Here's to the end...

Since I was young I have hated the idea of being comfortable, of settling for what is and just living life that way. I truly believe that is when life gets boring. Being stuck in your comfort zone your whole life is no way to live, at least for me. Its for reasons I went to school far from where I grew up. I looked at it like I have four years to do what I want and become a person who I want to be. I approached this situation in a similar way. My mom was surprised when I told her I barely knew my roommates but other than that I knew not one person on this trip. For me meeting new people and pushing myself outside of my comfort zone, like across the atlantic, is what life is all about. New people and how you can find ways to relate to them reveal characteristics about yourself you would have never noticed before. It can be a scary thing but for me it is scarier to stay in the same place your whole life.

London has been quite the experience and since we landed I feel like I have been on the 

fast track to July 31st. To have a city at your doorstep and endless amounts of things to do is an incredible opportunity that I believe I have taken full advantage of. My parents are going to be very upset when I sleep for three days straight when I get home. On June 1st it felt as if we would live here forever but just like that my bags are all packed (kinda) and ready to go home. I can truly say that I have made friends here that I would never have been exposed to in my activities at JMU. I feel that this experience has added on a new dimension to my life that is vital to who I am. I can go home and say that "Oh this one time when I LIVED in London", many people can't say that never mind a 19 year old. 

To sum up London in an online blog or in one review post would be unjust to my complete experience. Every day is something new and no one will ever fully relate to it unless you were one of these twenty-eight people picked to live in madison house. I had the time of my life and I am truly grateful for everyone on this trip because otherwise it would not have been the same. The greatest part of this London experience is that it is not the end, goodbye is really see you later because we will all be at JMU in a short month. I know I will be rushing my arrival. So heres to the next 48 hours, I know they will be insane to be apart of. Happy Birthday to Leslie and Rachel! And peace out 14 Bedford Place Flat A Bedroom 01, it's been real.