Been a while...

Well it's been quite a while since my last post. I'm kinda new to this whole blog thing and I'm not sure how often I'm supposed to post haha. But this week was just another week, classes and such. And I'm sure ya'll don't want to hear about my Portfolio Theory class or Treasury Management or Scottish Society, 1830-1914. So I won't bore you with the everyday details of things like that. But this week has gone pretty good...classes are interesting and I still have a desire to go, which I guess is a good thing. I had a friend who has already been here for a semester, and she said that last semester she went to a total of 3 lectures for all her classes combined, and passed all her classes. Don't worry, I'm not following that strategy...I don't want to take my chances. And I'd rather not have scholarships taken away just because I was tired and decided to sleep through more class than I attended.
Well Keith's 21st birthday was this week. Obviously it's not as big of a deal over here since the drinking age is 18, but we Americans still made a big deal of it. And plus it's a birthday, so of course we're gonna have fun. Me, Keith, and our friends Mike and Mark went to this Irish place for dinner. The 3 of us bought Keith dinner. Then some other friends of ours had made cupcakes, so we went to their flat and were hanging out with those girls for a little while. A bunch of other people joined us, then we all went to International Student Pub Night. We had a good time that night...a lot of fun. And of course Keith is proud that he was victorious and will actually remember his 21st birthday. He was proud of that, and I was too.
I decided that I am exhausted from being in a permanent "go" mode, so I stayed in town this weekend. I had a chance to go backpacking with the Mountaineering Club (apparently a ton of international students join that to get connected), but I was tired of spending money and not getting a lot of sleep, so I stayed here. I went to lunch with some friends and we watched the rugby game between England and Wales. There's the 6 Nations rugby tournament going on right now, and everyone's excited about that. Anyone who says that American football is too violent should watch a rugby game. Nothing more would ever be said about football haha. These guys are tough, and very physical. But I still love football.
Well I wanna wish a Happy Valentine's Day to everyone who is reading this! I know you probably won't be reading this on Valentine's Day, but still. It's kinda tough being away on Valentine's Day and not having anything to do. Especially when you actually have a girlfriend but can't be with her. But I guess it's just one day out of the year that people like to pump up. And like Lauren has always said, why do we need one special day out of the year to show those special people in our life how much we love them? Shouldn't that be a constant thing? So I guess it isn't really THAT big of a deal, people just hype it up to be. And it is something special, but I agree with Lauren that it shouldn't be the one day out of the year that people do special things together. Anyways, I'll try to keep things update on here, sorry I've gotten kinda lazy. And I know these posts have been getting long, so I'll try to keep them shorter haha. Hope everyone is doing well back at home! Love ya'll!