Halloween and November

So a lot of different things have been going on lately and I've been having an amazing time! Well, to start off, Halloween is one of the craziest holidays celebrated here and it definitely lived up to its expectations. Throughout the week prior to Halloween, I visited a haunted battleship, a haunted house, haunted farm and a haunted hallways event. The haunted hallways was a student run event on campus which was hilarious. At midnight on Halloween, the theater media students put on a production of Rocky Horror Picture Show where they played the film while acting out the movie below the screen and yelling swear words and profanities at the screen. It was one of the funniest nights so far. For Halloween, everyone got into the spirit with ridiculous and very revealing costumes. It was a great week and I'm so happy that my exchange happened to be during this time of year.

A week later, a friend of the international students organised a paintballing trip. It was great fun and some people left with some pretty wicked bruises. What's great about getting to know Americans is that they know all the great activities that you can do around the area and they're willing to take you out and experience it all.

The weather here is AWESOME! Because the seasons are switched, we are heading into wintertime yet I went to the beach the other day in mid-November. We're only a few days off from winter and it still gets warm enough to head to the beach. Great weather, so I'm really loving it at the moment.

One great thing thats a must-do while on exchange here in Wilmington is to head to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (about a 2 hour drive) to go see a live band at the House of Blues. On friday, me and some friends went down and saw a triple act of Anberlin, Taking Back Sundays, and All-American Rejects. It definitely was a fantastic night and I'm really happy I went to see them.

Now that it's coming to the end of the semester, everyone is trying to cram in all the activities in these last weeks. There are only 2 more weeks left until we finish school and it's starting to get hard for a lot of us who don't want to leave. For me I am really looking forward to coming home and seeing my family and friends again but I'm very lucky to have my boyfriend come and travel some of America in two weeks before I fly home. The most frustrating part of these last few weeks is knowing that its ending and having other people constantly mention how short the time is.

Anyway, better go do some study.

Cheers.