19 April 2008

Our school is on Spring break, but I have decided to keep working.  On Tuesday, however, CEA has offered for us to take a backstage tour of the Royal Drury Theatre.  It was so much fun and so rich of history!  The spot where the theatre currently sits, had 3 theatres there that had all burned down until the recent one.  The current theatre was built in the late 1800's and was absolutely amazing!  The tour guides weren't your average tour guides.  They were actors.  At first, the guy started telling us some history about some of the men who had started up the theatres... and then a lady comes in cleaning and singing in the area we were.  They had a little skit that took us through the entire tour.  The theatre is haunted!  Boo!  And some of the backdrops from the Harry Potter movies were painted in their artist room.  We didn't get to see a lot that I had wished we could see, but it was still a very fascinating experience.  At the moment, they are showing The Lord of the Rings.

After the theatre tour, I met up with Dan to buy me some running shoes.  The shoes I currently have really hurt my feet.  So, at the shop, they did a little analysis where they record me running on a treadmill to determine what kind of shoe I would need (arch support, neutral, etc.).  They determined I needed a neutral shoe and I got a great deal on the shoes paying only £30 for a pair that originally costs £100.  They are so much more comfortable!  Now I can properly start training for the half marathon!

On Wednesday, Dan and I went to his friends birthday celebration.  We were suppose to go to Wagamamma for dinner, but it was so packed that we just went straight to the pub.  The pub was incredibly packed as well!  They were having team trivia there, which was a lot of fun... even though we came in second to last place.  Ah well.  Kelly and Ryan are lovely people and had a great time hanging out with them.

Thursday, I came over to Dan's house... he ended up going home early from work.  He had come down with my cold. :(  The next day, he went to the doctor and he said he has a virus.  So, Friday we stayed in all day to try to get over this cold.  I have never been sick so many times before in my life!  I wonder what it is!

Tonight, we're going to celebrate Rowan's birthday (Dan's roommate and childhood friend).  We're going out to dinner somewhere and probably out for a couple of drinks.  Yumm.