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| George, Me, Caitlin B, Caitlin C: before the ball |
My school holds graduation in February, the reason for which escapes me, and with graduation comes the graduation ball which was on February 26th. Seeing as we had nothing better to do, and everyone loves an excuse to get dressed up, most of my friends and I decided to attend. First came the dress shopping which turned out to be completely non-stressful for me. We went to Bicester Village which is a designer outlet and I found a dress in the first place I tried any on! It was from Monsoon, and I loooovvveeddd it. My friend Caitlin was a little skeptical since it was white, but I was willing to risk it. So the night of the ball I had everyone to my place for a pre-drink and it was nice to actually get everyone out to my place, which is a real house instead of drinking is res... And everyone looked so great. The ball started at 10:30pm and went till 6am. It was a marathon of drinking, dancing and other things… And miraculously I made it all the way to 6am! Woo! They actually took a “survivor photo” at 5:30 for recognition of the people who stuck it out. I then went promptly home and passed out. My dress amazingly made it through the night without incurring any stains, and the only person who spilled on me was thankfully drinking white wine. The only thing that did not survive the somewhat wild evening was my camera. Luckily the memory card isn’t as susceptible to water damage as the actual camera. Oops.
So all my girls will be happy to hear that there has FINALLY been activity on the boy front over here!! Starting with the swan ball in fact! This cute British guy and I talked for quite awhile at the ball (which in drunk time was probably like 5 mins hahah) and have been doing some texting ever since, but nothing of note to report as of yet. Later that week (Wed March 2nd) at the campus bar I got talking to a guy in my program from Bermuda and we actually were talking (well texting) a lot after that night. Something may have happened with him this past Saturday but honestly, I’m not sure. Let’s just say we had a girl’s night and anything after around 12am is very, very fuzzy. He was definitely a gentleman though. He walked me home and made sure I drank water hahaha yeah that night was the messiest yet of my euro-trip. One thing that made me laugh was that he got the impression that I was the “relationship type.” And I just can’t think of anything that I am further from at this point in time. I literally want nothing more than to be single. Is that crazy? There is a lot of European strange out there and I just want to have fun. But at the same time, Bucks is a VERY small school, and I have been behaving myself, somewhat on purpose as I just don’t want to deal with the hassle of hookups. So I can see why he got that impression. I never thought I’d see the day where my studies are actually REALLY important to me and attempting to date someone is such a needless distraction right now. So it’s definitely a catch-22. I even discussed it with ma… hahah I love being able to have real adult conservations with my mom, even though I’m still way immature for my age. But of course, whatever happens, happens. As a result of being torn about not wanting to hook up with classmates, yet wanting to get laid… I’ve toned back the texting until I (or alcohol) decide what I want to do.
I think that about sums up what’s new in my life! Oh ya, one thing that is shockingly lame about this country, apparently, they don’t celebrate St Patty’s day nearly as much as we do. And ya I’m sure you’re thinking what we thought which is, Umm isn’t Northern Ireland actually a part of the UK? And why yes you’d be correct. It doesn’t make any sense! So despite the lameness of their apparent lack of celebrations Nicole and I are going to host a good ol fashion day drinking party for the Canadians and whoever else would like to join. March 17th also happens to be the last day before we go on break, so the celebrations are going to be doubly great. We’re really looking forward to it!!
That’s all for now!! xoxo
Ashley
Quote of the day – “Fuuuuuuucccckkkk” – Bridget Jones’ Diary
