Spencer FYA London

  Avoiding Monotony To view other blog entries, click the back arrow next to "Spencer FYA London", at the top of the screen. I'm scared of falling into too much of a rigid routine because I believe it will hamper my ability to take in all the experiences that studying abroad has to offer. Regardless I must still devote a large chunk of my time to my schooling to ensure that I get in-state tuition for next fall. This week I had a lot of fun exploring London, trying and seeing new things and farthing my expertise in becoming an independent student. I hope you enjoy reading. September 16- I got up for class today around 7:30. This was a long day, both classes felt much longer than three hours each, but I survived. Directly after class I went on a pretty large grocery run that would feed me for most of the week. I got yogurt and granola for breakfast, sandwich ingredients for lunch and bags of chips, for dinner I got some burgers and rice. Around 5:45 pm, I went to the Y to p...

  Getting Settled + Lakes To view other blog entries, click the back arrow next to "Spencer FYA London", at the top of the screen.     This week was a typical week at the study center, classes haven't really been that challenging yet but I expect the difficulty to ramp-up now that everyone should be a little more accustomed to the college life. The weather is starting to get colder and I need to either be wearing a sweater or pants if I'm going outside. The study center took a trip up to the lakes district from Friday to Sunday which was a lot of fun, and involved multiple hikes, cheap pints, and some rain. As I'm writing this bit we are on the charter bus back to London and I am worn out. I thought the hikes we were going on would be no problem being that three months ago I was summiting some of the mountains in the rockies, but I was humbled quickly. One of the hikes in lakes was over twice the increase in elevation than the highest one I did in Montana. We stay...

  Twelve Days into College, August 28- September 8 To view other blog entries, click the back arrow next to "Spencer FYA London", at the top of the screen. I have been in college for 12 days now and I learn every day something new about being an adult in a large city. Prior to me moving here my Mom made most of my meals and that's not to say I didn't know how to cook I just never had to. Our apartment (flat in British English) has a full kitchen so slowly but surely I'll learn how to do more with the stove than just making eggs and hamburgers. I get to do all my grocery shopping now which has allowed me to appreciate on a greater level the effort it takes to plan out a square meal. I have a lot of new responsibilities and generally being a little stressed (in a heathy manner) has caused me to run a little behind on when I would like to publish these blogs, which would preferably be a weekly recap posted on Sunday or Saturday, but we'll see how long I stick to ...