Ladies N' Gents, it's Wednesday Night!

Ello there! Kelly here. I'm sitting in the computer lab, working on my final essay for Foreign Bodies, my creative writing class. I decided to write it about you and me, Dad, and all of our funny adventures from you packing raisins in my lunch box and me bringing them back every night to "jumping jacks" ;) haha

Since I wanted to take a break from writing, I figured- hey, why not make the break a productive one and post in the blog! So, here I am.

This morning, my Jane Austen class went to the Jane Austen Museum in Bath. It was so cool! The whole place was decorated in 1800s decorations, there were movies about Jane Austen, and there was even a gift shop with kooky memorabilia like I <3 Mr. Darcy magnets. I also got my picture taken with the stately gentleman outside the museum, who was posing as an 1800s reinactor.

For lunch, I went to a new pasty shop called "West Cornwall" or "West of Cornwall" or something like that. I got a cheese, tomato, and basil pasty for £2.40- not too shabby! It was the best one I've had, too! On my walk back home, I stumbled upon a graduation reception taking place in Bath Abbey. Seniors were scurrying around in their caps and gowns, taking pictures with their families, and reveling in general merriment! I had to stop a moment just to absorb the BEAUTIFUL abbey, cobblestone streets, pigeons and seagulls on the square, and gorgeous architecture, and I couldn't help but think- what a graduation reception! Those students were so lucky to go to school in such a gorgeous city. I'm lucky just to study here for five weeks. I LOVE this place.

Lately, walking down the streets, I've felt like I'm on a movie set. Everything is so picturesque- people walk their dogs and talk with their cute British accents, street musicians plant themselves on every corner to serenade the passersby and to pick up a pound or two in their open guitar cases, the beautiful buildings situate themselves in the coziest sections of town, the bells ring in Bath Abbey to move along the people vegging out on its benches, and then there's ME, and I'M a part of it all! I walk down the cobblestone streets in a new dress, humming a song, eating an ice cream cone, smiling at the children who scurry past me in their school uniforms, and I really feel like the luckiest person alive. :)

I hope all of you at home are having great days, too! I think of you all so so often, and I really wish I could share all of this with everyone reading my blog. I hope I'm doing this city justice in my writing, because it really is so special.

Dad, I miss you so much. You're the main reason I'll be ready to come home in just 10 days :)

Better get back to this paper, and then to Spice Girls rehearsal- haha!

Dream Sweet Dreams For You.
Dream Sweet Dreams For Me.

Love,

Kelly