See you soon, dear friends.

Exactly one week from right now, I will be on a plane, heading home.

But until then, I have a lot of England is soak up.

My last session of badminton was wonderful on Saturday, even though I lost 3 games out of 5. I'm still not a pro, but I've improved drastically, and I'll really miss playing on a real court, with real rules. St. Louis has a badminton league, but their website is quite intimidating (well, as intimidating as badminton websites can be . . . ), so I'm still not sure if my skills and Euro-racket will venture past the rec set in the backyard when I get home.

I have two more papers, to match two last supervisions, and a Shakespeare movie night with my Shakespeare supervision group. And once all the work is over, May Week erupts.

Cambridge is known for its May Balls (Wikipedia it - apparently the ball at Trinity was named one of the best parties of the year by Time), but the 60 - 150 pound tickets are out of my budget after Spring Break Epic Adventure. However, that doesn't mean I'm going to miss the ambiance of May Week (at least, I'll enjoy its first 4 days, and then its off to home). The Boat Races start Friday, Saturday afternoon John and I are planning to have "a most unusual tea" at Browns (tea, scones, cake, and gin and tonics), before we head off to the Union Garden Party (famous for its abundance of strawberries, cream, and Pimms and lemonade), before our final farewell - Suicide Sunday, when all the grounds are open and students drink champagne on the formerly-forbidden lawns all afternoon.

A good ending, I think.