A Run in the Park

So an update on the sick thing. I feel better, the girl who got me sick feels better. However, I got another one of my roommates sick, who got sick for about two days, and then got another girl sick. A 24-48 hour "London Bug" is going around. At least we all got over it quickly, and hopefully this won't be a constant thing, especially given London's "beautiful weather." I actually don't *think* I will mind so much, since I grew up and go to school in a place with...strange weather habits involving lots of precipitation. We'll see.

Another update referencing the PSC class I wanted to get in to. After the best "please let me in this class" email I could draft, the professor emailed me back last night saying I could be in the class. Of course, because it's an abroad class, I have to get him to sign a form. I can't just have him give me a permission number for MySlice (Syracuse's online class sign-up thing.) Since I don't think he comes in on Mondays, I'm hoping that a forward of his email will get me registered in the class. I'm not in the class YET, I have one more obstacle.

But it has recently hit me that an academic semester has started. I get to my Managerial Decision Making class (basically an advanced statistics class,) and it's my last class of my first week. Granted, I haven't had my Consumer Behavior class yet, the professor was sick on the first day. We'll see how that one is later. I was just ready for the weekend, and the professor greets us with a quiz. Luckily, it wasn't for a grade or anything, just one of those "see what you know, set the pace" kind of quizzes. Still, I'm a geek, and I'm like "well a quiz is a quiz" and I know that London professors are different than what I'm used to. I'm still waiting before I pass judgment on my professors. I like to get past "syllabus week" before permanently setting my expectations for a class. I'll update on that later. Nothing new on the internship front, interview for that is this week!

I'm really excited because I was just named Assistant Director of Public Relations for First Year Players, the student run theatre group I am in on campus at Syracuse. Here is their website for anyone not from Syracuse or who hasn't heard me talk about it. It needs some updating; still listing that we are selling tickets to last year's show. I have high hopes for the PR team this year :) I'll probably mention them a few more times in later blogs.

This morning, yes it is already Sunday morning here for anyone reading this on Saturday night in the US. WAKE UP ALREADY! I am going to an event sponsored by SU London in about an hour, but I decided to wake up this morning and do something I haven't gotten myself to do yet: Run in Hyde Park!!! I loved living in New York City the summer after my freshmen year because I was able to run in Central Park. Running is something I like to do, but honestly I just can't get myself to do for an extended period of time on the treadmill yet. I like parks, cities, big things for me to explore while I run. What a better way to see the city than to watch it wake up! I cut some corners in the steady six-mile run (with the cut corners I probably did only about four miles) just so that I'd make it home in time to shower, take a decent-length tube ride, and meet up with a bunch of other Syracuse kids to go to a market that sells really good food. Since I just ran, I'll probably get something yummy. I went to a craft/flea/food market last weekend, and I managed to find some good gluten free stuff, much better and cheaper than in the states. I also went to a gluten free bakery a few mornings ago and sampled one thing. I have to say, eating gluten free is easier in London.

So I have already had a great London morning, and I'm off to do one fun thing before I have to come home and finish a few school things. The academic semester is just warming up...hopefully I can keep up the running thing while the weather cools down.