Final day at LAMDA: It's over!

As of ten minutes ago, my program at LAMDA is finished.

We concluded the program with a day-long workshop with Marc, our Physical Theatre teacher, who has been teaching us "the elements": acting out earth, water, fire, and air. (I had a lot of trouble with earth, as you may recall. Mary says this is because I am most definitely a firey air.)

Today we combined all the elements and made scenes where the elements interacted. Now I realize that I am supposed to be taking all of this very seriously, but when you're talking in depth about how earth and fire would probably interact in a combative fashion and that you need to discover all the states of water, it basically feels like you're in a giant episode of Captain Planet.

"By YOUR powers combined, I am Captain Lecoq!"

Except we were missing the South American kid who's heart. Which was sad.

Truth be told, I am so thankful for everything I've learned here and all the people I've met, but I'm really ready to go home. I feel like I'm missing so much back in the States and the fact that my senior year is looming is taking its toll on my enjoyment. Plus I'm essentially out of money and I need to get back to Holland, where I can mooch off my family.

I am feeling my absence even more keenly because I have now have a NEPHEW in Seattle! Evan Iverson Prescott was born on Wednesday, and I'm feeling so disconnected that I cannot be there to welcome him. So I think it's understandable that I'm a little distracted.

Lots more to tell about the past few days, but this being a British school which recognizes the importance of alcohol to any celebration, there are free drinks and snacks downstairs in which I must partake. Plus apparently we're getting some kind of diploma. How can you get a diploma for a month's worth of work? I wish they had a fast track program like that at Harvard...

Miss you all and see you VERY soon!

Olivia