Friday, January 20, 2006
A Bittersweet Moment
All this week I've been desperate to come home. I miss my family. I miss my friends. I'm thoroughly sick of the cold and rainy and gloomy weather. I'm tired and stressed out and cranky from exams.
Today, however, was such a wonderful day that I'm now wishing I didn't have to leave. The weather was PERFECT, the sky cloud-free, the sun brilliantly shining, the air crisp and cool. I took my last trip on the top of a double-decker bus and looked around town one last time, saying goodbye to the fish and chips place with the really nice people that call me 'Love' and always give me extra chips, and the bakery that has the wonderful currant buns, and the park next to the university with the pretty little pond.
I finished packing, said goodbye to all my roommates, and dropped by the Binghams one last time to give them a bunch of leftover food and drink a final cup of tea. Now I'm waiting for Christian Union, where I'll have to say goodbye to another group of good friends. I'm sick and tired of saying goodbye to people.
So I guess this is my last post from England. The four months have flown past amazingly fast. Guess I'll see you guys tomorrow.
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Today, however, was such a wonderful day that I'm now wishing I didn't have to leave. The weather was PERFECT, the sky cloud-free, the sun brilliantly shining, the air crisp and cool. I took my last trip on the top of a double-decker bus and looked around town one last time, saying goodbye to the fish and chips place with the really nice people that call me 'Love' and always give me extra chips, and the bakery that has the wonderful currant buns, and the park next to the university with the pretty little pond.
I finished packing, said goodbye to all my roommates, and dropped by the Binghams one last time to give them a bunch of leftover food and drink a final cup of tea. Now I'm waiting for Christian Union, where I'll have to say goodbye to another group of good friends. I'm sick and tired of saying goodbye to people.
So I guess this is my last post from England. The four months have flown past amazingly fast. Guess I'll see you guys tomorrow.
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Thursday, January 19, 2006
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
The creeping black crud in the shower is gone! Yippee! I can take a shower and actually feel *clean* now.
Doesn't it just figure that the cleaning staff would wait until four days before I leave to finally give the bathroom more than a desultory wiping down?
I just finished my last exam. The first went really well, I think, but I'm worried about the second. Throughout the semester the professor would make little comments like, 'You might want to have an opinion on this subject' or 'I would recommend you read up on this topic'. Silly me, I thought those were suggestions on what I should study for the exam. What a stupid idea! Because of course the exam is going to have NOTHING to do with any of those topics! So I ended up kinda bumbling my way through. I'm pretty sure I passed, but beyond that...
I'll be up at the computer lab for a while longer. Have to finish an essay that's due tomorrow. But it won't be that bad--I managed to write half of it in about an hour and a half of half-hearted work. I actually kind of enjoy the topic: is seventeenth-century Puritanism responsible for the birth of science? Although the essay would be about ONE HUNDRED TIMES cooler if I could find that C.S. Lewis essay about science I know I read several years ago...
I will be home in 54 hours and 18 minutes!
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Doesn't it just figure that the cleaning staff would wait until four days before I leave to finally give the bathroom more than a desultory wiping down?
I just finished my last exam. The first went really well, I think, but I'm worried about the second. Throughout the semester the professor would make little comments like, 'You might want to have an opinion on this subject' or 'I would recommend you read up on this topic'. Silly me, I thought those were suggestions on what I should study for the exam. What a stupid idea! Because of course the exam is going to have NOTHING to do with any of those topics! So I ended up kinda bumbling my way through. I'm pretty sure I passed, but beyond that...
I'll be up at the computer lab for a while longer. Have to finish an essay that's due tomorrow. But it won't be that bad--I managed to write half of it in about an hour and a half of half-hearted work. I actually kind of enjoy the topic: is seventeenth-century Puritanism responsible for the birth of science? Although the essay would be about ONE HUNDRED TIMES cooler if I could find that C.S. Lewis essay about science I know I read several years ago...
I will be home in 54 hours and 18 minutes!
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Sunday, January 15, 2006
I'm back!
Greece was WONDERFUL. We got to see all the major sights: Athens, Corinth, Olympia, Delphi, Mycenae, Epidavros, Nafplio, and so on. I have tons and tons of photos to show people.
This week's going to be insanely busy. I had my last Sunday at Avenue Church today (::sniffles::). Now I'm working on unpacking, doing laundry, and buying groceries--all the getting-back-to-town stuff. Then I need to study for the two exams I have this week and write the essay due Friday. I probably won't be online much this week, so don't worry if I don't update for several days.
It's now T-minus 6 days until I get back to America. See you guys then!
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This week's going to be insanely busy. I had my last Sunday at Avenue Church today (::sniffles::). Now I'm working on unpacking, doing laundry, and buying groceries--all the getting-back-to-town stuff. Then I need to study for the two exams I have this week and write the essay due Friday. I probably won't be online much this week, so don't worry if I don't update for several days.
It's now T-minus 6 days until I get back to America. See you guys then!
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