Guy Fawkes Day Celebration!

This weekend was amazing. On Friday, I didn’t even leave my house. I was doing homework for the better part of the day. So, yay that stuff got done, and boo, that I spent one of my last 40 something days in England inside of my house. So Saturday and Sunday well made up for it. On Saturday, Melissa and I set out early, picking up Jess and walking to the farmers’ market. It’s fun to walk around and try samples and buy fresh veggies and such. Then Melissa and I walked around part of Bath, running a couple of errands, and I bought soap that looks and feels like Jell-O. It seems to be a fad here. And I have to admit, it’s pretty awesome. Then when I got home from all of that, Brittany and I went to the gym and really pushed ourselves. And after shower and dinner, we headed up to the university with the rest of the town, to see the fireworks. It was a national holiday weekend here in Bath, so there was a big carnival with rides and games and carnival food and fireworks. It was FREEZING so we left right after the fireworks, but it was a lot of free fun. Then on Sunday, Melissa and I tried a new church (she attends Catholic mass and I go to the Abbey) called the Central Reformed church of Bath. It was really sweet and everyone was very warm and welcoming to us. They have two pastors, a married couple, and they are from the States. The rest of the congregation is over the age of 60. But it was very sweet and I might go back. Then we did homework and I had another power workout and then we went over to Jess’s house and made dinner with her and Abbey. It was a feast! And then we could walk outside of their house and have a perfect view of the fireworks over the recreation center. TWO nights of free fireworks! I think that’s pretty special.
Today is Oxford day. But I figured out that I can take an even later train and still be on time, so that’s what I’m doing. I’m taking a train, and taking the bus to her house directly from the train station and back again. I won’t even feel like I’m really in Oxford.
This weekend coming up is my trip to Dublin with my Irish lit class…three days in Ireland! I can’t wait. Between now and then I have to do a lot of homework, though. I’m very slow at making progress on rewriting my memoir. I don’t want to make a lot of the changes that my prof wants me to make…but I do want to get a good grade! So I’ll be working on that for hours and hours.
Bath is lovely! I hope you are all doing wonderfully. Don’t be out of touch!