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A day early! Oh my god. Still ploughing away at all these papers. I feel bad that I want the next few weeks just to fly by so that they are out of the way, but at the same time that means that I would have finished at UCSC! I have bought my ticket home now as the camp never got back to me and I was just getting so stressed out about it. So, for those in America, the last time you will see me is July 4th, for those in England, I will be back July 5th:)

A few interesting things happened this week. Firstly, we were learning how to dive on Wednesday in my swim class, off of the starting blocks which felt very professional! A few belly flops, a lot of bruised shins from dragging yourself out of the pool for an hour, but by the end I had it perfected...the coach even said so herself;) Watch out Tom Daley.
Also on Wednesday I went on a rec trip to watch a Giants game at their stadium, AT+T Park, in San Francisco! I love baseball. I love the atmosphere. I love the chants. I love the food. I especially love the entertainment. Kiss Cams, where they zoom in on couples in the audience while the rest of the crows chant 'Kiss Kiss Kiss' and show it on the big screens, the mascot (a giant seal) paddle-boarding in the bay just next to the stadium, sing alongs to Journey's 'Don't Stop Believing', such fun! There is no half time as there are 9 innings and people just come and go as they please which means...no lines for toilets, small lines for food stands (mexican, sushi, burgers, hot dogs, churros, pretzels, nuts, hot chocolate, soup in bread bowls, chilli, anything). It was really foggy in San Fran that day so it was pretty cold and the fog was billowing into the stadium creating a great atmosphere! Pictures include the stadium, a bunch of kayakers who were hanging out waiting for 'out-of-the-park' balls to come their way, chili bowl, and a video of some chanting and a guy resembling a serial killer waving a flag. The Giants were playing the St Louis Cardinals and lost 4-1, I didn't mind. By that time, it was really cold and they had been playing for 2 hours 45mins.

Thursday I was up early to get to physical therapy. I use that zipcar service that I have talked about before. The car that I use is parked in a parking lot by the gym but when I walked down to try and get to it, a cop was standing in the middle of the road, yelling at people to move away, and that the area would be closed for a number of hours. I was like ooohhhkkaaayy, how am I going to get the car then? His attitude was 'not my problem'. I walked round the back to the gym where loads of people were just standing around and this one girl told me that it has all been evacuated because they found 'a suspicious package' in the gym. I scoffed. What constitutes a suspicious package anyway? I was more worried about how to get to physio. A few phone calls, another car booked on the otherside of campus, I got there 45 minutes late. I was pissed that this 'package' had messed me around. Turns out it was a grenade! I felt bad for my skeptical attitude. The university were quite open to what it was as well. They send text alerts, emails, even call you to tell you to stay away and what it is! I was too busy trying to re-route my morning that I ignored these alerts. Never again!

Last night was spent at an outdoor movie screening of Ferris Buellers Day Off. Free popcorn and hot chocolate, blankets, a VERY young Matthew Broderick and a cameo by a stoned looking Charlie Sheen (nothing new there then) made for a relaxing end to the week.
Tomorrow I am hopefully off to Monterey Bay Aquarium! (Hence why I am writing this early) I have been wanting to go there for months. Stay tuned for numerous pictures of fish. I'm sure you are excited.