Snow is falling....

Well snow isn't falling anymore but still need to get into the Christmas mood. We now have a Christmas tree made of lights and that's as far as we go on decorations. Haven't really touched my room either...should put some tinsel up really! Make a bit of an effort. They are talking about snow though this week which would be nice as long as it doesn't make me miss my plane or the likes! I can't wait to go home this time next week!! Yahoo!!! Have some presents bought but need to complete them and have no idea what to get some people ie Roisin Henley! So anyway back to the boring blog...I am in bed at the moment (Sunday) and have decided instead of doing work I will write in this as it is oh-so-important and needs to be done too. Right? Right!
Okay well last weekend wasn't planned like I thought it would be. Went knacker drinking in a park in London as me and Claire were too late for the house party and by the time we would have made it to Pimlico everyone would have been in South Ken. There was loads of snow everywhere so that was really cool but we got drunk really quickly which was strange as we didn't drink that much and then we never made it into the club. We did manage some nice photos outside everywhere we went including the Royal Albert but then we had to go home. Spent Saturday feeling very sorry for myself and just did nothing as far as I remember.....think I ate a lot of ice cream or something....
I should really have gotten rid of the red eye oh well! So then I felt so bad that I spent the whole day on Sunday in the library but got tons done which is what I should have done today. Oh well!!  :)


So the week then started with all the snow gone! No more snow in London but we still had to catch up on classes which was fine. I had a presentation to do for Tues that was set back until Thursday but was okay as the topic wasn't too bad to talk about (snRNP and the over abundance of U1 and why for all those Science nerds!).
So yeah in classes this week we were learning about tons of different virus' which was interesting as it wasn't just about their mechanisms but how each specific one infects etc (Norovirus, HSV, HBV). And then on top of that we carried out a SDS PAGE and Western Blot which was fun as I only got to make a gel last year in Cambridge and this time I got to run it! Looked for photos there and they aren't online yet. Our lab pracs are pretty basic but at least it gets us out of the class room!! We are normally in the basement and people Booles have got nothing on these guys. They are so warm and smell....it's so fantastic I <3 going there every day.....urgh.
So anyway my week was kinda boring other then that. Have a lot of college work coming up. Have a poster rough draft informally due tomorrow and then college apps for next year too.
This Friday though (as in last sorry) we had our international Christmas Binge which meant food, food and more food!! We thought there wouldn't be enough and then there was waaaay too much but everyone was nicely full. My Irish contribution was mashed spuds, carrots and parsnip mashed and hot whiskey's which everyone loved a lot! Party went on until like 5am which was fun!! Which also meant no work to be done yesterday as I was dying again but last swing in London before Christmas so it went down really well! Have no photos of it as I left my camera in the room but there will maybe be an edited version with some? We'll see how techie savie I get....
So yeah short and sweet this time. Gonna have to blog next Sat before I leave and then it's Ireland time!! Trying to get a Colombian friend over for Christmas as he can't go home but he may need a visa so we'll see how that goes. Who needs a visa these days like?!!? ttfn!!