The past few days have been pretty uneventful for the most part. Wednesday was a work day for me, and so I locked myself in my room and did loads of research and homework for some assignments coming up. Yesterday was a not-so-good day though; I suppose it started out decently enough, but I ended up getting really frustrated in the photo studio (I spent 2 hours setting up a shot, calculating exposure, etc... but when I developed my prints they were all wayy too overexposed, and one was completely out of focus. Coming into the class, I knew it would be challenging because I had never touched film before. I guess it'll just take a lot of trial and error until I get it right. The photo assignment is due in two weeks, so I'm pretty sure I'm going to be stressing out quite a bit until then).
Because I was tired of eating frozen dinners and frozen pizza and takeout food, I cooked spaghetti last night. And even though I only used half the sauce and half the noodles and half the meat I bought at the grocery store, I still ended up with heaps of leftovers. I'm definitely not complaining though; I love having leftovers! After dinner, Storm and I went to the Globe Cafe again and hung out with a lot of the same old folks from last week; it's so nice to surround yourself with fellow believers, because you really start to miss it after a while. I had my first cup of British hot tea (sugar added, of course) and it was a lot better than I was expecting!
After class today, I had to return a bunch of overdue library books and pick up the paper negatives I accidentally left in the photo building. **note to self: don't EVER have an overdue book again, because you're going to have to pay a 20 pence fine each day it's overdue... and don't ever forget your photo negs, because it's a pain walking to Ashburne** Earlier tonight, Ash, Storm, and I went to something called the Christian Union, or CU: it's kind of like the uni's on-campus ministry. I really enjoyed it! I surprisingly knew all 4 songs they played and I met a lot of other Jesus-lovin' English students. They were all amazed with our accents (as most Brits have been that we've encountered) and the guest speaker was good. Sunday we'll be going to the church that hosts the Cafe. I'm finally getting plugged in, hooray!
- Just like we put milk in our coffee, they put milk in their hot tea. I thought it was super weird at first, but once I tried it I fell in love. I'm slowly but surely learning all the quirks of daily life in England -- maybe by the end of the trip I can be a halfway convincing Brit!
- A guy in my photo class was wearing an East Carolina Pirates shirt on Thursday. After I completely freaked out at how small this world is, I found out that a lot of his family is actually from Greenville. What are the odds! It was fabulous and it made my day.
- The English folks replace words that end in -ize with -ise (ex: organize becomes organise, and realization becomes realisation). They also often change -or to -our, such as in "colour" and "humour."
- I heard someone in the back of the bus singing Proud To Be An American, the Star Spangled Banner, and Wagon Wheel. Of course it ended up being another guy from App, but it's always nice to be reminded of home.
Hannah glad to hear you may have found a church you might enjoy while you are away. Your dad took some photos for me to send to a magazine. The church's lighting system is going to be in it. Publisher emailed me and said photos looked great. You will have to show me some tricks when you get back.
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Glad you're getting plugged in to a church, as it makes all the difference - but you already know that of course :) I'll have to try the tea with milk...maybe then i'll actually like hot tea. And last but not least...Go Pirates!!
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