...well, technically they're already here. In case you were wondering, three of my most favoritest people in world have come to visit me!! Two of my best friends from high school and one of my best friends from work arrived this morning all the way from California...amazing right?! After a particularly frustrating journey on the District Line(typical) I finally got to Heathrow and began the search through the International Arrivals gate and its myriad of coffee shops for the lovely Kelsey. You know those horrifically cheesy airport scenes in movies where loved ones are reunited and one person runs into the awaiting arms of the other in slow motion, grinning like a fool? Yeah, that's exactly what happened. Except it wasn't in slow motion, and I was actually awkwardly, shuffle-running rather than just running. Either way it was beautiful and I don't care how may people looked at us weirdly. Anyways, after picking everyone up, we took a rather harrowing cab ride home and sat there blinking at each other wondering if any time had in fact passed since our last meeting. Despite being well aware that I've been away for almost 5 months, seeing my friends sitting around my flat laughing, reminiscing, and joking with each other, it still feels like I saw them just yesterday. It's a strange thing to be away from lifelong friends for so long and then to see them; everything feels completely normal, as if we always hangout at my flat in London on Saturdays. Anyways, more on our adventures later!
So it's Christmas break for this makeup student, I have about a week left until it's back for the final six weeks of college, two weeks of advanced casualty and four weeks of advanced fashion. I can't believe how quickly these past four and a half months have gone, nor can I imagine what it'll be like to go back to Chico. I feel as though I'm living in a safety net, and by moving back I'm cutting a hole in the middle of that net and it's a bit terrifying to be honest. In all my time dreaming about this school and life in London, I never thought much about the return trip, at least I tried not to. I'm not entirely sure why, but being on my own this past week has made me acutely aware that the "real world" is waiting for me back in the States. At any rate, I suppose there's no reason to dwell on it now, I still have time.
Christmas here was actually very nice despite being away from my family! I spent it with a friend from school and we cooked massive amounts of food, drank wine and prosecco, talked each other's ears off, and watched all eight of the Harry Potter movies. Not the most monumental of days but we thought it was pretty darn great. Nothing spectacular happened in the days before that, just me watching copious amounts of Sons of Anarchy, singing really loudly and taking long walks in the freezing cold. As much as I'm enjoying the time off, I look forward to being back in college and doing more makeup and learning new tricks of the trade. Before we broke up for Christmas, we did Fashion makeup which I really enjoyed. I wasn't sure I would, but a few days in I was loving it, the amount of artistry that goes into creating a catwalk or editorial look is incredible. Initially I thought I'd go through this course with the film industry as the goal but it turns out I quite like fashion too! Full of surprises aren't you London...
I promise to write again soon when there's another week of shenanigans under these four American's belts, for now three of us are jet-lagged and one's just plain tired so for now, goodnight xx
