(I must admit-- this Journal of the Week announcement is a bit intimidating!-- but nice!)

It has been a rough couple weeks...5,000 cups of coffee and 2 all-nighters later--> I have successfully handed in my 4 essays and am finally relaxing. 

God, it's been so long since my last update.  What have you missed?  Thanksgiving!  Thanksgiving was different, that's for sure.  My first Thanksgiving away from my family.  I went to a dinner at a posh hotel put on by my exchange program.  The food was delicious but not at all traditional Thanksgiving dishes.  After the dinner a group of us met up at the Walkabout...I sang my first karaoke song!  It was suppose to be We Will Rock You by Queen but for some reason the guitarist made me sing 500 Miles.  A good song- but really- all I knew was the "ba da da" part.  So I tried, I smiled, I danced, I blew kisses, I had a hell of a time.  The following day Becca's parents who were visiting from Tennessee put on a traditional Thanksgiving meal in the flat they were renting out.  The food was just like home, but the highlight was lounging in the living room drinking fresh brewed coffee (not instant!).

My flatmates and I purchased a Christmas tree today.  It is cute, cute, cute...can a tree be cute?  Yes, and ours is the prime example.

I went to a Greek concert put on by the Greek Society tonight...very very good!  The dancing was different but great-- somehow I managed to give Emily a dead-arm- whoops!  The Greek men were gorgeous...I swear I was born in the wrong country.

Talking about that.  I spent Tuesday night studying with my Argentinian friend.  He was breathtakingly polite, considerate, sweet, funny, handsome...and luckily just a friend.  No need for me to get wrapped up in a man when I'm leaving in 2 weeks!  sigh...that night was heavenly, though all we did was write 4,000 words on UK investment trusts.  Still.  sigh......!  Perhaps there IS hope for the right man out there...somewhere

Here I am, laying in bed at 2AM, waiting to get sleepy.  I am officially a night owl now.  What should I do?  I guess I'll just listen to some of the Romanian music my friend Boghi from Satu Mare, Romania sent me...

Yeah, my parents are funny! (and embarasing sometimes:) I guess you must have been born in the wrong contry!! (LOL!) I hope you like Romanian music, 'cause it sounds like you're listening 2 alot of it!! TTYL!!

Just do what I do, smoke a joint and do some reading, works for me every night!

Are you going to update soon, or are you going to ride this one out for the rest of the year?