New pictures

For those of you who don't have facebook (namely, the adults) I uploaded some new pictures on to my picture site that other people have taken of me. It's under the album "Random Pictures"!

Not much else is new, besides the fact that I have so much work to do! I definitely don't think I could go to UCL full time. Although, I am at a slight disadvantage since I'm only here for the term. The other students who are here full time do not have finals until June--some people have papers, but nothing final. I have papers AND final exams, so it's rough. My friend across the hall from me, who is in the history department, has 8 papers to write! Even so, I think I'd rather have that than have two final exams for econ which count for my entire grade.

Fortunately, I am really into the paper I'm writing for history. I talked to my teacher about writing on a different topic (as opposed to the ones she suggested), so now I am answering the question "What was the impact of the Black Death on religious beliefs and practices?" I have always been really interested in the black death so this paper is actually enjoyable to write. My first paper, which I handed in the other day, was about the papal initiatives between 1050-1100... not as interesting!

I am hoping to finish my history paper as soon as possible so I can just concentrate on my exams for economics, which will take a lot of studying for. Most people here aren't as worried as I am, because they just need to pass (at most schools, your study abroad grades are taken pass/fail rather than A,B,C,D) but whatever I get for a grade here will be factored into my GPA at Conn, so I need to do well.

This will probably be my last post unless something really exciting happens in the next few weeks, but I'll mostly just be doing work! I do hope to, at least, visit Harrod's at night sometime (the Christmas lights are all up and it looks gorgeous) and go on the London Eye. Expect more pictures, anyway!