Well I just had a lot written on here and then my mouse moved up to the close button and I lost it all! I guess it wasn't anything important; I just wrote something about my hair looking good and staying up late. Whatever. I'm just having a good hair time (it's not day anymore and who knows what it's gonna look like after I sleep on it) and I wanted people to know. Is that awful? Didn't think so. Anyway, my roommates and I have been told we need to stop being so loud because people are trying to sleep, but Erika 'electrified' herself (electrocuted) and so Mandy and I were laughing at her. A natural reaction! Oh well. Ok, I just caught a glimpse of my hair in my reflection in the window and it looks SO GOOD! Ah, sidetracked...really moving on!
Today marked one week since I arrived in Oxford which really shocked me because I thought it was Wednesday today. I can't tell if it feels like more or less time that I've been here but that may have a lot to do with the sun. It gets dark over here at about 5:00 PM and then by 8:00 I feel like I'm staying up so late into the night! I've started getting up early-ish though so maybe I have the right to go to bed super early. I won't though. I'm trying to hang out with people, so I tend to sit in our kitchen and laugh really loudly until someone comes in to talk to me. It's not really working. But I'm always in there with someone else already so I'm not just by myself laughing, don't you worry.
I had two classes today and then I forced myself to have a good attitude about shopping with Erika and Mandy (both my roommates. Just a recap) before we were supposed to go to a college group at a local church. We went into this store, I don't remember what it was called. It started with an M though. Anyway, Mandy needed to buy some shoes and a backpack and this camping store was recommended to us. So we go in, and the guy that's helping people comes over to us and starts asking what we need and all that, and then he realizes, after about two seconds mind you, that we're Americans! So he starts talking to us about that and he told us all about how he lived in America for 4 years and he's been to all 50 states and all this crazy stuff and so we asked him if he had any travel tips for us for England or Europe. He pulled out this map and a permanent marker and, let me tell you, homeboy filled that map UP with good places. He circled all these cities and told us what was there and told us where not to go and wrote down all these excellent travel sites where we could find cheap travel prices and everything. It was great. We ended up staying in there talking to him for the better part of an hour and we were actually there until after the store closed. It was great. Maybe I'll make friends with my map so I can stop laughing in the kitchen!
We made it to the Church event though. It was 3 pounds for a great dinner and dessert and then worship with a bunch of college, or University as they call it, kids in a gorgeous building. Loads of fun. The main lesson was about Isiah which they pronounce, "I-zy-ah" and it was really good! I guess that makes up for sleeping during the sermon on Sunday. Then after, a bunch of us were going to go to a pub but then the group left 4 of us behind and by the time we finally found the place they'd told us they were going to, they were nowhere to be found. So we just walked back through the town. I think I finally found someone who hates crossing streets nearly as much as I do, though, he's not as dramatic about it. Though, he's not really dramatic about anything. It was really cold outside as we were walking back so we were all walking pretty fast to get back here to the warmth. Then I took a shower and blow dried my hair...which still looks great by the way...and now I'm the only one awake in my room! But I'm the only one that doesn't have class tomorrow so I guess that's alright.
I think tomorrow I'm going to try and find a good bookstore and get a Bible. I have a tiny one but...I just wanna see if they've got a cooler one here. Because, I'm not gonna lie, if my Bible looks boring, I'm less inclined to read it! We'll see. I was talking to some girls today and they were saying how they've already spent about 200 Pounds since they've been here so I got nervous and pulled my money out and realized that I've only spent about 40 pounds. So I feel like I need to get spending! Maybe I'll buy a hoodie tomorrow as well. We'll see. I don't remember where most of the shops are and it's supposed to be cold! My tie-dye hoodie does seem to be getting a lot of attention though: perhaps I'll wear that and just ask people for directions as they're staring at me! Ah, the silver-lining of tourism. Gotta love it!
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