One day morreeeee...

So it's true, tomorrow is my last full day in America. On Wednesday I fly out at 5pm and arrive back in the UK at 1130am. It's so strange to think that this time I don't have a return flight booked. It's strange to think I will be in the UK until Christmas, until my 24th birthday, until next year. My time in America is over and it's all starting to hit me when I think about it that way. I can think of a million reasons I'm sad to leave, but the fact that I'm not coming back in September hurts the most. 

That's not to say I'm not excited to go home. It will be nice to settle back into my old life even if that does feel so alien to me right now. Summers in England can't be beaten and so I'm very excited to get back to that. And after all, it's the World Cup this summer, I can't imagine a better place to be to enjoy it!

These past weeks since graduation I've been lucky enough to be based at the Allen household. It's been so great to just have a 2 week vacation before it all gets crazy again. I've done everything I can to stay away from thinking about school or work or you know, the future. That's been made much easier with such great hospitality, and of course the opportunity to sun bathe by the pool and read. I started (and finished) the Maze Runner trilogy in preparation for the release of the movie. Its so nice to read because I want to! 

Our view from the Drive-In

This past weekend I think I might have had one of my more American days. After a standard day by the pool we went to Hometown Buffet. I really don't know how to explain this to my UK friends, except maybe imagine a Chinese buffet but with no Chinese food. There was salad, tacos, pasta, pizza, roast type food, and a range of desserts. I really enjoyed it there to be honest. I think it's known for being a relatively cheap eat but it was good for the money, and we actually only paid 84 cents because we had a coupon/voucher. 

After food we went to a drive-in cinema. We took a big truck so that when we got there we could set up chairs and blankets in the truck bed. It was a really unique experience and I won't forget it. Also the drive-in plays two movies, so we saw Xmen and Spider-Man. I won't lie, even though I love Jennifer Lawrence, Xmen wasn't as good as I'd hoped. Spider-Man though, that was good, but a sad ending which you'll be fully ready for if you read the comic books. With two movies we were there until 2am which was kind of exciting. 

Calico Ghost Town

Last week we took a trip to Calico Ghost Town. It's an old mining town basically but it looks like an old western town like in John Wayne movies. If you've read my previous blogs you'll know that anything that looks like a movie set is pretty much a good time for me. 

That same week we took the dogs up to a trail in the mountains. It was very pretty and we saw a snake! We had to walk around it just in case it was a bad guy snake. Which reminds me, I always forget how many lizards there are here, and then I spend all my time trying to catch them. I also saw a black widow spider this week, and the bins were raided last night by a bear. Basically I'm happy to be alive. 

So all in all it's been a nice relaxing last few weeks. I feel fully detoxed and ready for my next adventure. I think I'm a little anxious about heading home and starting all over again, especially with my accent/verbage. I've already been called out for using words like soda, vacation, movies, sweater etc. Please be nice to me UK friends, I've had to pick up American words to get by so don't be mean! 

This is all for now, I will continue to keep you all updated! 

Take care and stay safe x