Fifty First Dates

Here's wassup...I am getting pretty "chuffed" (excited)

and am recognizing more than ever just how

"jammy" (lucky) I am to be living in London for 7 weeks. 

Seriously, thank you BYU, thank you Brothers Mason (our professors), thank you madre y padre,

thank you life :)

So...today was our fourth class prepping us for London.  Two girls that have done this same study abroad came to class with handouts on what to pack, do and see during our time in London.

I asked them, "What are some things we should splurge on?"

(no regrets.) 

If I'm going to be in London, I want to really BE  in London.

They answered: plays and food.

Plays: YES.  Just signed up last week to see Wicked, The Lion King, The Phantom of the Opera

and Les Miserables.

I was so inspired that I went home and put on my Lion King t-shirt.  Yep :)

Food: I'LL BE THERE.  (makes me think of the Jackson 5)

They specifically mentioned a place called...

Waffle Palace

Yummmmmy- that should be their slogan.

That's where the post title "Fifty First Dates" comes into play.

The first thought that came to mind was that scene in 50 First Dates where Adam Sandler helps Drew Barrymore turn her waffles into a house.  check it out here (roll the clip at 3:48)

The more I thought about it, the more I thought that while I'm in London, I'll be doing much much more than just

"50 firsts" in my life.

It will be the first time I see Stonehenge, the first time I see Hyde Park, Kensington Palace, 

or hey, even the first time I see

Platform 9 and 3/4.

And even though they will always be those "firsts," they could also potentially be "lasts."

Who knows if I'll ever make it back to London-one of the largest cities in the world.

There is so much to learn, so much to see, so much to do-and I want to do all of it :)