Epic Fail

Yep, you heard it here. Oxford trip was an EPIC FAIL. Awesome.
So let's recap the day shall we?
First, which wouldn't have been so bad if the rest of the day weren't shit, I woke up at 7 in the AM which is the earliest I've woken up in literally a month, which means I need more to do. And when I walked to the bus stop to check in, it was definitely raining which isn't uncommon in England however, it hasn't legit rained in Preston in days but picks our trip day to unleash. Awesome.
So we get on the bus only to find out that the 143 mile journey will be taking 3.5 hours to drive. Now I know the road system is different here but I can cover 143 miles in 2 hours or under easy. Lol. We are also informed that in England, it is illegal for a bus driver to drive so far without a break so we must take a 30 minute break for him to "rest". Legit. If it were a 8 hour drive, but it's the law, no use fighting it.
So we are 5 minutes from our break destination when the door opens. Now, the bus door isn't like a school bus door, it's a mechanical door so it has to slide out of its spot, out and across to open fully. We assumed that the driver was trying to air out the bus because his window was extremely foggy and you could barely see out of it. Until I smell something burning, like an overworked motor...We find out once we are at the stop that the door opened on its own and that isn't the only problem. The brakes have also gone out. Awesome, right?
So, as we sit in this little coffee shop at this rest area that did happen to have amazing hot chocolate, we sit and chat and talk about how we just straight don't want to go anymore.
2ish hours later, we board the bus to travel 90 more minutes to Oxford. We are beginning to think we are home free when we get on an exit and are waiting to turn but, oh, when the light turns green, guess what bus is stalled on the side of the road? Correct, you are! So as we sit there for 35-45 minutes and ponder our lives, the bus company is sending us another bus to get us into Oxford. This finally happens and we reach Oxford at approximately 3:15 pm. A grand total of almost 4 hours later than we should have.
Now, while in Oxford we managed to see some amazing architecture, because it is literally everywhere you look and happens to be amazingly beautiful, and some gardens and the inside of a Burger King. Other than that, everything we made it to was closed because once we made it through the line at BK, because it was fastest and simplest, and ate it was almost 4 which gave us an hour until stuff closed. Awesome plan to go on a Sunday.
So needless to say we didn't see much. Our time to leave was pushed back until 7, why I do not know considering everything was closed, but apparently it was so that we could have more time to site see. Perfect plan sir. Perfect. So, as we are all gathering to prepare to walk to where the bus is picking us up, we happen to watch an altercation between a 13ish year old boy and an over 30 shop owner who would not give the boy his change, long story, but the interesting part to me is that this shop owner literally grabbed this kid multiple times, grabbed him by the neck as if to choke him 5-6 times and kicked him, yes literally, in the back as he walked out the store and then proceeded to go after him down the street and take the altercation onto the streets. I assumed someone would break up the event or call the police, but to my amazement, not a single sole did. Myself and couple others watched to step in if it got awful but no one ever physically stepped in or called anybody. Had I known what number to call, best believe that man would have been arrested.
So, we finally make it to the bus stop at 6:45 and normally buses are early for things like this so we assumed it would be there shortly. Well, we were wrongo. The bus arrived at 7:45 and we then made our trek home with a 45 minute stop so the driver could "rest".
All in all, we spent 12ish hours on a bus and less than 4 in Oxford. Fucking phenomenal.
However, I did get to know people better and hung out with great people that day, saw some amazing buildings, and did manage to have some good times during the day so I'm chalking it up to experience and leaving it at that. Also, check out my FB quotes section. Mr. Kevin and I added some new ones to that list :) We are catty, but fierce, bitches ;)

Positive-I signed up for spring classes today! Watch out UCM! Ya girl is comin' home!