My last day in Lancaster

Well, that's it.  It's all over. :( My final day at Lancaster has come and gone.  I spent an hour trying to find a working printer on campus but failing before heading off to my EU class.  In that class, I ended up teaching my classmates what s'mores are and winning some chocolate euro coins for the best EU presentation.  That seminar was good fun and some very smart people in it as well. I wish I was staying for the whole term just to see what else is going to come out of them in seminar. :)  After that, I handed in my 3 essays and went home and finished packing and cleaning my room.

Jude, Jen, Ciara and I decided to hang out in the kitchen for a while, just having a chat. After that, Meghan, Toby, Matt and I went to Wibbly Wobbly for burgers and chips.  I had the luscious lamb burger one more time along with chips and garlic mayo. Those two guys are amazing :-) I've only known them for a few weeks and they are like my little brothers.  I will truly miss them.  After that, Ciara, Jude and Jen came down and we all went to Grad Bar together so I could have one last pint of Guinness in a proper English pub.  Matt and I were talking about Top Gear and Michael McIntyre and then Toby and I were talking about how Americans view the English and vice versa.  We headed back, and Jude and I made up our own rendition of the back of the bus game by saying There were 2 people linking arms tonight! Haha it was such good fun!!! At one point I also gave Matt a short piggy back ride, when Jude magically ninja-ed off Matt's belt whilst still on my back.  We all stared at him in awe!  Basically, it was such good fun and I laughed so much.

We went back to Meghan's flat for more frivolity and we ended up filming a 15 minute long video that covered everything from Obama to Michael McIntyre. After that came some Scrabble before we all ended up moving back to my flat.  Meghan said she was just going to go to bed so I hugged her goodbye...and cried. Oi.  Back at my flat we played Ring of Fire and were still laughing ourselves silly.  Meghan actually ended up texting me and saying "A part of my brain just went you're an idiot Meg, you can sleep later.  Go see Carolyn now" so she came back!  Ring of Fire continued and some more chatting.  Meghan and I went for a walk at one point, because the kitchen was really warm, and it was hailing out!!! We got back and just were swapping stories with Matt and Toby.  Meghan bowed out one more time and said she was going to sleep.  Shortly after, the porters turned up and told us all to stuff it because it was 3:45am.

Sooooo Jen and I went back to Matt and Toby's (also Meghan's) to chat some more and enjoy our last night.  We played music and Meghan actually eventually just came in and sat with us.  We ate food, swapped more stories, talked about plans for when Matt and Toby come to the USA, the care packages we're going to send each other, and how we all wish we had met sooner.  But soon, it was half six, and Jen and I decided to head back.  We hugged Matt and Toby goodbye, and I hugged Meghan goodbye for the third time that night :-P.  So here I am now, in an empty room, at 7am, waiting for the taxi to get here at 8:45am.  It would be useless to sleep.  I have to catch a train to Manchester airport to drop off my duffel bags, then to London to transfer to the Eurostar, and then arriving in Paris around 8pm.  I know Kara told me to go out tonight and explore a bit, but I don't know if I'll have the energy! I have a feeling I'm going to be completely shattered by the time I check into my hotel.  Since I have to be up and out at 7am tomorrow, a good night's sleep would probably be best. And so begins the journeys outside of Great Britain!  I probably should pack my carry on bags...
I will probably post tomorrow night once I'm back in my hotel after gallavanting around Paris. :)

Hope you have a wonderful day!
~Carolyn

P.S. I still can't believe it's over. I feel like it's only been about 4 weeks, not 11. I am going to miss all the wonderful friends I made here, but I know we will keep in touch :) Jen will be at mine for New Years!!

P.P.S. I apologize for the poor post.  It's 7am now and I'm completely knackered, but I'm afraid if I fall asleep I won't wake up to my alarm.