January 6 , 2004

Entry for last week. . .



The last week at Reading was obviously one of mixed feelings. I didn’t want to leave the picturesque campus, and it disheartened me to think that I would have to leave some wonderful friends, some of whom I may never see again. Of course, we all exchanged email addresses, but it’s never quite the same thing. Clearly, I just need to return to England at some point so I can see all of them again. Although I’ve

already made plans to meet with Alanna and Kelly in Louisville in January.

So what did I do my last week at Reading? Well, I ate tons of cheesecake, of course!

The English department doesn’t have classes during the tenth week, and I had already handed in my essays, so I was experiencing that huge sense of relief that usually comes after finals. Two of my friends, Pete and Lucy, were in a similar position, so we spent the last week watching episodes of Futurama, Black Books (a British comedy), and eating cheesecake. Apparently Lucy found a deal where you could buy something like three Sara Lee cheesecakes for five pounds. We all thought this was the best thing in the world so we stocked up on enough cheesecake to feed a small country.

Later on we all went to the forest where Pete and Adam took poi and used them while on fire. Poi is an odd thing to describe. Think about a tennis ball placed at the end of a large sock. You then have to move the socks in abstract patterns through the air, and let me tell you it’s really difficult. I can’t even imagine doing that with fire and not burning my fingers off.