Oxford, Day 1094

I feel like I have been gone forever. What was I thinking opting for a 6-week program? Perhaps I thought I'd have time for weekend get-a-ways and people to go on them with. Alas, neither has turned out to be true. I also didn't think at all about how un-airconditioned everything would be. I know this is a record breaking summer for Oxford, but as Lisa points out, they really do need to start preparing for global warming. My room has just cooled to 79, but now that I own a fan I have some small refuge. The weather has actually been cool, and by cool I mean neat, today. I woke up at 6:30 because it started pouring outside and my windows were open. There was thunder and lightening. It was great. I called the parental units and we chatted for a while. We actually searched online for dishes for our new beach house. It was sort of cute.

Me: "Hey, go to casual dining, page four and look at the green leaf plates."

Mom and Dad: "ooo, those are nice."

We're a wacky family, I realize, but it works. Then it was all sunny and clear when I went out to get lunch at 1:00. But within 2 more hours it was pouring harder than ever and the sky looked all scary. I had to close my windows because all the crap I have sitting on my sill was getting soaked. I decided it was a good photo-op, so I went out onto our front stoop and took pictures while the thunder and lightening show continued. I do love a good storm. The spiders all appeared a bit concerned, however, and so they crawled this way and that to escape the wind and rain.

Amadeus is coming home today, and so I feel, more than usual, that I want to be going home too. I have exatly 14 days left, and then I'll be on a plane. Yipeee! And then I have a million things to do to get ready for school. Like an idiot I forgot my book and help sheets on how to write good cover letters, and to be quite honest, I haven't really figured out where I want to apply other than Orrick anyway. Perhaps I'll be irresponsible and only apply there. I feel like I have become a little less responsible this summer, but I am sure Jesse and Stephanie would call it a weak attempt. I never did read Sven's paper. Oops. That'll teach him for not giving me a deadline. I need pressure. But not too much, come to think of it. I really hate that all my tutorial papers get written the night and morning before they're due. Apparently I have a B+ or something, but I don't think I have written anything good enough to be a writing sample, which was one of my goals, and now I only have two more tries left. Ug. Good thing I bought myself a jar of nutella to console me.

I have one week left of lectures, and then a weekend to study for my three hour essay exam. I don't know how 5 weeks of class can yield enough info to fill 3 hours, but apparently it is possible. I also have two essay to write in the next 10 days. Great. Just great. I better get my butt in gear and start reading.