WOW!
Okay, so the most exciting part of my day yesterday came on my walk home from church but you’ll just have to read about the beginning of my day first, which was pretty boring, but that’s okay.
I got up and had a granola bar for breakfast. Then I read two speeches on the state of England’s economy that were given at the Bank of England a while ago. They were long but had some graphs thrown in there so it didn’t take too long and they gave me some starting points for my paper, which is good. Then I had tuna for lunch, the guys downstairs were playing video games and then later when I went down to make my supper they were playing again. Just like most American boys.
Kyle called me around 1 and we talked until he had to go to get ready for Andy to pick him up to go see Central’s band somewhere. I had thought about going to a museum at this point, and then decided I wouldn’t have enough time there, so then I was going to try to get out to go to a couple shops, but then realized that they would probably all close around 5 and I would have to spend an hour and a half in Borders, so I read two more articles for my tutorial after e-mailing some people.
Then I headed out for church, stopping by Regent’s to sign up for meals on the way. I had on clothes that were already a littl baggy on me before I left so now they look too big and my hair was being really thin-looking, so I looked pretty bad and I had to laugh at myself. I don’t know what other people thought, but I think I looked like my clothes were about to swallow me. I have to remember to not wear a baggy top with baggy bottoms at the same time. Church was nice, but no music this time so I guess it was just because of the 40 hours thing last week.
After church I stopped in Borders, just because I do that lately. It’s pretty much the only shop that is open past 5 or 5:30. I think in every unfamiliar place I go to, when I’m feeling out of place I find a familiar store there. In New York, it was K-Mart with Amanda Allen because everyone left us when we went to the bathroom. In Athens, it was Starbucks with Melissa because they had food and drinks that were familiar and comforting. And here, it’s Borders because I can wander in there and sit and feel like I’m shopping back home, though it seems a little more crowded all the time, it’s still comforting. So anyway, they were giving out free chocolate so I got a free chocolate bar!! (Exciting thing number 1). I ate part of it on the way home and the rest after I had dinner. Usually I don’t eat chocolate that fast but I haven’t really had any chocolate sort of sweet since I’ve been here.
After I left Borders, I went into Sainsbury’s to see if they had frozen pizzas. I’ve been craving a frozen pizza. They didn’t have any. Sad, but eggs weren’t too expensive so I might start getting some eggs to make myself for breakfasts. Tomorrow, I’m going to go to the apparently cheaper grocery, which is also closer to us than Sainsbury’s (only 0.7 miles away rather than 2), Tesco’s. So maybe they will have frozen pizza or even cheaper eggs.
Then I was walking down the streets, getting ready to go onto Cornmarket, the walking street, and there was a “Moo”ing van!! (Exciting thing number 2). It was painted with spots like a cow and I think it was advertising yogurt, but it definitely was making “moo” sounds like that was its horn instead of a regular horn. It was quite amusing and everyone was looking at it like it was, so it must not have been just a regular English thing. I’m glad I got to see it though. It put a smile on my face for the walk home.
I got an e-mail from Dr. Hadaway that Christa, the other girl applying for senior status at Oxford from G-town, got asked for an interview, so Yay for her!! She’ll go to New York for it and he asked if I had heard anything. I haven’t, though I think she had to have her application in earlier than I did, so hopefully that’s why. I never really considered that I wouldn’t even be asked for an interview, not get accepted, yes, but not even get interviewed, no. But oh well, if I don’t, it just means it wasn’t meant to be and then I won’t have to deal with the stress of going to an interview (I’m not very good at interviews). But we’ll just have to wait and see what happens.
I made some Ramen noodles for dinner and ate the whole pack. Lately, back home I have only been able to eat half a pack of Ramen at a time, but I was really hungry so I ate it all. Then I called my mom, who was looking at pictures and getting ready to scrapbook her England trip with Mrs. Calhoun. I talked to Mrs. C. too. Then I read Hitch Hiker until I got tired, around 11, and then I fell asleep and got up at 2:30 to wash my face and brush my teeth but not write my blog, so here it is now, the next morning.