A Play, A Phone Call, and A Market

Saturday, February 27, 2010

I know it’s been awhile since I blogged, but I just haven’t been up to writing the last couple of days. Today just felt like a good day to get everything down, and do I have a lot to get down.
Where to start…where to start…ah…Wednesday. So, on Wednesday, I had another play for my theatre class. It was my fourth, and it was called Disconnect. The show, in a nutshell, took place in a call center in India and explored the lives of the call center employees. It was really good and did a good job capturing some of the issues surrounding American and Indian call centers. I talked with a couple of people afterwards, and a couple of them said it was their favorite show. I liked it, but my favorite so far has to be Six Degrees of Separation. After the play, I went back to hang out with some of my Teaching Fellows Friends.
Luckily for me, I had no class on Thursday. I usually have the Beatles class, but there was a field trip to an art museum. Since our class is so big, our teacher split us up, and half the class went to the museum. With no class, I just had a day to sleep in and catch up on stuff. It was what girl Taylor called a logistics day. This basically meant that I stayed in and did work. I ended up working some, which was just reading, but a lot of it was just lounging around. I watched some tv, slept, and played around on the computer. That night, I finally finished the fourth chapter of my book. I started typing at 11:30 pm and finished around 1:30/2 in the morning. I was really excited because I had been working on it for about seven months. It just felt good getting it done.
On Friday, I ended up having another day of logistics. I slept in and just lounged around a bit. In the afternoon, I did a lot of cleaning up and organizing. Most of my flat went to Dublin for the weekend, and I and another person were left in our flat. He was gone for most of the day which meant I had the flat to myself. I basically cleaned the kitchen, straightened up the common room, and did laundry. I also went grocery shopping and bought some more food. I ended up making some of the food into some really good dishes. I combined tomatoes, olive oil, mozzarella cheese, and spices into a container. I also made fruit salad out of grapes and cherries. I felt really accomplished making some good side dishes.

Today, I spent some of my day at Portobello Road. In London, there are many places that have outside markets. Portobello Road is one of the famous ones and is known for its antique markets. I knew of the road before I came to London because of Bedknobs and Broomsticks. In that movie, there is a musical number on that road. I didn’t buy anything, but it was fun that I was able to go. After we got back, I took a nap and did some homework.
So that was the rest of my week. The highlight of my week was being able to talk to some of my family. One of my TFs has a magic jack, and I never really thought about using it. Yet, on Tuesday, I was getting frustrated with the email communication with my parents and I decided I was going to call them. Well, I called and no one answered. So, I decided to call my grandma. It was nice to catch up with her, and I think she enjoyed it too. On Wednesday and Thursday, I called my sisters and gave them long updates on everything. I also ended up calling my dad and getting confirmation on some of the things. It was really comforting talking to everyone.

Until Next Time,
Jefe