it's me again...

i am so sorry, my faithful readers {mom}, for not posting for so long. i didn't forget you, i just got distracted. for two weeks? wow. sorry. i feel like i'll be leaving a lot out because that's a serious amount of time in the world of blogs. i'll try my best...

so, after travel weekend, we got a new seating arrangement for lectures & i now sit by jamie. you know her, yeah? oh, no? go facebook stalk her or something. we had a lecture the day we got back from edinburgh. we were quite excited to be sitting together. we got a few looks from a member of staff. we quickly learned how to contain ourselves for fear of being moved apart. um... that week is kind of a blur. we, you know, had lectures. & ate meals. & stuff. our seminar on friday was entitled singleness & sexuality. yeah. that was a treat. all that really stuck was that not all of us will get married & that's okay. cool... on friday, we had a volleyball tournament. our team didn't win. & by 'our team', i mean the team for which we were cheering. i don't really do sports... you know. saturday, november fifth was guy fawkes day. click here for more information. emma picked me up in the afternoon & we went to sarah's house. i had told my family that i would skype them when i got there because the internet would be good & we could use video. emma was encouraging me to get online, so i did & enjoyed the spectacularly fast internet for a bit, then i closed my computer in an attempt to be more social.  my family wasn't online so i figured i'd catch them later. i got back on after a little bit for some reason & finally received their call. i got to see their faces & hear their voices & it was amazing. :) i even got to see my aunt denise! mom reminded of the rule that i'm not allowed to fall in love with anyone from a different country. not even canada. i assured her that she had literally nothing to worry about... we talked for a while about life & things & then they broke the most wonderful news in the whole world... they're coming to visit me!!! the day after christmas. for a week! i may or may not have cried. it was lovely. {jamie made the observation that i cry a lot... yes, i do...} we talked more & emma brought me chinese food. andy took the boys to wwe wrestling... yeah... & emma & sarah & i went to a bonfire. when i say 'bonfire', i mean BONFIRE. it was insane. then there were firworks. then we went back to the house & watched the movie something borrowed. i don't really recommend it. i took that time to upload my edinburgh pictures. {you're welcome.} i think i stayed up way too late that night using youtube. i just miss it so much. *tear* then, emma brought me home on sunday. it was a short getaway, but it was good. oh, & we've started exercising somewhat regularly. we do  P90x yoga & kenpo. kenpo is like kick-boxing. it's intense. my roommate has the dvds & we switch between the two. we had a paper due on tuesday so we didn't really do it from about friday... then not again 'til the next firday... we're awesome. we all got our papers in on time though. it was due on tuesday at four. i turned it in at 3:50. woooooooo. success. i had a little trouble typing it because the microsoft word trial had run out & it wouldn't let me type. that was great.... but my momma saved the day & got me the product code & i got it done. i passed my last essay so, fingers crossed for this one. i took a nap after i turned it in. we brain wanted to explode & my eyes wanted to fall out of my head. it was very dramatic. we were pretty lazy the rest of the week. we are planning to be more responsible & not procrastinate so much next time... yeah, that's what they all say... jamie & i have been working on our travel plans for break. she's flying home on the 24th so we have ten-ish days. we had an idea, then changed our minds. then changed our minds again... we are both OBSESSED with pride & prejudice so she came up with the brilliant plan of travelling to the filming locations. yep. we're thinking those places then meeting up with friends in paris. we're still working out the details but that's the basic plan. then, christmas with the talbots & a week with mom & dad. i'm so blessed. :) 

this week's lectures were interesting. one lecturer taught on the sermon on the mount & the other spoke about colossians. i liked the former, but the latter was pretty difficult to follow. i just took a bunch of notes & tried to focus. he had some strong opinions regarding tattoos & yoga. it was interesting. but those lectures are now over. 

i had choir practice on friday. we're singing for some christmas event we'll be having here. it is so great to be singing again. i've missed choir. there was an open mic on friday night. there were some really great singers. no, i didn't sing. it's weird not having my brother here to accompany me...

on saturday, jamie, elyssa, james, david, kwan, & i went to manchester. there was really good shopping. my boots are goners so i got a new pair & some fancy shoes for our upcoming banquet. & a few other things. it was really good shopping. we left here at 10:30 & got back at 8:30. it's about an hour train ride away. it was a long day. jamie sat on my lap most of the way there. otherwise, we had to stand. it was just lovely. we went to starbucks to use the wi-fi. they were playing christmas music & i had the most amazing gingerbread latte. best ever. i'll be dreaming about it. don't judge me. the coffee at school is really awful.

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