One would assume that after three months of living in London, I would have done everything I wanted to do. Wrong. Living in London is like a complex math equation. Limited time, limited funds, yet unlimited experiences to be had add up to budget cuts, time crunches, and lost opportunities. If I could invent a time stretching machine, in which you could expand time in a frame, and if I could also be Warren Buffet's daughter, here is what I would have liked to do, but alas have not done.
1) gone on the London eye
2) meet a celebrity, preferably Keira Knightly, Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, or Emma Watson
3) found a Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros record
4) break into Buckingham Palace and write nice messages on the queen's bathroom mirror, so that when the bathroom steams up, she'll see them
5) lost 10 pounds, instead of gained
6) danced with Prince Harry at a night club, and when he asks for a kiss, turn him down, but politely accept an invitation to the royal wedding
7) been on the top of the Eiffel tower: at night
8) walk into the Burberry store with nothing, walk out with a whole outfit, complete with purse and accessories
9) gone to Prague
10) gone to Vienna
11) visit Turkey
12) sunbathed in Greece
13) drink beer in Germany (probably Berlin)
14) gone to Bath
15) heard John Cooper Clarke speak
16) seen a musical
17) eaten at the Green House Restaurant
18) had more time to spend with Jacob
19) done a "famous rock n roll historical sites" tour of London
20) gotten my hair cut
21) partied in Amsterdam
22) visited Brussels and Bruge
23) been discovered and become a fashion muse for any big name European designer (Chanel, YSL, or Burberry wouldn't be half bad)
24) rescued a puppy who would become our flat dog
25) spent less time sleeping and more time doing
26) shopped more during the sales at the very beginning of January
27) Visited Sweden and Norway
29) taken more photographs
29) not had to throw away so much moldy and rotten food
30) spent less time in the apartment, more time out in London
31) (probably my biggest wish/regret) met and been friends with British people
Although the list goes on and on, I'm incredibly grateful for the experiences I have had, and the time I spent abroad. Thinking about the future, which usually makes me nauseous and gives me a headache, I won't ever have an opportunity to do the things I've done in one semester ever again. I'll never be as young, and inexperienced, or with such a large disposable income ever again in my life. I've been lucky enough to have so many of my wishes granted.
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