today's adventure

I had forgotten to get the super glue from Dave last night to fix the wheel on my luggage. He did a drive by to give me it. I went outside in my pj's, grabbed the super glue, then turned around to notice the door had locked behind me. Dave had driven off, so I stand there staring at the door wondering what am I gonna do to get in.
It takes about 20 minutes to get into the back yard (don't ask, it's just another weird English thing). The back door is locked, and so is the door into Rachel's room. I figured I could get into my bedroom window because I know it is not locked, just shut tight. We have no ladder, so I put the garbage cans together to try to climb up onto the roof of the kitchen. No luck, too short.
Next dumb idea, break a kitchen window. Here's the logic behind which window to break, which one is the smallest. The door window. Not a good idea because the kitchen door is not locked using the handle, it's locked from the top and bottom of the door on the inside.
Next idea, ask a neighbor for a ladder. It was too short, but I did get to see the roof was made of slate. This means, even if I was getting on the roof I was going to slide off.
Next smart idea, call a locksmith. The neighbor was nice enough to call a locksmith he had on speed dial, I think he has done this before. I went to wait for the locksmith at the front of the house. I don't know how long I had been there, my watch was upstairs, because I got the idea to send a message to my roommates on facebook about being locked out. I knocked on some doors, and no one answered. Bummer...more waiting. The mailman walked by, I asked him what time it was, 1:30pm.
A while later, I honestly don't know how long I was out there waiting for the locksmith, I saw my roommate Rachel walking down the road! Yippee!!! I was so glad to see her.

netball?

I went to watch my roommate play in a netball game. Yes, she is on the University of Wolverhampton's team. But from the pictures you can tell I was the only fan there.

From this picture you can compare a netball basket and a basketball basket.

The referee didn't even have on a uniform.

And yes they wear skirts to play in. After watching for a few minutes it just made me cringe because it looked like someone invented the game during the Victorian Era as a wanna be basketball sport. Like they didn't want women to exert themselves. I went to wikipedia to check out the history of netball, and sure enough I was right. The original rules were "designed to accommodate the social norms regarding appropriate conduct and attire for women, and contemporary notions on their limited physical capacity." I had seen netball when I was in South Africa and knew I didn't like it immediately because of how limiting it was. Of course I will continue to go to support my roommate.

Halloween weekend

I didn't celebrate Halloween because the IADMS conference was here this year. And on Sunday I went to Coventry for the Biomechanics Day.

The clock on the big tower, next to the Coventry City Hall.

This is the Coventry City Hall. Apparently Coventry was bombed like crazy during WWII because this is where they built the airplanes. Coventry is like the Detroit of England because this is where they use to make cars, but not anymore. I only got to see a little bit because campus is close to the train station.

This way to the biomechanics lab! It was really good to go because I learned tons for projects #3&4.

October

It's been a little busy. I've been recruiting for survey #1, doing the final touches for survey #2, fixing the wording for #3 (this one is going to be painful), and writing the literature review.

Since I was called as the 1st Counselor in the Young Women's we were mostly working on a movie for a stake activity. We ended up winning to top award! (I don't know how to load You Tube videos, so if you want to watch it ask Dave on facebook)

The video is of the camping scene. A weak attempt at Blair Witch Project.

It was my 36th Birthday this week. Yeah, I know I am weird because I love birthdays and getting older. Except finding white hairs, not cool! Plus another excuse to wear the tiara!

My Birthday Cards!

It got really cold here last week and we had to turn on the heater, or the joke of a heater, on. My Mom has finally sent my winter clothes, but I haven't received them yet. But I did buy my ticket home for Christmas break. Mom decided it would be better to fly me home to do wedding planning while I had a little time. Instead of trying to do everything last minute later on.

Dave took me to a craft store close by that a woman at church suggested and sure enough they have everything, even model train/planes/etc. So I can do some jewelery making when I have the time.

I'll add some pictures of hiking. It's not that big of a hill, but it is rehab for Dave's ankle. He actually made it to the top this time!

Yep, this sheep stopped and stared.

The trail had pretty parts

Elie Saab

It wasn't until I watched a few seasons of Project Runway did I become a fan of fashion. My favorite designer is Elie Saab. I feel like it is a guilty pleasure because I should like an American designer, but Elie Saab's designs are just awesome. He is originally from Lebanon with his main workshop in Beirut, but he does have workshops in Milan and Paris. He shows his work at Paris fashion week. I absolutely loved his all white collection of Autumn/Winter 2009-2010 (here is a link to Kristen Stewart wearing Elie Saab to the Eclipse premiere from the white collection). He just debuted his Autumn/Winter 2010-2011 collection with red, silver blue, and taupe and I couldn't wait for it to be put up on his website. One day I would love to watch his show at Paris fashion week, just put it up on the bucket list.