Day Fourteen and Fifteen

Sorry I didn't get time to post yesterday.

Tuesday:
I walked around with a few of the girls in the morning and made it to the library around 11. That only gave me about an hour and a half of paper writing time before I had to leave for lunch. But I still got quite a bit written. This is the last assignment and isn't due until the weekend.
I actually got to meet up with two girls from my floor who stayed in London for a week before they head off to Tanzania for the semester: Laura Schmucker and Angela. We ate at the Eagle and Child...my sandwich had three pieces of bread. I'm developing a taste for mayo, not really something I want to like but it's on all the sandwiches here.
Amy and I showed the girls around Oxford all afternoon. We went around to many of the colleges of Oxford and walked around. We have a goal of seeing all 38 before we leave and we are well on our way to achieving that. Amy and I actually snuck into New College. The door was locked but a girl was leaving and held the door open for us, so we went right in. We pretended like we knew exactly where we were going, but we got a bit lost and didn't find anything worthwhile.
Liz fixed us southern fried chicken for dinner. It was nice to have a more American dish.
We had Bible study from 7:30-10:30 last night. I was a bit tired and had a headache so I didn't contribute as much. However, I really enjoy the people and the discussion. It has been great to get involved in something like this; makes us feel like we actually live here.

Wednesday:
Plans changed and we ended up leading the Literary London group from Taylor around this morning. We only had an hour so we took them to Blackwells, the six floor amazing bookstore here. So once again I didn't make it to the library until after eleven and here I am blogging rather than working on my paper.
I plan to spend the afternoon at the library. This assignment is a reflection on my learning throughout the course. It's taking a while because there's so much to say. I was finally sent the grading scheme this morning. Apparently, I am to grade my own work and then she'll grade it and together we'll come up with a grade. I'm not sure how I feel about this. I am used to a much more objective grading system and don't like that I couldn't adjust my amount of time and energy spent during the course since I haven't received any feedback. However, regardless of the grade I am assigned, I learned a great deal and have so much to continue to sort through before I begin teaching.
Tonight the girls are getting back together at Hayley's to finish watching Pride and Prejudice. It should be a lot of fun.