I'M DONE

Well, I finished like a week ago, but I never update when I'm supposed to, huh? I went to lunch with my friends from Nice (two of the three because Eileen was asleep :)) and then I went makeup shopping and oh god was that a bad idea. It will be very good for my wallet when I go home and I don't life walking distance from two department stores and a mall, especially when that mall has Primark. My accounting exam was okay. My tourism exam went okay, too, but halfway through writing my second essay I lost all focus and I couldn't remember what to write even though I had practiced writing that same essay earlier that day. Basically, I didn't buy everything on my list because I don't really have money left. Although I have bought a lot lately, which is NOT a good thing. Way too much is being shipped to my house and I have recently started purchasing a bunch of dresses from Primark.

So what has happened since I last updated and now besides shopping and exams... I went to Eileen's going away party. That was fun :) It was Mother's Day! I'm sad I couldn't be there with my fabulous momma and all of my other mother figures (Sandra, grandmas, aunts, cousins, friend's moms, mom's friends). I won't be home for Father's Day either :( Um. I started my online class. It's going okay. One of the guys in it is driving me crazy. I don't know what it is, he just seems like an asshole even though he has posted maybe five things in the two weeks we have been doing this class. I don't know what it is, but I want to kick him in the shins. Let's see. What else. The first installment of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" comes out on my 24th birthday. I celebrated my 43rd half birthday (and if you don't know why I do this, you should probably read The Fault in Our Stars) by laying in bed, one of my favorite things to do.

The night before my hardest exam I went to dinner with my three good friends from Nice, as our last gathering as a foursome :( But it was full of laughs and good drinks and it was just really really good. Right after I finished my exams, Lucy and I went for a walk around the Hoe and the Barbican, got ice cream, went to a Tuck Shop, just wandered around in the sun because Plymouth was actually having nice weather, and then we went to Nando's. I am probably going to die without Nando's. So someone work on opening up a franchise in the 801, okay? okay. Sounds good. Get on it. The next day, we went shopping (and I bought a fantastic shirt with bunches of cats on it, you'll see), started getting cleaning supplies collected for the insane amount of cleaning that needs to be done to the flat in order to try to get our deposits back, and then Lucy, Leo, and I went and wandered around the Hoe and over toward Royal William Yard where there are a couple tiny little beaches. I wanted to take a picture next to the 'Welcome to Plymouth' fish thing that is down by the Barbican and as I was taking it a guy decided he wanted to be in the picture, too, so that was a bit weird. This was when I learned that flip flops hurt after not wearing them for almost 9 months. That night I believe I made cupcakes after the rest of the flat had gone out. This is usually when I do most of my baking mainly because I'm afraid I'm always in someone's way if there are other people trying to cook.

The next day, Sunday, Lucy and I went up to the Hoe and we decided to read in the sun. This time it was cold because of the wind and we eventually had to dessert the grassy area and find some warm concrete to sit on. My legs got extremely sunburnt (I KNOW. Who knew it could happen in England, right?) and with it being about 65º outside my room was at least 80º and sleeping was hard enough without feeling like my lower half was going to set my bed on fire. And then I thought about how many people like to make fun of me for being pale and tell me to get a tan but then make fun of me for being pale when I'm wearing shorts in order to remedy that fact. It makes me so angry and I will kick you if you do it. That night I made a fruit pizza, but because I can't get the amounts right with the whole conversion thing, I put way to much butter into the crust and it wasn't very good. And that was unfortunate.

I saw The Amazing Spider-Man 2. It was excellent. I'm obsessed with Marvel movies at the moment and I don't know why. But I decided to rewatch the old Spider-Man movies and I like the new ones much more. We went to the big grocery store and I got a couple pizzas made and they were fantastic and we saw that they were selling something called a double-decker pizza or something and I am definitely trying that when I get home. I also made my own pasta alfredo, it wasn't awful, but it definitely could have been better. Too much garlic and not enough salt I think. I think I'm actually lucky that all that cheese and cream didn't give me a gallbladder attack, because there was tons of both. I tried beans on toast, I plan to eat them separately from now on because that wasn't the most pleasant experience of my life. I went to Nando's by myself this week, nothing new.

The Bluapple was on The View and I kinda felt like a proud mother. I can't really explain it but I liked seeing something that I have spent working on and with almost every day for several years. I finally finished The Night Circus and it was excellent. I started reading it on all the planes and trains on my way back after Easter but I had to stop so I could study. The beginning was quite confusing and I felt like the times jumped around too often and too many characters were introduced, but even with all of the and having no idea what year I was actually supposed to think I was in, I couldn't stop reading it. Last night I made sugar cookies because I had the mix thing and I need to start making everything I have in the cupboards. I also made Lucy watch Remember the Titans and then we watched Wild Child and Frozen. Today, or yesterday I guess since it is 3AM, I read "How to Fall in Love" by Cecelia Ahern. Sounds like a girly, chick lit kinda thing, which I guess it is, but it's different. It was so excellent that I read it in a day. I am super excited to read the other nine of her books, I know I have several already :)

I've already started a new book, "You're the One That I Want" by Giovanna Fletcher. It's okay so far. I'm not being blown away like I'd hoped I'd be. Maybe in the future, when I get home and no longer have exciting things to write about, I'll post about books I've read like once a month. Would you read it? Is anyone reading this now? Who knows. I know I sure don't. I've also started to take a lot of selfies. I used to take them, but never post them and now I think I'm okay with posting them. If I feel good enough to take a picture, why shouldn't I? So I am going to continue doing that.

I better get to loading pictures and trying to sleep. I've already messed up my sleeping pattern with reading, but I kinda need to fix it so I can handle waking up earlier when my Mom and Teresa are here. I hope everyone is doing well and that all you mother's out there had a fantastic Mother's Day and that everyone has a good and safe Memorial Day tomorrow. If I don't post again for a bit, Happy Father's day to all of the Father's out there and I hope my daddy has the best Father's Day ever (he might because he won't have me there fighting against going golfing, as I do every single year). Just so you know, there is a pretty ugly picture of half of my face. I was attempting to take a picture of the attractive Nando's guy to show some people but I only got his backside. So.. That's what that's all about.

Love you guys.

Jessica.













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