The title of this post sums up possibly the best weekend I have had in Bangor so far. This is exactly what I was doing this morning at approximately 7:15am...
This weekend was such a good, chill weekend, and my heart is so happy because of it! We decided to stay in all weekend and just hang out as a flat. On Friday night, we started the evening with Crank and Crank 2, followed by copious amounts of Guitar Hero. We were having such a good time and the evening just flew past. At one point we realized how late it was getting and instead of heading to bed, we just decided to pull an all-nighter. Such a good decision! Once we were developing claw hands from too much Guitar Hero, we decided to put on a few episodes of True Blood (of course!). At one point, around 7am or so, Mark and Tom were heading out for a cigarette and I ran to my room to check email quick. I heard them talking really loudly in the hallway, so I opened my door. They were both yelling about snow, so I grabbed some shoes and my camera and followed them outside. Now the first snow in Bangor is nothing like the snow I'm used to back home, but it was awesome! Just a light dusting on the ground and the cars, but enough for footprints and small snowballs. It was so much fun to run around the parking lot, making the first footprints in the first snow in Bangor! After drawing a snow penis (because we are immature) and throwing a snowball at Jack's window, we headed back to the flat to make breakfast. Beer and toast for breakfast? I think so! After all of the excitement of the morning, we were ready for sleep so we eventually all went back to our rooms to pass out for the day.
I got up Saturday around 3pm and bummed around for a long time before heading to Uno to catch up on life with Shireen. We headed over to Bar Uno on campus and were those awkward kids who sit down, don't order anything, hang out for 5 minutes and then leave! So we headed back to my flat and played a few songs on Guitar Hero while admiring the new Christmas decorations that help to make our kitchen look festive. Once everyone in the flat was ready, we headed down to Morrison's for a bit of grocery shopping. We had decided to have another all-nighter, and the evening started with a meal together as a flat. I think we did pretty well, a chicken pasta bake and garlic bread. I was a happy camper! A few other people came over after dinner, and we watched Vampires Suck and The Hurt Locker. Then the Guitar Hero started up again. (Thanks Nathan for leaving your XBox in our kitchen all weekend, it was a great addition! ha ha). People started trailing off to bed as the night went on, and eventually it was Tom, Mark and myself that were left for the all night adventure.
More True Blood followed, and around 6:45 this morning we bundled up and headed out to Roman Camp to watch the sunrise. It was mighty chilly this morning, but it was totally worth it. When we got to Roman Camp it was still dark, and we settled down for the wait for the sun. There was a period of time where we even got snowed on, but we would not be deterred from seeing the sun. We also made several new friends this morning! So many dogs camp up to the top of the hill to visit us, which is funny because I keep telling them that we need a puppy for the flat. There was also a really nice log at the top of the hill that they guys used as a seesaw! Mark had also brought his speakers, so our time on the hill was made so much more awesome with the Lord of the Rings soundtrack playing in the background. Around 8:15 or so, the sun started to become visible over the mountains. It was so spectacular to watch the sunrise over the mountains with the sea on one side and Angelsey on the other! Beautiful. We have lots of pictures from this morning, but they don't do the scene any justice. After the sun was mostly up, we headed back to Ffridd site for hot drinks and heat. We ended up watching Indiana Jones until almost 11am before we passed out.
The sleep deprivation from this weekend was totally worth it for the bonding and fun I had with my flat. This whole weekend made my heart so happy, and we are even talking about doing it again next weekend! I'm sensing a flat tradition in the making! It makes me so happy that I have an amazing group of people in my flat, I'm so excited to spend the next semester with them making memories and having adventures.
Wow, I almost forgot about out Thanksgiving feast! Crazy how we just had Thanksgiving on Thursday and I have already forgotten, that's the sleep deprivation talking there. :) So Thursday, all of the Central students got dressed up and headed down to the Italian restaurant near the pier for a "Welsh" Thanksgiving. Every year, Tecwyn takes the students to this restaurant to celebrate a holiday that is not even on the radar here. Wednesday was so funny, I was around at a friend's flat, and at midnight I wished everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. I got the best response ever... "Wait, isn't that a Jewish holiday? Are you Jewish?" ha ha! So I did a lot of explaining about Thanksgiving and how we celebrate. But anyway, we went to the Italian place and had a fantastic time! Though it wasn't tradition food, it was still amazing. Tons of starters, my main meal and dessert, on top of all the wine we could drink. Win! There was even an American flag hanging on the wall to make us feel at home, and Tecwyn had us all stand up and toast to America, our families and Thanksgiving. It was just a really awesome night of hanging out as a study abroad group (which we don't do very often, as we are all super busy) and enjoying the holiday together. All of the Central group has a special place in my heart, and I'm so sad for them to leave in mid December. If I just don't think about it, it's not happening right? I can't believe that a semester has flown by this quickly! We still have a good 20 days though, and we will be taking advantage of each of those days!
This week it's back to classes and work on my 3 papers which are due before January. My motivation to complete my school work is lacking, but I'll get it all done. Probably between episodes of True Blood. ha ha. :)
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