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No longer England Blog August 31, 2008

I think its time my blog at least changes names. I thought about retiring it altogether, but it will still be here, though I doubt I will write in it as much. Usually I wrote in my blog when I was upset, stressed, or less often, exciting about something. Now my life has been full of change, but nothing that different from what everyone else goes through. And I don’t have to depend on the internet to complain about my life or tell my stories. And I don’t have to wait for everyone else gets up because of time differences. Now I have a cell phone to call people and most of the people I talk to are in the same time zone as me. I live a five-minute walk away from Kyle, and I can see my mom within a couple hours if I want. But I have found I’m not nearly as dependent on my computer as I was in England, so I tend to look at my blog less, not that I wrote it in too much even when I was in England.

As a last update on Oxford, here’s a breakdown of my results:
British Politics and Government 61
Microeconomics 68
International Relations 67
Macroeconomics 68.5
Economics of Industry 66
International Economics 63
International Relations in the Cold War 64
Thesis 67.5

(average 65.625)

Above 70 is a first, from 60 to 69 is a 2:1, so I got a solid 2:1. (Of course, my highest mark was in Macroeconomics, the one I liked least.) I ranked 30th in the 2:1s, which I think had 193 students out of 256 PPEists total, though I don’t know how many of those got firsts. So I didn’t do the best, but I did pretty well. And I passed, so I have an Oxford degree, which I’ll officially get in November. Still don’t know if I’m going back for my graduation, depends on money, but we’ll see.

OK, so apparently I think it’s June, not July. July 14, 2008

I move the rest of my stuff (big furniture) July 18 and 19, not June 18 and 19. So next weekend. I would love any help I can get.

I don’t know my individual marks yet… July 10, 2008

But I got a 2:1 overall on my exams. Sarah wrote me and told me. It’s the second highest mark. Would have rather had a first, but that’s okay.

Want to help me move? July 9, 2008

The evening of Friday, June 18, and the morning of Saturday, June 19, my friend Alice will be bringing her brother’s big truck with some of my big furniture that she’s been keeping for me. It’s not a lot of stuff, just pretty big and sometimes heavy, and we don’t have a lot of manpower as of now. If you might be able to help, I’ll buy you pizza. E-mail me at caitlan.adkins@gmail.com.

Got an apartment! July 8, 2008

This morning I called my new landlady, Susan, and told her I wanted to rent from her. I talked her down a little bit as long as we take care of the backyard, which is small and fenced-in. At least, I think we take care of the yard. But she did drop down. It’s with all utilities, including cable but not internet.

It’s on 6th Street, backs up to the alley that St. James backs up to. So we’re close to Kyle and close to Central Park, with tennis courts and Shakespeare in the Park in summer. In the back, there’s a garage with a small garage door at the alley. Susan said we can use the garage for storage, but the door is small so we might want to park on the street. And Susan is really cool. She lives in the house, which will be good in case anything goes wrong. She’s really nice. And she loves me. It’s a second-floor apartment, with a separate side entrance for us. It has a big kitchen, which is painted yellow and red. She said she would repaint it if we wanted, but I sort of like it, so I think I’ll tell her to keep it. We don’t have a dishwasher, but we do have washer and dryer hook-ups. I’m working on getting us an old washer and dryer. If anyone knows of one I can get for free, let me know. It’s 1.5 bathrooms. One shower in a big bathroom, and then a toilet and sink in the room with the washer and dryer. The bedrooms are a little small and don’t have closets, but there’s a walk-in closet next to the bathroom that Christi and I will share. It’s hardwood floors everywhere. The living room has an old fireplace that doesn’t work anymore, so it’s just decoration. And the two bedrooms have a connecting door, so we can barge into each other’s rooms without even having to go into the hallway.

So that’s the layout. About the house in general, which was built in the 1800s. It supposedly used to be haunted. Last year it was on the Old Louisville ghost walk, and it’s in Kyle’s Ghosts of Old Louisville book. In the 1920s, a little girl who was living there ran out into the road and got hit by a car, and people said they had seen a little girl in a white dress standing on the stairs in the main part of the house (we’re not in that part, we’re in the back). And there were other little weird things, like things disappearing, but Susan said all of it has stopped since they had a bunch of construction done on it. So shouldn’t be any weird stuff, but we can still brag about it.

I’m going to start moving in this weekend hopefully. My mom and I went and saw it and dropped off a check and got keys. Yay!! I’m really excited!