I got my exam results on the 19th via the internet, I attempted to check them at 11pm here because they are supposed to be released at 6am in England, but no luck because the internet refused to work. After constantly trying to find them out it worked 5 minutes before I had to rush to work the next morning. I was pleasantly surprised with some of my results while disappointed with others. I got an A* in Sociology, which is the highest grade possible so I was very excited, a B in English and a C in Photography, which I was not so happy about. However, as dad informs me, my teacher was appalled by this result and felt it an unfair examination (the photo examiner is notoriously harsh). So the school have already signed the folders up to be re-marked by a chief examiner, which is great news. The grades I achieved mean that I can get into any one of the Cultural Studies courses, but I would obviously prefer it higher after all the work I put in.

My closest friends here just left in the past week, we had a big party of people seeing Johanna, Jordan and Emma off, before they drove back to Minnesota. This was a 16 hour drive which seems a minor trip now that everything is so spaced out, unlike in England. People are shocked when they discover I have not been to Scotland or traveled Britain much; I feel I know the landscape of America better than the U.K. Mary also left the next morning with her father, who had flown into Bozeman from New York so that he could drive her back in her car (Ithought this was odd). She also left a $100 tip in her room as she stayed here with her father; unfortunately she was in another cabin area. I swear I have witnessed more people sobbing in this past week than in my entire lifetime, everyone lives, works and eats together so people get very close. I have had to make new friends, most of them internationals.

I went to visit Jen the Housekeeping manager and I discovered that I’m not allowed to be a Truckey either, which she kindly didn’t bother to inform me about; so it’s back to cleaning rooms for now. It is because I am not 19, so by law cannot drive a truck and they need more drivers.