Last day here...Now Spring Break

Nothing really was going to happen today since it is the last day here before Spring Break. Slept in this morning since I dont have class till the afternoon. I finally got out of bed at 10am, felt so good to finally sleep in for once. Took Tyler's lunch duty since he had left for Paris so I had to be there at 11:30am and finished at 1:15pm. But now he will cover my shift for me when my mom, ann, and nikki are here so it works out! Than I went to class at 4:30, than dinner and than back to class till 8:30. Just laying things out that I need for spring break and looking at some last minute things before tomorrow! Our flight isn't till 7:30pm tomorrow so we have some time during the day to get ready and than it is off to Germany to start spring break.

I dont know how much internet access I will have so if I dont blog one night you all will know why. I will try to blog as much as possible so you can all know what I am doing and how much fun it is!

Hope all is well back home!!

Miss and love you all!!!

almost spring break

Well it was a rough morning this morning. Did not want to get out of bed and just wanted to sleep all day!! My eyes hurt mostly all day but I just sucked it up. Went to breakfast and than went to my two classes. Were very easy days since it is almost spring break and the professors didnt want to do anything. Did my house job today since Gina said I didnt have to do it yesterday cause I had just gotten back. Than we went to lunch and decided to go into town. Went shopping and I didnt find anything but Britta did. She got flip-flops and a dress. We came back and just hungout till dinner. After some of us went out and played soccer in the front yard. It was a lot of fun and nice to play with some people here!! We are going to do it again sometime soon! Tonight just printing boarding passes, booking two more hotels, and finishing some stuff up for spring break. Bed again early tonight!!!!!

And I am back

Left home at 4:20pm on Sunday and landed in Amsterdam at6:30am. Had to hang around the airport for a while because my next flight to Edinburgh wasn't till 9:45am. Once I got into Edinburgh, I took the Airlink to the city centre and caught the bus back into Dalkeith. I walked back into the palace at 12:05pm, just in time for lunch. So ate lunch quick, than had to meet with tyler and justin to finish some things for our presentation. Than we had class and we presented. Took our house photo today once class was done. We will have to see how that turned out. Went to dinner and now just hanging out and talking to Britta about how both our weekends went. The eyes are killing me right now and I have been struggling all day and it will be a definite early night tonight. Going to take a few days to recover and adjust again!

I had so much fun this weekend at the wedding and it was great to see everyone!!

Hope all is well back home!!

Miss and love you all!!!!!

Last Day Here

Woke up this morning and went to breakfast! I didn't really want to get out of bed but I had lots to do today! After breakfast I went and worked on my globalization paper. I got pretty far on it but needs some changing. Once Britta was done with class we skyped her parents until lunch. After lunch I worked more on my paper and tried to figure out my classes for next Fall. I think I figured it out, but have to double check WHEN I GET HOME TOMORROW! Went to class and than had a break for dinner and than went back to class for another two hours! Got to love three hour classes, but only one day a week. Tonight just doing the paper and packing all the little things I need and trying not to forget anything!

Hope all is well back home!!

Miss and love you all!!

I COME HOME TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Almost time to go

Woke for breakfast this morning and had cereal and toast and an apple because I was very hungery and it is a good thing I eat. Than went to my two classes which get more and more boring every class period but they go by pretty fast so I am not complaining about that. After lunch I took a nap because I was so tired and tonight will be a late night writing a paper so I don't have to when I am home. After my nap I went and worked on my project with justin and tyler. Also tried to find somewhere to watch march madness but it isn't working too well but oh well I am living in Scotland right now so I can't complain. Went to dinner and than after went to the conference room and I have been here all night trying to figure out what I am going to do for my globalization report that is due on Monday and it is stumping me hardcore so it is going to be a late night tonight. Still trying to figure out if I can watch the two play-in games tonight.

Hope all is well back home!!!

Miss and love you all!!!! ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT!!!!!!!!

Just another day

Don't have class in the morning but decided to get up for breakfast, otherwise I am really hungery before lunch! After that I got ready for the day and went on my computer. Looked up things for my paper and look at emails, facebook, and ofcourse ESPN. Once most people were up, I did my host job and made the steps look good as always. Got a quick workout in before lunch. Went to lunch and wanted to take a nap after but I have class so that didn't happen. Sat through the three hours of class and it went by slow today and I don't know why. After class, me, tyler, and justin started our presentation that we are presenting on Monday so we have to get it done before I leave. Tonight, me, britta, and lael are doing our study guides for biology for our midterm. They are so confusing! The teachers are not so good here besides the Scottish professors. Wish all my professors were Scottish, they do a good job!

Hope all is well back home!!

Miss and love you all!!! 3 MORE DAYS!!!

Last day off

Got up for breakfast today and I was really tired but really hungery so I got up and went. After I went to the computer lab and just surfed the internet because didn't have much to do. Than we made grilled cheese for lunch and that was good. After I did some homework cause I come home to America and won't have time for homework. Tonight we made egg sandwiches and it was a good adventure on making them. Tonight we skyped my parents, jess, and trista so it was a lot of fun!!! Going to bed early tonight cause been up late this weekend.

Hope all is well back home!!

Miss and love you all!!! 4 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday!

Got up for breakfast this morning at 9am and ate as much as I could cause I was hungary. Than me and britta went and washed our sheets and blankets so it will be a great night sleep tonight even though the detergent doesnt work as well over here! Than we made grilled turkey and cheese for lunch and it was very good! Than we headed to Edinbrugh to walk around the stores and shop without buying because I am a poor college student studying abroad. But I have a shopping problem so it was a good thing I didn't buy anything. We came back and were very hungary so me and britta made; chicken kiev, green beans, and buttered noodles. It was so good and actually filled me up for once. That doesn't happen often. Tonight we are just going to stay in and watch movies with eryn and lael and probably go to bed early.

Hope everything is well back home!!

Miss and love everyone!!!

Full day!

Woke up this morning at 7am to get ready for the day because we were going on an adventure. We got on the train at 9:33am to go to Stirling to see Stirling Castle. Most of the house went with so there were a lot of us. We got to  tour the Castle and it was really nice. There were many nice views and lots of different cool things to look at. Than we got on the train and headed to Linthigow Palace. We got to tour the Palace on our own and it was really fun because we were the only people in the palace. It was just ruins so you could yell throughout the palace to se if people could hear you. After we headed back to Edinburgh. When we got back me, britta, lael, and hannah went to the mall and walked around. Found a new jacket that I want. Its a brand that everyone wears over here and it is very nice apperal. Just relaxing tonight in the palace because I am very tired and just hanging out wth everyone tonight.

Hope all is well back home!!!!

Miss and love everyone!!!!!!

Out yesterday, in today

Sorry I didn't get on here yesterday but didnt have time when I got back in last night.

Wednesday: woke up and went to breakfast so I could get a good jump start on the day! Went to the library and revised my history paper and got everything done for that! After lunch, got a workout in and felt really good. ha Than went to class with dinner break inbetween and helped my clan with dinner duty when I could on our dinner break. After class, me, britta, lael, eryn, and jimmy went to Mayson's and just hungout and talked and ofcourse watched football. Gavin wasn't working which was unfortunate but Ill go back this weekend and have a chat with him. After we got back I went straight to bed!

Thursday: woke up and went to breakfast today cause I had to because I have class. Went to my two classes and were very happy when they were done because now it is the weekend. Did my house job before lunch and the stairs are looking good like always. Right after lunch me, britta, and lael went into Edinburgh to the train station. We bought our tickets to go to Stirling and Linlithgow palace tomorrow. We get free addmission to the palaces so we are taking advantage of the oppurtunity. Our train tickets were only 9 pounds for round-trip so we are pretty excited. After we got back took a quick nap before the last dinner duty of the week. Didn't have to do much tonight besides serve the food to everyone and clean up went fast again tonight. Than me and britta went to Tesco to get food for the weekend. We are great bargain shoppers and always get the good deals on food. Tonight we FINALLY BOOKED SPRING BREAK! We are going from here to Frankfurt, Germany for 4 days than to Venice, Italy for 4 days and than to London to meet my mom, aunt, and cousin!!! Am so excited for spring break and finally glad to get it booked!!!

Hope all is well back home!!

Miss and love you all!! ONE WEEK AND ILL BE HOME!!

Just another Tuesday

Woke up and went to breakfast and ate 4 pieces of toast! I must of been hungery. Than went to my favorite class here which is creative writing. Good thing I didn't have any poems today so I just sat there and felt bad for all the other peoples poems that he didn't like. Sorry we don't live up to your great peoms! (his are probably bad too) Than went to biology and took notes and watched a little bit of the movie we have been watching. Went to lunch and than went to take a nap. Sleep has been feeling really good lately so getting as much as I can. Than it was off to dinner duty. I was incharge of cutting the vegatables for the salad tonight and I think I did a very good job! Than we ate quick so than we could serve everyone else. I was a server again tonight and me and Tyler were having fun with it and having a good time. Than we had clean-up and I feel like my clan does work!! It seems like everyone else gets done around 7, not clan McDonald, we get done by 6:30. Than I went out to eat with my host family. We went to Gigi's which is a new italian place not to far away from Dalkeith and it was very good. I had pasta with italian sausage with a creamy orange sauce. Couldn't tell you what the sauce was. We stayed at chatted there until about 10pm and than they brought us back to the palace. Just hanging out tonight and not doing too much. Thinking about getting up early and getting a lot done tomorrow so don't have much to do over the weekend.

Hope all is well back home!

Miss and love you all!!! SINGLE DIGITS TILL I AM HOME!

Start of another week

Got to sleep in today since I dont have class in the morning. Britta came and woke me up after she was done with class so I got up at about 9:45. Than I went and did my house job, so the stairs are looking all nice and clean for maybe a day till they get dirty again! After lunch I had class for three hours but it goes by pretty fast because it is an interesting class. As soon as class was done, I had to rush downstairs to the kitchen because my clan has dinner duty this week. So I had to sweep and mop the kitchen. Than we ate and than we serve the food to everyone and than stand there till they come and get seconds. After they were done. I swept and mopped the dinning room and than dried some of the dishes once I was done with that. Now just relaxing tonight and hopefully reserving our hotels and flights tonight for Spring Break. Will let you all know tomorrow if we actually do!!

Hope all is well back home!

Miss and love you all!!

Last day of weekend

Today was just about laying around and being lazy! Woke up and went to breakfast at 9am and went to work. I sat down and wrote my history paper on St. Andrews golf course. I just kept writing and finally noticed I had finished and was four and a half pages so I was really happy with that. Just have to revise it now and its not due till Wednesday night. After that we went and hungout in Willie's cafe which is in our palace and watch Home Alone 3 was on tv. It was great because there was no commercials! Than just hungout some more and skyped the parents and sister tonight, which was really nice to see them and catch up for the week! Only two more weeks and I will be home for the wedding! Back to school tomorrow but only for four days!!

Hope everything is weel back home!

Miss and love everyone!!

Well forgot Friday so here is two days!

Friday: Got up for breakfast at 9:00am and thought we were going to go to the sea out by Edinburgh and we were about to leave and Britta decided she still didn't feel well enough to go so we didn't. I just laid around the palace all morning. We made noodles for lunch and I decided I needed to leave the palace today so we went and walked around Edinburgh to get some fresh air. We came back and skyped Kaia (Brittas sister) and than went and watched some movies with everyone we didn't go out. Just had a relaxing night with some of the people here.

Saturday: We got up this morning for breakfast and I was sad because we had looked at train tickets to go to St. Andrews and they were like 30# there and 30# back so we thought we weren't going to go. but than we talked to Cindy who is one of the professors here and she told us to just go to the train station and get them there and there are cheaper tickets. So I was all happy again. So me and Britta went to the train station and bought a round trip ticket for 21# so a lot better deal. We left Edinburgh at noon and we had to get off at Leuchers and take a bus into St. Andrews which was like only a five minute bus ride, we just took a city bus but we didn't have to pay since it was in our ticket. We got to St. Andrews about 1:30pm and had no clue what to do or where to go in the city so we just started walking. We got lucky and found a information center and went inside and got a free map, which helped out a lot!! We started at St. Andrews Cathedral which is just the ruins left. We walked around and they had signs of the different places of the Cathedral and I knew what they said because I learned it in my British history class. The Cathedral is right on like a cliff to the sea which was really pretty. We than walked on the backside of the Cathedral to a pier that we could walk out on and see a lot of St. Andrews and the beaches. Than walked along the edge of the sea and stopped and looked at the ruins of St. Andrews Castle. Not too much left of the castle but still really neat to walk around it. We headed down the street and saw most of St. Andrews University, it takes up probably half the city! and the city isn't very big. University of St. Andrews is the 3rd oldest english speaking University. We came up to the aquarium but didn't pay to go in so we just looked at the outside of it. Than looked at the outside of the Britsh Golf Museum cause we didn't want to pay for that either. They are right on the sea so we went and walked out on the rocks so we could see more! It is a georgous place. Than was the best part of the trip, St. Andrews Golf Course!! It was so neat to see the actually course! The first thing you see when you walk up to it is the 18th hole of the Old Course, in other words, probably one of the most famous holes in golf history. We watched some people golf and some were really good and some struggled but still fun to watch them. The actually have a walk way that goes through the 18th hole so you can walk across, just have to watch for flying golf balls. Ofcourse I walked out on te course and got my picture taken on the famous bridge. We walked around some more and saw the driving range. And there was only a little fence so some balls had bounced over and against the fence. So.. being me I took two of them! One for me and the other for my DAD, I would say that is a pretty cool souvenir if you ask me! I golf ball from St. Andrews golf course!! Than we walked back to the bus station and caught our train back home. Now just relaxing tonight since we are pretty tired from today!

Hope all is well back in Minnesota!

Miss and love you all!!

Another school week done!

Had my two classes this morning and let me tell you, I wasn't happy with my first class! We write our poems and than we read them in class and than we go around and everyone says what they thought about it. Well mine today was a short poem about soccer. Everyone liked it just thought a little more clarification. Than it was the professors turn and he TORE IT APART!! I was not very happy and just sat there and listened. After we got all out of class, everyone came up to to me and told me that they were shocked with me cause everyone thought it was good but he defiently didn't. It's kind of unfair and don't know how you grade someones poems and judge how they wrote them. A poem is someones own writing and own understanding of it. If the poem isn't clear enough for the professor or he doesn't understand it. That doesn't me he can tear it apart and want it how he wants it. Sorry I like writing my own poems and my own way!! hopefully class will get better but now everyone is scared when it is their turn because they don't want it to be like mine. Ill write my poems and we will see what he says next time. The rest of the day wasn't that exciting as that or entertaining. I got a good workout in, another nap, and watched a couple of movies. Just watching more tonight and Britta is getting a little better but not full strength yet. And hopefully figuring more about Spring Break. We decided where we want to go. Edinbrugh to Frankfurt or Munich to Venice to Barcelona to London to meet mom, ann, and nikki. Now we just have to find flights, hotels and what we want to see!

Hope all is weel back in Minnesota!

Miss and love you all!!