Well I definitely like my grandma’s lemon meringue pie better
I meant to get up early this morning and I woke up at 7 when Kyle messaged me because he was going to bed but he didn’t think he would wake me up if I was asleep. I woke up but then I fell back to sleep. Then my alarm went off at 8 so I turned it off and rolled back over, which I usually do, but usually I wake up again around 8:15 or 8:30. I didn’t wake up again until 9:10! Which I know that isn’t that late for some people but it’s sleeping in for me. But nothing disastrous came of it so it was okay. In the morning, I got an introduction paragraph and my works cited page done for my paper. Then I read the globalization book until time to go to lunch. Marshelle and I walked over together and it was extremely windy. I think it almost knocked me over a couple times. But it actually wasn’t too cold, in the 50s, which apparently it is colder over there in Kentucky. Crazy how this weather works. I thought I was supposed to be freezing all the time over here, but I’m sure it will get cold here too eventually. I forgot to see where my seat was for Sleeping Beauty so Ruth and I are going to postpone going to the box office to get her ticket until tomorrow.
Lunch was good, the salad bar and jacket potato. And then they had extra dessert so I had apple crumble with custard for dessert, which was pretty good. After lunch I went up to Regent’s library and started on my paper. I was using four sources as I went and I got through two sources, then took a break by reading the globalization book. Ruth came up to read also so we were both sitting there reading and we could hear the wind outside. It was crazy. Then I got through another source before I had to go to the Christianity and Culture lecture. So tomorrow, I have one more source to get through and then a conclusion. Then I’ll just have to revise.
Before the lecture, I ran up to check my mail and I had a package so I went to go get it before the office closed. It was from Kyle’s mom, which was very nice. Yesterday, I got a letter from Kyle’s grandmother, which I think I forgot to mention. It had gotten somewhat lost in my pigeon hole (I share it with the other G-town students) but Marshelle had seen it last week so she brought it down to me because she thought I might not have seen it. It was a very nice letter and really sweet. Good to get things in the mail, which by the way, Regent’s is probably the best address to send things to rather than Stanley Rd. I think. I didn’t get to open my package until I got back to the house because I had to get to the lecture.
The lecture was really good. It was on visual art and Christianity and it was given by the Bishop of Oxford of the Church of England, who actually had just announced his retirement earlier that day or yesterday. He was quite interesting. His slides of the art he was showing must have gotten mixed up somehow because they were not in the order that he had thought they were. At one point, he had just changed slides, and he said, “Now this is extraordinary,” (I’m expecting him to say something abour this amazing art work), “how we got to this slide at this point.” But he made the order work so it was still a good lecture. Dr. Rob Ellis, who was the guy who came over to Georgetown to interview students before they could be accepted to study at Regent’s for a term, sat next to me and we talked a bit before the lecture.
Afterwards, Kyle Potter led a discussion on the lecture for students. It turned out the only students who really came to the lecture were Marshelle, Luke, Rhys, and me so we were the only ones at the discussion too. I didn’t really talk, but then I never really do in that kind of setting, so we just discussed things about art and religion and then went down to dinner. I think dinner might have had tofu in it. It was a cooked zucchini cut in half with a layer of something on top, which I think was scrambled tofu and chickpeas. There were also potatos, carrots, and cauliflower with some sort of sauce on it. I ate pretty much all of it, plus the starter of hard boiled eggs and some bread. Then dessert was lemon meringue pie. I guess all their meringue things are hard and crispy on top, which I don’t think I like that much. My grandma’s lemon merignue pie has soft meringue and more sugar I think because it’s not as sour. Of course, I guess I shouldn’t be comparing my grandmother’s food with cafeteria food. I ate about half of my dessert and then Marshelle and I walked back to Stanley Rd.
The walk definitely goes quicker with someone to talk to. When I got back I opened my package. It had a nice little book and tea and lots of food, including Halloween stuff like candy corn and little jack-o-lantern napkins. Yay! It was really nice and made my day. Very exciting to get a package and now I have extra snack food for those of you worried about my weight. I will reiterate though, that I think I have stopped losing weight and have stabilized and I may even gain some weight back before I return.
So anyway, I talked to Kyle for a bit and then my mom and then Kim and Lee. Got an e-mail from Christi and Brendan. And now I guess I might read for a bit and maybe make a mug of tea before I go to bed. I’ve been drinking tea a lot since I’ve gotten it, and I’ve even been doing it the British way with milk and sometimes sugar (normally I drink it just plain). Well today was just another ordinary day, well not ordinary because I had extra things to do, but nothing too exciting besides my package, which was exciting. Okay I’m going to stop writing now.