Exams

...are over! Thank goodness. Preparing for 3 two hour exams took out most of the past two weeks. Studying and stressing out is pretty much all I had been doing.

I had two papers to write in two hours for Studies in Contemporary Music, Biological Psychology, and Music and Politics in Tudor England. Let's just say it made me miss conference week at Sarah Lawrence more than anything.

Next on the list is Summer Cabaret! We go up this coming Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. Should be a lot of fun. It was hard to have rehearsals during exam month, and I think we could all use some extra rehearsals, but I think it'll come together. We're doing 21 songs each from different shows. Some are solos, some are small group, and some are full cast. I'm in the chorus of "Both Reached for the Gun" from Chicago (Jess is Mary Sunshine!), we're reprising "Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat" from Guys and Dolls, and I've got a little solo as Cosette in "One Day More" for the show's finale! I'm really excited. Some of my favorite numbers are "Fame", "Be Italian" and "Officer Krupke".

Besides that, I'm enjoying the weather and making lists of things to do in London while I'm still here.

Candace and Jess and I have a sort of 'bucket list' going on:

Places:
Tower of London
Covent garden
Borough Market
Portabello Road
Notting hill
Buckingham Palace
Platform 9 3/4
Hampton Court Palace
Abbey Road
Hamstead Heath Park
Hyde Park
Regent's Park


Museums:
British Museum
National Gallery
Tate Modern
Tate Britain
Victoria & Albert
Wallace Collection
National Portrait Gallery
Natural History Museum
Science Museum

Plays:
Enron
Billy Elliot
Globe production
The Real Thing
The Habit of Art
Peter Pan

Food:
The Orangery
Ice Bar
Mahiki


Here's hoping we can do all of it!