Some Gibberish and a bit about today: spoilers for BGT ahead

I feel bad. The past few of these that I have written haven’t been long or heartfelt, and the reason for this is that I don’t really have time, and by the end of the night when I can write, I am exhausted and don’t really want to. So I thought I would just sit down and talk about the things that I haven’t really discussed yet. Now I have talked about the Tube, and how fast Shawnold walks, but I haven’t really discussed lessons I have learned here. So lesson number one: when crossing the street you don’t have to wait for the signs, you wait for the cars. Now the cars drive on the other side of the road (I hope you know this), and there are signs on the road that tell you to look left or right, normally I look the wrong way then the right way, and if I see no cars I cross. This is all very important because cars do not have to wait for pedestrians, they expect you to wait for them, so they will hit you if you are not careful. There have been a couple of times that I have walked in front of them by accident, and got honked at; not fun. In smaller towns like Bath this really isn’t an issue because there are not many cars, but in the center of London, where we are at, it is a huge issue. We have seen people get hit by cars. Now there is also a huge homeless population here, but it isn’t what you think when someone says homeless. They are actually quite nice, polite, and talented. I have given a few pounds to some of them and they were very gracious. Also, the amount of street performers here are insane, I highly suggest coming here and watching some. Let’s talk about chocolate now, since that has been a big part of my diet. It is so good, I’m munching on some now and I couldn’t be happier. The British put in more Cocoa and fat than America, where Americans add a boatload of sugar as the main ingredient. Now I don’t know if you know anything about sugar, but you actually need more fat in your diet than sugar because fat is no worse than carbohydrates, where sugar actually does a lot of harm. Neither are particularly good for you, but british chocolate for starters taste better, and is actually better for you than the kind you can get in America. Something else that I have picked up here is that paying is kinda difficult. The group that I am with goes to eat out almost everyday. We have sandwich stuff, but you can get tired of that really fast. So with that you run into this somewhat different problem of them putting it all on one bill and then you tell them how much you want to pay. This takes forever but it is either that or you go to the counter and pay after you order, which I prefer. Depending on where you eat, they may charge you for eating in or out. If they normally don’t give you a plate then they charge you for eating in, if they normally don’t give you a bag, they will charge you for the bag. They are very green conscious here. They also don’t use styrofoam or plastic straws which I think is awesome! They use paper straws and most of their containers are cardboard. I think I have already said this before, but food is also super expensive and just because we are eating out a lot doesn’t mean we are eating super expensive food. We find a lot of cheaper food, and we eat a lot of fast food and Tesco, probably not the best for our health but it’s the best we can do. Also, I am learning budgeting (mom be proud of me), it is difficult especially due to the conversion rate from dollars to pounds and also because I want to buy nearly everything in sight, but I am holding back and getting things slowly and toward the end of the trip. We have also not taken the tube for a few days and we have just been walking everywhere, which is in my opinion better. We have also found fun without having to go very far. We have been enjoying movies and playing card games which is very relaxing considering for the past two weeks we have been going non-stop. Now, I bet some, if not all (that’s a joke), care about my Britains Got Talent experience, well it's an interesting one. Considering that I only watched one semi final and the finale, I had no idea what was going on and I wasn’t really invested in any acts, that is, until Colin. Colin was the sweetest old man who dedicated his life to fight in the Royal Navy and after he couldn’t be in the Navy anymore all he wanted to do was sing for the queen. Well this already made me cry, then he sang and was amazing, and all of his Navy buddies joined in, and now I’m a mess, and we take a break. Well my heart is racing, I just want one thing in this world and that is for Colin to win and sing for the queen. When we get to the announcement of the final three I sit there hands grasped wondering will he make it and guess what, HE DOES! Now Colin is up against two magicians, you can feel the tension rise as they say who third place is, and guess what, NOT COLIN, then when they announced the winner of 2019 Britain's Got Talent, guess who gets to sing for the queen, IT WAS THE ONE AND ONLY COLIN!!!!!!!! I was so happy for this old man who finally gets to live out his dreams that me, and everyone else in the room screamed for him, I even started crying again! Not to be dramatic but I would die for Colin. Overall, today has just been a good day. One because of COLIN WINNING and two because I just cleaned, did a face mask, ate some Nandos (which is always good), facetimed my dad and dogs (also always good) and hung out with my friends while we watched some Harry Potter, oh and actually got to write a proper blog post, which I love doing. I haven’t been doing much since Bath, but I have still been making memories with the people around me. Get ready for tomorrow’s blog I will be talking about this museum that involves space! (I really love things about space).