Yeah I'm back

Sorry about the long absence there--sort of took a break from blogging for a bit. But not to worry, I've been alive and well in Winchester for the past couple weeks. As great as Europe was, it's been so amazing to be back in Winchester. Back in my own dorm room, back into a normal schedule with classes and rugby and hanging out with friends.

The last few weeks have been uneventful--that is nothing too out of the ordinary has happened--but they have some of the most unforgettable of my entire trip so far. Since I got back from Europe, I've really been making an effort to spend time with my friends here as much as possible. I figure that England will always be here to visit, but the people and this school won't be--or at least not in the same way. 

I have some pictures to post, especially from the Summer Ball last week and from a rugby tournament a couple weekends ago, but I really do have an incredible amount of work to do in the next week. In fact, I'm just starting a 2000 word essay due tomorrow on topic "What, if anything, do you consider special about the 'special relationship' which some claim exists between the US and Britain?" After I finish that, I have a 2000 word essay for my Poetry class due Tuesday, my sister Emily comes Friday (yay!), I have a 2000 word essay on Muhammad due Thursday, a timed essay exam on Thursday, and another timed essay exam on Friday. But on the bright side, after next Friday I'll be all done with school work and class for the semester, and have two more weeks here to just chill and travel with Emily and spend my last days with my friends and teammates. 

A lot of people have been asking me if I'm excited to go home, and it's tough to answer. Honestly, the answer is no, but let me explain. It will be nice to be home and to see people again, my cat, my room, my family, etc, but I'm really not ready to leave here. I was talking about this with my friend Hillary, who's also from Eau Claire, for a long time yesterday. We wish we could go home for the summer, see our family and friends, but then come back here next fall. We don't really miss home because we know we're going back... but leaving here will be one of the hardest things we've ever done, because we know most of these people and these places we will never ever see again. Or, if we do, it will never be the same. That's why I'm not terribly excited to go home--I'm simply not ready to say goodbye to Winchester. 

On that note, I'd better get back to writing. Once again though, I'm terribly sorry for the long gap between posts there. Hopefully I'm back in the swing of things and you'll hear from me a whole lot more. Hopefully. =)

Oh, and because I get asked this a lot too, I go home to Wisconsin June 14.