Meghan P-Smith’s Blog for Friday July 13

It’s transfer day! This means it was a very long and tiring day. Not only did we travel from London to Oxford but we also had our first unit test in the morning. This means that after Sunday, when we hand in our last unit one assignment, our short story, we’re done unit one! This, I feel, is a momenteous cause for celebration. It means that we are now one quarter way through the course, and although it’s sad to think that in three short weeks we will be leaving all the friends we’ve made as well as this beautiful country, it is comforting to know that we will be returning to our families who I know we have all missedao much, and not just because we have to pay for our own stuff over here.

The residence in Oxford we are staying at is beautiful! It has open greens, huge rooms, good food and most importantly for the first time in just over a week fresh air! Although London is beautiful it is filthy! It seems as though everyone in that city smokes! So it is so nice to finally be able to take a deep breath and not worry about lung cancer. The food is also a huge step up on the edible scale which is good since will be eating it for three square meals a day. It’s also good because since we don’t have to pay for meals we have more spending money. Although with an ISU proposal due tomorrow, a short story due Sunday and only more assignments to come, I doubt that we will be getting much shopping done anytime soon.

All in all it’s been a great trip so far and it can only get better.

Meghan P-Smith p.s. Happy Birthday Dad! Hope you have a good one and I’m sorry I’m not there with you!