Piece of Work

I had a bit of time on my hands so I thought I'd do a quick update of what's happened this week. On Tuesday, I went to the library and got 6 pages of my essay done (I'd already done 3 so only had 1 left), I was pleased with my effort because it meant I had very little to do on Wednesday. However... when I went to the library on Wednesday morning to finish it off, it turned out that I didn't save it to the computer, so all of Tuesday's work was for nothing. This was 4 hours before the deadline so I was very flustered. I emailed my professor and she was very understanding and gave me until the next day but I eventually got it finished that afternoon. I went home and cheered myself up by ordering a MacBook Pro. I'd been trying to do it for a few days but had found it really complicated to order one in America because Apple wouldn't accept UK cards, I added it up on the UK store and it turned out that it was only going to be slightly more expensive than in America because the student discounts were much better (I'd originally expected it to be about £400 more to get it in the UK).
Classes finished for this semester on Wednesday so I spent Thursday relaxing after the stress of the last couple of weeks. In the evening we went to The Pub for 'trivia' which was fun but we didn't do particularly well, then we headed to WT's for an hour or so. Friday was another relaxing day, in the evening we went to see our friends Giulia, Natalie and Naomi perform in a dance show which was fun, although some of the dances were terrible. Afterwards, we headed to the coffee shop for its official opening party. They'd hired a DJ to play dance music but for me, it didn't really work out, as it seemed like a club that only served coffee... So after a while we went to WT's where we could actually get alcohol.
Today (Saturday) I went downtown with Paola and David in the morning as we'd never been all the way downtown in the day. We took lots of photos of the Empire State Plaza which is where all the political buildings are situated. It was really deserted which was creepy but I think it'll be nice in summer when there's people around and the fountains are turned on. We also went down to the Hudson River to have a look but there wasn't much to see. It's really different to England because all the shops are in the mall so there's nothing at all to do in the town centre. In the afternoon I watched the first part of The X Factor final. It was very nice, Cher was eliminated but I still think she's going to have a huge career. I want One Direction to win! In the evening we went to the mall, and went to a diner for dinner, it was fun watching the staff dancing to Respect by Aretha Franklin, then we went to see The Tourist with Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. I had very high hopes, but in all honesty it was probably the worst movie I've seen since I've been here, and had one of the most convoluted plot twists I've ever seen! When we got out Macy's was open late and I found a Calvin Klein wallet for $20 which was a nice surprise.
That's about it for now, I have a couple of exams in the week then I'm going to New York for the weekend before flying home. I booked my hotel for Saturday night so there isn't much left to organise now. It's only 9 days until I'm home!