. About 5 bands played and we were getting soo tired and uncomfortable. Box is a small place and the speakers are so loud you can't really talk to anyone. It was 1:00am and "Them Beatles" still weren't on. They had people setting up for them for 45 minutes. A bunch of our friends left, but we said it would be so terrible to have waited all this time and NOT see them. So we stayed. They finally started playing about 1:30am and they were AWESOME! I never really got into the Beatles, so I was really surprised I knew every song. It was great. I put a video of them on Facebook if you want to hear a little bit of the tribute band.We only stayed for a couple songs because we were pretty much falling asleep and the Borders trip was the next morning at 8:30am. So we headed back to Caley Court around 2am. I got a cheeseburger and dries at McDonalds on the way back. I was starving. The fries were pretty good, but the burger was nasty. Nothing here tastes like home.I got to talk to Jordan a tiny bit when I got back, then I fell right asleep. Next thing I knew, my alarm was going off. I got up, decided I didn't need a shower (hehe), and got ready for the trip. It was freeeezing outside. I slept pretty much the whole 2 hours there. We got dropped off in a town called Galashiels. Me and the girls went off by ourselves and found a cafe. I got a latte and we talked for a while. We spent 2 hours there just walking around and looking at things. It was a cute town, but pretty boring. We got back on the bus and headed to Peebles (another small town) for lunch. Just as we arrived I got so sick. I basically ran off of the bus and took some deep breaths and was trying so hard not to throw up in front of EVERYONE! I started walking with everyone and the fresh air wasn't helping, so I knew it wasn't good. I went off with Krista and Karen and we looked for somewhere to eat. We found a Pizzeria and went inside. I drank some water and ordered a Calzone (with muchrooms!) It made me feel A LOT better and I was soo glad. I even liked the mushrooms in it. Weird.Everyone else went to the Castle besides us, so since we had so much time left..we decided to go look for it. We walked along a little river and just talked mostly. It was really cold out so we turned around before we ever saw the Castle. We met back at the bus at 4:30. Luckily, we passed the Castle on the way home. It looked awesome. I was happy to at least see it. The sights on the way back were insane. It was all country and looked EXACTLY like Scotland does in the movies. So green and beautiful. I took pictures and even some video. I wished we could have stopped on the side of the road to just stare at the open fields and all the sheep. Haha. It was amazing. It made me want to live here.When we got back, I took a shower finally and got dressed. Krista's flatmates were having a party that night and she invited us to come. It ended up being called off, so we just watched "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" here in my room. I love that movie. It was so funny, but of course I fell asleep. This morning Krista messaged me and said "Was it ok we left you like that last night?" Haha, I guess they felt bad for just leaving while I was sleeping. Alisa told me Krista and Karen were really nervous about it. They are too funny. :)
Great News!.....JORDAN BOOKED HIS TICKET TO COME OVER! I can't believe it! He'll get here March 7th (exactly one week from today!) and leave the 14th. It's going to be great. I am so happy he's going to get to see the things I am and meet my friends. It would be weird for me to come home and talk about them, and he would't know them. So I am so glad. He's going to looove it here. I know it.
Today I am working on homework and just hanging out here in my room. I am still sick and I hate it. I miss you so much.

Ceilidh & O'Couture

Yesterday was sooo much fun! I had one lecture for an hour, then I went and waited at the Refectory for the Ceilidh (Pronounced "Key-Lee") event. It was set up so nice with different countries flags hanging around, and a lot of Scottish flags evvverywhere (there always is, anywhere you look). I got a table with some girls and we drank come juice and then had some wine (wasn't as good as yours, dad). A lot of the kids dressed up like their countries. (All of the Denmark students wore Viking hats with the horns on it). It was really neat to see what people came up with. The dancing started and the one guy in the band would announce what kind of dance it was (couples or sets) and then people would go up to the dance floor. I didn't dance to the first one. I asked the whole Denmark table behind me to dance and all of them ignored me. How embarrassing. The next dance was "sets" and Ali (the annoying Pakistan whose jokes aren't funny) asked me to dance so I said yes! I was glad to at least go out there. It was groups of 4 ( 4 boys, 4 girls) and it was so fun. My group was pretty terrible and we couldn't seem to get it right. But by the end, we did pretty good. (In the picture I am the one in the gray long sleeve being twirled around.) After that, I danced to evvvery song :) The music was awesome. One guy played an accordion and the other had what looked like an electric violin, or fiddle? There were only two of them and they did awesome. We learned about 10 different dances. For a couple of them, it was all about switching partners. It was pretty much like speed dating, haha. One guy who was super tall (and he looked about 35) was my partner at one point. For this dance you had to "polka around" for eight counts and he just picked me off the ground and swung me in circles. I was laughing so hard because the whole thing was just outrageous. With the music, and the switching partners, and the band kept playing faster and faster. And that guy thought it was so normal and then just pushed me to the next guy. Ohh boy.
I danced a waltz type dance with Ziga, a dance that looked like the one they do in "A Knights Tale" with Gary, and I danced about 7 other ones with Ali. I really had a blast! I never went to something like that where you just learn dances and do them. It was so cool. I took a couple videos.
Around 8pm we got a meal. I had garlic bread and pasta. It was really good, but I could have eaten 6 more plates of it. Plus, everyone's breath smelled especially good after that. I thought it was over, but there was more dancing afterward. Luckily, I found some gum in my bag. For the verry last dance, everyone stood in a huge circle and held hands. They played a well-known Scottish song (I didn't know it, but everyone was singing it) and a boy who goes to school at Caledonian played the bagpipes in the middle. Then it turned into running to the middle and running back out while people get there arms ripped off, haha. It was funny. I was standing next to Chris, and I know he was trying hard to keep me alive. I can't wait to show you some of the dances. Hopefully, I can remember some!
After it was over, we headed up to Caley Court to get ready for Hannah's birthday outting. I decided to wear the flower headband I bought. I was a little nervous about it, but it turned out pretty good. The guys & Beth set up the kitchen of the flat with balloons, a cake and streamers. It was really cute. They even bought her a Celtics jersey! It was awesome and she really loved it.
When everyone was ready, we headed to a bar called "O'Couture" down on Sauchiehall Street (Pronounced "Sookie-hall"). I was expecting it to be a club, but it was just a bar. There wasn't many people there, but then again it was ONLY 10pm. So no one was out yet. I got a Foster's beer and talked to everyone. Me, Brittany, Hannah, Krista & Kateri all took a shot of Tequila for Hannah's birthday. They were out of limes, so that was pretty nasty. After a while, some how the used-to-be bar turned into an International dance club. It was so much fun! They started playing good music and all of us were dancing. The other locals who were there mostly just stared at us. I only fell over a little stool twice, and it was pretty graceful. (Why?!?) We left around 2:30am and my feet were killing me. I ate an entire bag of popcorn when I got back, drank soda, watched some of My Best Friend's Wedding, & then fell asleep without brushing my teeth. Big mistake. I feel good today and the sky is blue AGAIN! It looks beautiful out even though it is still cold. I am so excited about tomorrow (watching the Celtics play at Maggie May's bar and then flat party here at Blackfriars with my roommates). I am more excited about watching the game. Then on Sunday, for Valentine's Day, is movie and dinner with the girls! I can't waiiit for that.
I miss you and wish you were here every day.

Oh, this is how the Superbowl works here...?

Yesterday was the East Lothians trip to the Eastern Coast of Scotland (past Edinburgh). We met up at the Uni at 8:30am and it took us an hour and a hlaf to get to the town of Dunbar. There, we saw another castle. Well, the remains of one. It was pretty interesting and I couldn't believe people actually lived in that town. Haha. I guess compared to huge Glasgow, it seemed like nothing. We looked at the castle, the harbor and we walked down by the water even. (I made a video of me putting my hand in the water. I was in such pain after that. I'm pretty sure I got frostbite, but it was worth it.) Alex, from France, said that body of water was the Northern Sea (?) Very cool. I also snatched up some rocks and shells from there. They are pretty neat.
Then we went to a little Garden Cafe and warmed up. I had a latte and a chocolate chip cookie (sugar rush on the cookie). The latte burnt all of my taste buds off, so that was nice. But it was good once it cooled down an hour later.
We got back on the bus and headed for the Tantallon Castle. This is by far the coolest thing I have seen yet. We got to walk around inside for almost two hours and take sooo many pictures. The castle was enormous and you could tell it had a lot of history to it. Me and the girls explored everywhere (even where you're not supposed to. Hehe) The view from the top was amazing. All you could see was green one way, and water the other way. I was in love.
Next, we headed to a town called North Breswick, for lunch. Me, Karen, Alisa, Brittany, Sophie, Kateri, Krista & Emmy at a little bar/cafe. When we walked in there was a bunch of guys hanging out at the bar staring at us and saying "Ar ya laust?" We felt pretty stupid and not welcome, but we sat down anyways. Most of us got fish & chips (I did too). It was gooood! We hung out there for a while til we had to be back on the bus at 3:30pm. A rugby game was on the TV there (Scotland vs. France) and all the guys were huddled around the TV yelling and cheering. It was cool. I watched some of it, and it looked like a really fun sport to watch.
On our way home, we stopped at one more place. There was a castle there, but you had to pay to get inside. So we just got out, looked around, and took some pictures. I was too cold and tired to just hang around outside anymore. So me and some of the girls got on the bus early and waited.
On the back to Glasgow, I slept mostly and it felt good. We planned to go to a bar/restaurant called "Campus" for the Superbowl game because they had signs up saying "The Biggest Event in America, Watch it Here!" Plus, we heard they had free pizza at halftime. So I walked back to Blackfriars, skyped a bit, ate ravioli's, and uploaded my pictures. Around 10:45pm I headed up to "Campus" for the game. (It started at 11pm here! Sleeeepy.) All I heard was LOUD music and people screaming so I was confused. I was expecting it to just be people sitting around watching the game...? I walked in and it was totally a dance club with people in tiny dresses and high heels everywhere. They had the game on all of the 50 Tv's in there, and they had a huge screen set up too. But they were all on mute, so you could only watch. There were no commercials played over here, and I was really bummed about it. And some Scottish guys were hosting the game? It was really weird. Mostly everyone there was cheering for the Colts. I was for the Saints. (I still don't know who won. Haha.) Thankfully, Brittany and Kateri showed up in jeans and boots too so I didn't feel so stupid. We got drinks and watched the game. At halftime, we wondered about our free pizza and asked a guy who worked there. He said our best bet is to go ask the kitchen, so we did. The cook acted like we were nuts and said no. Embarressing. But then when we were about to leave he handed us one for free. It was so cool. We took it upstairs and devoured it. :) It had peppers and onions on it. Delicious.
Then we headed out.
I was soo tired when I got home from the long day. So I slept good last night.
Today I have one class (an IP1 Lab) at 2:00pm, and that's it. So I'm hoping to move today if it's possible. I just need the "okay" from Caley Court. I can't wait!
The sun is shining a little bit today, but I think it will be gone soon.
I miss you!

Haggis, No Thank You.

Scottish Word of the Day: "Daft" meaning Stupid or Silly.

Well yesterday was a good day. (02/05/10) I woke up and I wasn't homesick because I had already made plans with Alisa the night before to go shopping. :) I got up and skyped with my dad about 4 times throughout the morning, showered, and got ready. Alisa said her flatmate, Billy (Scotland, with the longer blonde hair), and his friends (also from Scotland) wanted to go eat at a place called Campus where you get a free pizza when you order any drink. It was for real! I got a coke and a Hawaiian pizza. It even tasted better than the Pizza Hut the day before. I loved it. Chris (one of Billy's friends, in the picture too by me) ordered pizza with haggis on it. (By the way, it's sheeps stomach...) So I tried some because I needed to before I left. It was...interesting. At first it tasted familiar, then a very unfamiliar taste happened, and I didn't feel good about it. Haha. It was terrrrible though. There were these cards that were laying on the table. It was for an ID card that will get you in free to some clubs and get you discounts for some restaurants and shops. So me and Alisa filled them out, went upstairs, got our pictures taken, got a new ID card, and a whole bag of free stuff from the clubs in the area (a pillowcase, cute underwear with the clubs logo on them, flip flops with a bottle opener on the bottom, and a hoody! The hoody is awesome, I love it and it fits so nice. I was expecting an XXL.)
Then me and Alisa went shopping...we only made it to Primark and spent 2 hours in there. Haha. I love that store. I got a cute little leather purse and a leather wallet. It was supposed to be 6 pounds, and for some reason it was only 3 pounds! I was so excited.
After that, I headed home to get ready because they invited me out for some girls birthday. They were planning on going to Hummingbird, a bar, then to Kushion, a club, to dance. When I got home I checked my email and I had an email from Blackfriars saying they found someone who wants to move into my room asap! I about hit the ceiling! I was so excited and emailed back right away saying I'll find out when I can move out, hopefully this weekend. Caledonian Court hasn't emailed me back yet to tell me when I can come up. But I am so excited!
I skyped with dad some more and then with Jordan. I got ready then and met Alisa at ABC around 11:30pm. (I guess they couldn't get into Kushion? So they went to ABC instead)
It wasn't as awesome as it is on Wednesdays and they played really weird music. All the Scottish people loooved all the songs though and knew all the words. I drank a Vodka Apple (it tasted just like a Jolly Rancher, but I could really feel it laying in my stomach. Ew.) We danced a lot and my feet were killing me. She started talking to a Scottish guy (the one in the picture with us, so obvious he's Scottish, haha) so I got stuck with his weirdo friends. One of them was 28 (and kind of looked like Jason from the Bachelor) and he was the only coherent one. He kept trying to make conversation with me because it was pretty awkward. I couldn't understand one word he was saying. I got soo frustrated with him and just kept yelling "I CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOUR ACCENT!" But he would just keep trying to talk to me. So I had to start ignoring him and just smiling. I was pretty annoyed.
When it closed, I walked home in the rain and my high heels. I couldn't wait to take them off and just lay down. I was so tired. I got to talk to Jordan for a second, but it was so nice.
Today I want to try to go and get stamps, but it is already 4:30, and everything here closes at 6. Oh well, I might as well try I guess. It is really cloudy here and looks like rain again. I guess it's better than a foot of snow, haha. Sorry PA.
Tonight is an International Students birthday (Ziga), so people are celebrating. I don't know if I'm going to yet, we'll see.
I miss you every day.