It's hard for me to remember I have a blog. That's my excuse for the time in between posts. You can take it or leave it, but it's really true. Plus, I've got a lot of reading to do and it takes me basically a whole day to catch up on just one book so I've been doing a lot (well, I guess not a lot if I'm behind) of that. Also, in my defense, nothing really exciting has happened to me and there's no point in blogging about boring things, now is there? Since I'm going to have a lot after this weekend though, I figured I should document the last week before I have to retell so much information that I might as well put it in a book. Here goes!
Last time I said that Saturday was going to be amazing...I don't guess it was because I have no idea what we did. Ha! Erika doesn't either...so I'm just gonna tell you what I think happened because I'm almost certain it's right. The morning is really a blur, I think we slept in. In the afternoon, we walked to Summertown and went to the grocery store there. It was really expensive and we decided we're never going back to that one again. We got the stuff to make baked potatoes, which I LOVE, and chili, which I'm alright with. Except, Erika got up to get a bowl of chili for herself and me and when she stood up she said, "Oh, Mandy, you would use lamb". Ok, I've got nothing against lamb: but who freaking uses that in a chili without some kind of general consensus that it'd be ok?! I mean, there was absolutely no, "Hey guys, what would you think about lamb chili?" or, "Oh, how about we mix things up a bit?" no, she just made it with lamb! I still ate it, and it was good. it just took me by surprise and now I'm really hesitating before I eat anything she gives me. That's really saying something because she uses a lot of stuff I don't like and I still try to suffer through it most of the time. The mushroom chunks in the spaghetti sauce I could not get over. Blech!
Sunday we were supposed to go to Church in the evening but...that didn't happen. It's hard to motivate myself to go to Church here because every Sunday night we have our own Church service in one of the houses and it's mandatory. Plus with travel breaks it's hard to say where we're going to be on Sunday mornings. I'm working on it though, I like the Churches here and I go on Thursday nights! We used the time we weren't at Church plan our weekend trip to....SCOTLAND! We're staying in Stirling and taking a day trip to Edinburgh which should be fantastic fun. I'm really excited! I did realize though why I was having so many near panic attacks when I was getting ready to leave for England: planning stressed me out! I mean, there's so much to think about! How much time is it going to take to get here, once we're there, how much time are we spending there? How much money is that? How are we getting there? What are we going to see? I mean, I just can't handle it! I want someone else to tell me what's happening and I'll just go along with it! The only problem is, the group I've been traveling with so far is going separate ways for spring break because most of their families are coming. So as of right now, I have no solid plans for Spring Break, and I have no one to plan with! Excellent situation to be in if you ask me. And my roommates and I can't agree/decide on what we want to do during our long breaks or what's going on and it's making me wish I was friends with a travel agent or something that could just do this for me!
Monday and Tuesday were unexceptional days. I just had class and then I was supposed to do homework but I put that off and then I had Ali's for dinner. I know, again? It's so dang good. Then today was a lazy day. I woke up at 12:00 and then had some breakfast, I was on dish duty because I lost rock paper scissors to Erika. Then I read for a while, went to class and then I went and volunteered at one of the local Churches. We have to have 20 hours of community service by the end of the semester and I can get at least 2 a week working to make dinner and serve meals at something called 'Alpha Group' on Wednesday nights! It's really fun and the people are so nice and they're all very interested in 'what exactly I'm doing in England'.
So, that's basically it. We watched Hot Rod tonight. Some of the girls on my floor had never seen it before so we had a little party. It's now 12:30 and despite the late hour of my rising, I'm falling asleep on my Keyboard. Our bus leaves tomorrow night at 10:00 and it's about a 10: hour drive to Stirling...joy! I'll absolutely have more to report on Sunday night when I get back, so just...look forward to that!
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