Just Living Lfe

So there's really not that much to report. All of my essays are now down and dusted, which is good news for my overall workload. Yet it was a decent amount of fun writing them--especially the two socia policy ones. I was really able to show myself how much I really knew, and while they weren't the best essays in the world I felt that they definitely show off a lot of the knowledge I've retained--that's the whole point, right?

But now I get to enjoy things more because the threat of papers is gone. Yes, final exams do happen eventually, and studying will be necessary, but that's after my epic adventures around Europe. For now I feel as if the majority of my time can be spent savoring what I have here, especially the subtle, minor details. Those have been the things that I seem to value the most: the friendships, having a TV, getting to walk around in a gorgeous city. These are the things that I feel like I will miss the most when I leave, because while home is great, there are many things that I won't get to bring home with me to Maine--intangible things that is.

I feel as if I'm struggling a bit to make Edinburgh interesting, but the fact is that really savoring an experience is more about enjoying the mundane just as much as the extraordinary. That's why you go abroad, to take you away from what you know so well, and make a new rountine. Yes, travelling around Europe later one will be an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime experience, but I feel that when you live in a different country that is rather similar to your own, you get to enjoy the small differences just as much.

That's about it for now. Time to go make dinner. Yes, I'm not writing the most interesting stuff, but my profound thoughts will probably return soon. Until them, slainte!