a quick hello!

Hi! Just popping in to make everyone aware of a few things that I left out of my blog from sunday because I was rushing of course :)


1. I am allergic to horses. Who knew, not me! My face became a giant splotchy red ballon, my eye became blood shot and glassy, and I sneezed for about an hour.  On a positive note, I went straight to the doctor AND I was immediately seen.  IT WAS ALL FREE! Free visit AND free allergy medicine.  Look at that, how cool! So being the person I am I went home and researched the UK healthcare system.  Here is what I learned: -It is known as public healthcare, this is different from universal healthcare because the hospitals are ALSO owned by the government. 
              - It is incredibly easy to get seen at the emergency room or at any doctor's clinic; however if you have a serious disease or a need for a surgery, i.e. cancer, hip replacement, IE anything that would cost around 20,000 pounds or more, then getting treatment is much more difficult.  
             - I loved my experience, hopefully the only one, with the UK healthcare industry, but its obvious that it would not work in the US because we first need to get everyone on health insurance aka 45 million individuals. Good luck America, I might stay across the pond.



Now, on with the blog.


Other wonderful news.  Azzurra, my roomate's, birthday is next monday and seven of our closest friends are flying in from Switzerland to celebrate this weekend! It should be a fabulous time!


We got blankets as well as a YUMMY smelling diffuser for our room.  I wish I could send the fragrance over the blog because IT IS INCREDIBLE. 


Back in the bu, Kappa Kappa Gamma just got the most incredible new pledge class and I am so proud of them! I cannot wait to meet the amazing new girls, one is even from Tennessee, woohoo! I'm a proud Kappa this week! I sent them lots and lots of love and congratulations from London as did all of the abroad girls!


In other news, I just finished writing my first paper of the year on Torture for my political science class, it was a real downer.   I have enjoyed reading all of the plays for my Modern British Drama english class.  It is a nice change from Crime and Punishment and other gigantic books that I had to read in my high school classes.




I thought I would share with everyone my schedule for the month so you know where I am planning to go!


September 25th-27: EVERYONE COMES TO LONDON!


October 2-4: Munich, Germany with Claire and lots of my abroad friends for Oktoberfest


October 9-11: Rome with Azzurra for Orsini Ball


October 11-15: Field trip to Athens, Greece and cruise of Greek isles with the program  :)


November 4-8: Fall Break, undecided.....send me an email of ideas. So far honorable mentions are Scotland, Venice, Prague, Copenhagen.  We will see.


November 13-15: MY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, florence and montalcino Italy.  We are going to Azzurra's cousin's vineyard in a region of tuscany.  Zu has promised me I can jump in the grapes like Lucy.....I am holding her to this.  It is my birthday wish.  


November 26-29: Parent's Weekend, MOMMA BYRD IS COMING FOR MY 20th BIRTHDAY!!!! 




These are the scheduled plans as of now, I will notify everyone as more plans emerge!






I have been listening to Uptown by Prince and Its Hard to Live in the City by Albert Hammond Jr.
They are great.


Love you all, Cheers from londontown!