Last days

This is one of my Uni buildings on Regent St. 

This is outside my flat- yes that is snow on the ground.

I figured I'd post some pics before I leave. Its snowing again which is great and pretty but I'm worried Gatwick is going to be closed tomorrow when I leave. I'm hoping for the best. I'll be at the airport in less than 24 hours. That's really weird to fathom. I love London, I just wish I could bring my life over here.
I turned in the last of my coursework on Thursday. Woohoo! I won't get my grades until the end of February though, so that's a long time to wait. Packing has gone pretty well so far. I just have a few more things to fit in. I'm hoping it'll work.

One week

Wow, it's crazy to think I leave London one week from today. In fact, one week from right now my flight will probably just have taken off. I have spent a majority of the last 10 days working on my finals, with some occasional Christmas shopping thrown in.

Things I want to do my last week in London:
-finish my finals and hand them in
-finish Christmas shopping
-make curry again
-read in the British library

...that's all I can think of.

Snow

Also, it has snowed the past two days in London.

Craziness ensues

 Gina and I at the Basilica in Quito. We climbed to the top to get a view of the city.

 The view from the top!

 

This is Gina and I in her house on the day we were stuck inside because Ecuador was doing their census.

I officially have less than three weeks left in London. In that time I have one more book to finish. I feel so accomplished having read 27 books in less than three months. However, I have five papers due my last week here (on the 15th and 17th on December). I've rough drafted two of them, have solid idea and research for two others, and have almost no idea on the last one. The last one being the one I have to present to my professor tomorrow afternoon. Oi. Currently, this last book I'm reading ("Woman on the Edge of Time" by Marge Piercy) is quite interesting. It's taking me the longest to read- mostly because I took a break while I was in Quito! But it's about this woman who is debatable-y mad and in this alternate reality she sees which is in the future, there is no gender! All people use the pronoun person, or per for short. I'm curious to see how the book ends. 

I've been insanely busy for so long now. Between my travels to Edinburgh and then my travels to Ecuador, I haven't been in London that much recently. Although I love London, I've really enjoyed traveling. I can't believe two of my papers are due two weeks from today. I have to really start working on these.

I will attempt to post more during the next few weeks before I leave.
Also, upon my travels to Ecuador, I realized that I forgot how to count American money- I like the British coins better. And that I thought it was weird when cars drove on the right side of the road instead of the left.