I Miss the Sun

Alright peeps, if you can't tell by the title there isn't much sun where I'm at. I do really want it to just be sunny and dry, none of this damn drizzle crap that seems to happen all the time. By the time I get back to Iowa in July I'll have forgotten what the sun even looks like.

Now I bet you're all wondering how my trip to Wales was, well I didn't go. Debbie Downer strikes again! I 1) had to much course work to do and 2) would have had to miss lecture and I'm paying quite a lot to attend them. It was also a lecture in which I have no clue whats going on. So I did nothing but coursework the whole week, but I got it turned in on time!

Thursday was apparently this almost holiday called bonfire night. There has been fireworks all weekend also in celebration of the almost holiday. Anyway, we went to the Tunnel House Inn (a local pub where lots of RAC students go) for a bonfire and some dancing and of course the favorite hobby of students, drinking. I also discovered that it is Red Bull, not alcohol that does me in. Yeah, its definitely the Red Bull. I came back from the Tunnel at about 3 in the morning and was up and ready for breakfast at 8 AM. And by ready I mean still in my PJs.

Friday someone (cough cough, Naomi, cough) thought it would be a good idea to go out again she also had this idea on Saturday after we'd spent the entire day at a horse show.

So, Saturday I went to a livery yard which was an experience in itself. I'm not afraid of horses, but I'm not a big fan and it was made very clear to me that I AM NOT and never will be a horse person. But I do enjoy watching the show jumping during the Olympics so I thought I'd go along and support my friend and then I can say I've been to a real horse show. There was also the potential for me to finally get a pair of wellies.

TIP: If you are planning on going to the RAC make sure you get a pair of Wellington Boots, more commonly known as wellies. They are vital to survival as it is always wet, rainy, and muddy and you will be touring farms where these conditions are worse.

Now, because I'm stubborn and I want the wellies to be my main souvenir I'm going to get Hunters, which are rather expensive but extremely nice and sturdy and they last a long time, instead of doing the cheap option and getting a pair to muck around in for about 5 pounds. The show however did not have any wellies for sale and like usual it was cold and wet and muddy. While the show itself was inside we had to walk through tons of mud to get indoors and also there were rather large horses and it's like the book says, Everybody Poops.

The show itself was interesting. There isn't really too much to tell. People mount their horses and jump over fences. I think the reason I like watching it on the Olympics is because I'm a bit of an Olympics fan girl, I love it and pretty much will watch any sport if it is for the Olympics.

Sunday I went to the RAC Pub Quiz, which is literally a quiz that you do for fun in teams. There were 6 categories. General Knowledge, which my group did rather well at. Sports where I guessed at every answer so the British Open is being held in D.C. and there is a football(soccer) team called the Toronto Maple Leaves. Agriculture...I would have been shunned both here and at ISU if I'd failed this round. Music, where the played the beginning of a song and you guessed it. And finally a picture round of RAC students doing naughty things, and a RAC gossip round. So since Thursday I've gone out every night but Tuesday.

Tonight we're going to the Rock Cafe again. Theme tonight is Doctors and Nurses and I was going to be real clever and go as Doctor Who, but I have no suit and no trench coat so I'm not sure how I'm going to dress up tonight. My friend Kim is going as a witch doctor in order to reuse her Halloween hat, I came up with that brilliant idea for her.

Also I had no class Monday or Tuesday and tomorrow I only have half a class. I know what you're thinking, how can you only have half a lecture. Well two different people present lectures for one class and the early one is canceled, therefore half a class.

One last thing before I go. Shortly after I got here I found out about this project where four guys from the UK helped the Youtube/internet community to make a song and are trying to hijack the UK charts (Its called the ChartJackers project). Anyway this song was made for Children in Need, a charity in the UK, and since Children in Need owns the song all the profit goes to help kids. The song is called I've Got Nothing and it's out now on iTunes only. Even if you don't live in the UK (and according to iTunes I don't) please consider buying the song its 99 cents. Link to buy here: