Two Thousand and Eleven

{Some of my favorite times from this year}

This has been one long year. It started off with a rough start, with lots of things cumulating into a giant mess.  Things mellowed out thankfully, and the year moved on ending in Europe.  Spending the last bit of 2011 in London was perhaps the best way to end this year.  Looking back I think more than anything I’ve learned a lot about myself and life this past year than ever before.  Being in London alongside my classmates enriching my mind and growing in ways that wouldn’t be possible at home truly made the end of this year momentous.  So here’s to putting wisdom of the past to good use in the future. Happy New Year Everyone!

{Seeing as I've posted this twice already, I clearly loved this picture and that day}

It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas

I am in utter disbelief I have already been home this long and that there is only nine days until Christmas. Nine. I’ve been enjoying my time at home, although I haven’t really been doing the things I thought I would be.  I am almost done my interviews, my friends come this weekend and I’m starting to get excited for Christmas. I just really wish it would get colder here; it’s almost the winter and it feels nothing like it.  To help get myself in the mood I’m going to spend the rest of the afternoon burning vanilla cinnamon candles, listening to Christmas music, and wrapping all the beautiful presents I got for people while abroad.

P.s. I will very soon divulge my Parisian adventures. I would also still share pictures now, except my camera broke while I was in the louvre :(

Telling of my Tale

{Abbey Road- Enjoy the pictures from London I haven't yet shared}

{Me signing the wall outside Abbey Road Studios}

I have now been home in lovely Pennsylvania for a little more than a week.  Having nothing to do, considering I have no class, has proved to be the exact opposite.  I feel like I keep running around.  Between trying to unpack (which took me, oh, just five days), doing random tasks for my family, and seeing my family, I have been all over the place.  Not to mention that it is interview season. Yes, us insane students who chose to go to Drexel University are in the process of applying to co-op jobs, and right now interviews are taking place. Which means I polished of my beautiful Banana Republic suit, donned a pair of Ralph Lauren heels and have to answer some ridiculous questions, trying to secure a job for six months.  So far, the hardest question I have been asked: Tell me about a time when you came up with a creative solution to a problem you were having.  You think of an answer to that one.  I seriously want someone to answer it, because so far everyone I have asked has failed to answer it.  Besides that, things have calmed down slightly, and I cannot believe I have already been back this long.  London feels like I was there yesterday and yet it feels so far away.  I have already started to tremendously miss some aspects of it. Okay, lets be honest, I miss everything about London.  However, it is nice to be back home because I have already seen some of my best friends from school.  As much as I do not want December to fly by (I fear it already is), I am super excited for all my friends from home to come back home for Christmas break.  I need to see all my friends because there are so many stories I have that have yet to be told and I’m dying to divulge them all.  Isn’t that why I came home anyway, to tell all my new tales?

{My favorite window displays at Fortnum and Mason}

{Donuts to the Drexel Divas from our favorite English person, Tom}

{Last night in London, with Tom, our RLS}