Scotland here I come!

So, today was spent taking care of business... and goofing off a little bit too.
I went by the American office and found out the Communication ethics class I was wanting to take isn't "running". So, I signed up for Journalism. Am I asking for punishment? Yes. Lots and lots of punishment. With Journalism, Literature Criticism & Theory, Drama in Society, and Visual Culture, my academic plate will be a feast. However, I am very much looking forward to it, but knowing the impending doom of research and homework, I decided to skip over to Scotland for a couple days before school ACTUALLY starts.
I also went and registered with the doctor today. It didn't take long. Everything is public health, so appointments should be made in advance. You are assigned to a GP, but you can see specialists if you make an appointment in advance.
I also went to the grocery store and bought some beef (YES!), cheese, Minestrone soup (which is delicious!!!), and other things. I got back to the flat and went to the American office again to drop off my payment form for the field trips.
Apryl and I are leaving for Scotland tomorrow on Flight 705 to Edinburgh from Gatwick at 14:05. We are coming back on Thursday Oct. 1st on flight 712 from Edinburgh to Gatwick at 19:45. Everything should go peachy. We've booked two beds at the High Street Hostel on Blackfriars Street (ha ha). And all the trains seem to be running in good order. Hooray!
I drew a couple of pictures today, trying to get back into the habit of doing live study and patience work. The one of the fence I like. I tried doing one of the hills, but I got distracted and drew flowers and people instead...
The sunset today was so beautiful! It's as if the vibrant sky reflects the vibrant life beneath it... It was the brightest orange imaginable against the deep blue, pink, and soft gray/purple of the shadowed clouds. I didn't take a picture because I didn't want to stop looking at it. And there was also a bright blue/green in there as well. The clouds made huge hillocks and the sky looked like a landscape within the sky and a sky within a landscape. Awesome in the full sense of the word: awesome.
I took a walk around the field. I like taking little strolls at dusk around the futbol field. It's so calming, but I got cold... I don't know how I'm going to survive in Scotland, but I am sure I will, somehow. I am SO looking forward to going to Scotland!!!
I read in the Metro newspapar (the one that is distributed around the Buses and Trains) about how more single jail cells are being over booked as doubles and doubles, "trebled". Someone who was being interviewed warned against the system becoming more like, "American-style mass incarceration." I was little miffed at this. It makes it sound as if America were some hell-hole infested with criminals and/or and unjust judicial system.
However, they could be right. The point needs more research. I don't know a whole lot about the jail situation in the United States, but I will get to the bottom of it and put the information right (if only in my mind), if it is wrong.
"American-style mass incaceration"... sounds like a restaurant dish or something...
It's been bugging me all day. I read it and said aloud, "Wha-? What is this?" the guy across from me looked up...
This is what you get for reading the papers. They are thought provoking (gasp!).
Anyway, it's almost ten now, and I need to get up early and pack, so I bid you all good night!

Scotland, here I come!

Hannah