7/18 - My last full day: A bit of rest(lessness)

What I did:

I purposely did not do much today so that I could rest and get packed up for leaving. Plus it was Saturday and a good day to just rest.

So, I slept in some and for most of the waking day I watched some of the Ashes (cricket) on tv. I do not blame it all on Graham (who was into it) because I was interested too, mainly because this test cricket is slightly different than Twenty20 which I watched earlier this trip. It is also nice to watch cricket because you can do other stuff while you watch. So I spent a lot of time online too. I found a lot of new friends on Facebook, sent some emails I realized I meant to send a while ago, and just chilled out. I tried not to feed my restlessness too much and to allow myself to just enjoy my final day in the country.

I did get a little bored halfway through the day:

I made what will probably be my last cup of true English tea and had my last English meal (my flight is pretty early tomorrow so my breakfast will at best be airport food, which doesn’t count). Then I found a trailer for The Last Airbender and watched it a couple of times!!! So exciting!!! I can’t wait for July 2, 2010!

Time to pack up and get some rest.

What I learned:

A little more about test cricket.

I have ridden on a lot of trains.

The winner for the most common name of all the people I met the past eight weeks is Steve (or variation thereof) with at least 9 occurrences and a close second was Chris with at least 6. It did seem like a lot more of each.

The Last Airbender is set to come out July 2, 2010. The trailer does look a little serious, but still exciting (and thanks to Katie for reminding me about it).