So this morning, I did some thinking and then I did some working. The thought involved changing my backpacking plans because they were my plans and I could do whatever the hell I wanted with them. All it took was a little informing of other parties involved but the person ultimately affected by these change of plans were me and I was okay with doing that. But first, I had to come to terms with this, so I called my parents at six in the morning WI time. And they said "It's really your decision. But that's really sweet of you to do this. Ryan will really appreciate it." For some reason during the call, I started crying. I still couldn't tell you why.
And so I went and I pushed back my flight to Denmark a few days so I can spend those last few days in London with my big brudder. I immediately informed my friend Hanne in Denmark about this new turn of events and if she didn't get back to me by this evening, then I would call her and see if these new changes will work out. I also informed Alicia because now she doesn't have to pick up a bunch of stuff from reception when she returns on the 30th.
And that was done and out of the way. Talked with Ryan about these changes and he appreciated that. I also saw the latest purchase of the Howard household, which includes a 50" wide screen TV, Blu-ray player, and surround sound speakers. I'm excited because now I can go home to a mini-theater and watch all the movies I wasn't able to watch before. Yay!
(NOTE TO PARENTS) I still want DVDs for Christmas. Please don't give me Blu-Rays --- I can't take those to school.
That said and done, the Internet decided to go wonky to the point where I called home from my mobile. And that's how I signed off and said good-bye for now.
Checked with Chris about seeing Tron Legacy, but that was a no-can-do. He was shopping and still shopping and still had to pack for Christmas and he leaves early in the morning and it's just not going to work out. I swear to God, if I don't see that movie by the time my brother comes we're going to see it in 3D in Leicester Square. I'll even pay for half his ticket, but I'm seeing that damn movie this week and nothing's going to stop me! I'm a woman on a mission and you know what I can do!
Then I attempted to watch some TV on the Internet but it's really hard to watch TV when the Internet is being wonky. There was a lot of Freecell, an attempt at homework, and a few more efforts to go see Tron Legacy. You know when you're so bored you KNOW you're not going to do anything? This is the sort of bored you get when it's August and you sort of want school to start up again because then you can actually do something. This includes it being August and you don't want school to start because yous still have a small list of things you meant to do in the summer that you didn't get to in June or July, but you still don't do them in August because you're just that bored. You're so bored, you don't do anything even though you want to do something. It's that annoying cyclical bored that halts any sort of productivity whatsoever.
Yeah, that was me this entire afternoon. It was horrible.
But with my Tron Legacy attempts, I managed to talk to Siri. Her flight, Marianne's flight, and Carina's flight were all canceled, so they rebooked and now they're fine with flying back to Denmark. But I hung out with them a bit and they said that they would have been like me at Thanksgiving if they didn't get to spend Christmas with their families back home. Carina said that she would look into buying a car just so she could drive it back to Denmark before Christmas. Goes to show how much of a big deal the holiday is.
Anyway, they were all getting together to watch a movie in Carina's room. Carina's boyfriend was visiting so he was there too, but I'm not sure his English was as good as the girls'. He spoke Danish every time he spoke, which is my hint that he doesn't speak very good English. That, or he was fairly rude, but I think it was the English thing. The girls have always been really polite and Siri's boyfriend was really nice when I met him and they all speak pretty good English. Plus the girls answered him in Danish. So yeah.
There was a series of treats for the movie. I made a small platter of cookies to share that included both types of cookies Mom sent, the last bit of popcorn, and some pretzel M&Ms. The girls really liked the cookies. Carina said that the ginger snaps tasted like a Danish Christmas cake. So they all bid their compliments to you, Mom, because they're still delicious even after pond-jumping.
We watched Collateral which was pretty good but the ending could have been better methinks. I liked how everything in the movie was interconnected, though. There weren't any loose ends a meaningless sequel could pick up on or anything. A nice, tight movie that could have ended better.
The good news is now I started packing! Yay!! Tomorrow I'm going to kick myself to the library to turn in my internship portfolio, print and turn in my creative writing portfolio, and write, print, and turn in my film essay. It's going to be annoying, but it's gotta be done. Must remember to buy a sandwich or something when I'm out too because I'm probably going to leave around noon and I'm not going to think about eating until four when I get super hungry. So yeah, gotta do that.
And that's about it for today. Plans were made and changed, Internet was wonky, and I managed to spend some last quality time with friends. All in a good day's work, I believe.
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