Thankful

Instead of giving you a generic update of what the past two weeks of my life have been like, I will give you a list of things that I am thankful for through the lens of the last 14 days.

I am thankful for the number of awesome things that have come hand-in-hand with being an intern for a Member of Parliament. Including, but not exclusive to, being able to stand right next to the Queen's carriage as she strolled by on her way to the State Opening of Parliament (see video).

I am thankful for the opportunity to see Kevin Spacey star in Inherit the Wind at the Old Vic Theater... and the opportunity to meet him and take a picture with him after.

(Picture coming soon)

I am thankful for having friends who love just grabbing a few pints of cider at the pub on a Friday night instead of choosing between the extremes of skyping with people from home (laaaame) or raging with sketch-balls in Picadilly Circus or Leicester Square (creeeeepy).
I am thankful for being in a major city where you can run into Taylor Swift at a street market and not have to fight off THAT many people to see her because people in the UK don't actually know who she is. Oh and yes... that is the Cooper family and yes they did get free tickets to the concert complements of Taylor's mom. NBD.
I am thankful for the opportunity to see Oxford University so I can have something to aspire to for the next few years and also earn some major street-cred with my Harry Potter loving friends.
I am thankful for Harrod's and icecream, especially when they combine forces. The picture says it all.
I am thankful for a lot actually. So I should probably stop here. I have been able to meet up with a lot of great friends, young and old(er), this week. Also, I saw more celebrities in person last week (the Queen, Kevin Spacey, Taylor Swift) than I ever have in my life. Tonight we had a major Thanksgiving throwdown complete with visitors from the mainland and a Whole Foods meal. There were a few epic battles titled Me vs. Mashed Potatoes, Caroline vs. Sweet Potatoes, and Evan vs. Turkey all coming together to form "Us vs. Thanksgiving", but in the end, all were fed and content. I can't lie, not being with the fam and picking on my mom, or my sister, or my dad, or my cat... or anyone really, was kind of hard. Yet, I know that in two weeks time I will be wishing I could rewind. So, I am going to embrace the tryptophan and go to bed knowing that tomorrow starts the end of this incredible Wilderness Journey.... Pictures from Thanksgiving to come soon. Just not when I am trying to digest my bodyweight in stuffing, mashed potatoes, and tur....zzzZZZzzzzZZZZzzzzzz....