September 26: One Week Down...

I've officially completed my first week of postgrad! I'm not sure how else to describe it than amazing and exhausting. Over the last five days, I've averaged four hours of sleep each night. Each day, I sit in the class room for six hours and then another couple hours outside of class doing group work. Once I get home, I crawl straight into bed. Just kidding -- that's what I want to do! Instead I read and read and read. Each class gives us two to five case studies to read over and prep for the next day. Then once we get to class, which are three hours long each, with a 15 minute break in the middle, we talk about each case. In my class specifically, there are over 25 different nationalities, so when it comes time to discuss the cases, the debate heats up.

On Friday night, Hult hosted an all-program mixer at a local club. It was amazing because there are so many people I haven't seen since classes started! In attendance was: The Dean, some professors, some staff members, EMBA students, MBA students, MIB students, MIF students, and MIM students. It was a lot of fun! Oh, and some of the staff members even made me dance *gulp*.

Today I am meeting up with some classmates and we're going to a Chinese Food Festival, which includes the Chinese food market, celebrity chef demonstrations, Chinese food forums, and Chinese traditional performances.

 First day of class :-)

 :-)

 Cute, little patio outside of uni

 Classroom

 All of the students at the London campus marked their hometown

 My fellow Americans

 My favorites <3

 Day 2!

 Always thinking of home

 Found an amazing BBQ joint Wednesday night!

 If you've seen this movie....

 then you'll remember this girl.....

Thursday night, my friend and I ran into her on the street!

 Post-dinner stroll at Leicester Square

 Me & Rachel jammin' in the Uber :-)

 I ended my Friday night w/ a FaceTime from my babyboy back home

(Thank you Lindz for being so good to him!)

September 20: T'was the Night Before School Started

As my wonderful mom pointed out to me yesterday, I broke my promise. Turns out blogging hasn’t been on my mind these past few days, but fear not, I’ll catch you up now. Since I last posted… I’ve finished all eight Harry Potter movies, went to the second Hult meet-up, took a boat tour down Thames River with some classmates, had orientation and registration, celebrated Mexico’s Independence Day, explored London's nightlife, and finally, got ready for class. 

Tomorrow is the first day of class!! So I spent the day preparing for tomorrow by cleaning house, washing clothes, reading case studies, and filling out my planner. Side note: I have a terrible habit of buying a planner, using it for two weeks, and then never opening it again -- so here’s to breaking that habit! So tomorrow, I only have two classes, but they’re three hours each. I’m extremely nervous, but so incredibly excited to get this journey started! 

I’ll update yall throughout the week :-)

 Hult Meet-Up featuring Mitch, Rachel, Otti, Mikee, and Pearl

 Group Selfie

 Carolina, George, and Pearl

 The start of the boat tour

 Erik, Alex, and George taking a selfie w/ Tower Bridge

 London Eye selfie

 Post boat tour photo

 Sun settin' on Big Ben

Hult Party

 Martina and Rachel

 Martina, Goncalo, and Sergei 

 Orientation name tag :-)

 So many MIB students!

 :-)

 So we were split into groups and were sent on a scavenger hunt

Stop one: the closest library to campus, Holborn Library

 Stop two: closest police station

 Stop three: the iconic phone booth

 Stop four: The British Museum

 Stop five: the closest A&E

 Stop six: the largest library in the world, The British Library 

 Stop seven: a pharmacy and ATM

 Stop eight: football field

 Stop nine: the post office -- we couldn't find it and were running out of time so we got creative

 Champagne toast to end the day

 Celebrating Mexico's Independence Day

"Never have I ever..."

 Sami and Goncalo

 Pre Girls Night Out Selfie

 Payal and Rachel

 Peace

 September 20th: Kaylee's Day!

*I think* I'm finally done w/ this area

 You can never have too many photos around the house

Missing these guys!

Proof that I'm going to try to use the planner this year!