Carpe Diem

Good day today!

I went to the zoo this morning, which was AWESOME, as everyone who knows me knows that I looooooove animals. I took a ton of pictures, so I will put those up.

I also went to this Skywalk tower. I think that's what it's called... Anywho, it was super high up and All the outer walls were just glass windows, so you could see all around the city. I took a lot of pictures there too, but I was a little creeped out by the height. I'm not so great with heights, or cliffs, or drop offs... Haha I stayed a couple feet back from the windows. I couldn't really look down at what was directly below the building, my little head couldn't really handle that haha.

And then we got to come home and rest!! Ahhh it's so nice to sit still every once in a while. I logged onto facebook chat and skype right away, to see if anyone was online, and I got to talk to Margaret and Mollie and Anna, my sister!! YESSSSSS it was amazing. Margaret and I skyped, so I got to see her lovely lovely face live and moving!

And so now I am sitting in my cold little room here on campus. I thought about going back to UniLodge to just bring some of the stuff from my suitcase and leave it there, because I packed waaay too much, as usual, but I got a little distracted by being able to talk to people online. Talking to Mollie is so nice because she went to Barcelona for her semester abroad and she's just giving me the best advice. She tells me to lose my inhibitions and go out of my comfort zone, because that way I will have the best time. She inspired the title of this post. :)

So tonight I am going to the formal dinner. I think it might be weekly, but I am not sure. This is the only one I'll be going to. We have to dress up. ... Women wear dresses and heels, men wear ... shirts and ties? i don't know about ties, but at least shirts and slacks. Then we all go to the dining hall and stand beihnd our chairs, waiting for the head table people to show up or something. I don't really know what happens, I just know we get wine and dessert, which I am psyched for. I will write an entry and describe all of it later. I heard sometimes the dinners require you to wear robes like Harry Potter. HOW COOL IS THAT. I want to go to that dinner. But I am running out of time now, and should probably get ready, so I will post later about it and the rest of my day.

Oh, and thank you to moin and mom! I am so glad people can comment. I love hearing from people I love! :)