My body's too turkeylicious for ya babe
Thanksgiving! Happened! Cooked for my church small group, or at least five of them. My meat thermometer broke within 10 minutes of me taking it out of the package, so I was worried that the turkey wouldn't be cooked all the way, but it was PERFECT, if I do say so myself. Made stuffing and sweet potatoes and green bean casserole and mash and gravy and everything. The turkey was the best part. A couple of the small group girls came over a couple hours before dinner to help cook and set the table, do dishes, mash the potatoes, etc. It was a nice group effort.
The next day, I went over to Martina's and we had a mini-Thanksgiving just the two of us, with a frozen turkey breast, mashed potatoes, and gravy. Her flatmate came home and we all watched a weird British dark comedy.
It was a nice time.
Yesterday I went to a special program at church called "Walk Through The Bible" -- it is a crash course in the Old Testament that aims to make you memorize the books and events of the OT in a short amount of time. It was an all-day thing, but it just flew by. I can now name in order the books of the OT and map the movement of the Israelites complete with place names and books each event were found in and everything. I don't know how long that will last and it is not a very cool superpower, but it was a pretty fun day.
It was also St. Andrew-patron-saint-of-Scotland's Day yesterday and there were a number of events going on around town. A coursemate and I got tickets to a traditional Scottish music concert held in the super fancy muraled be-organed hall that is used for graduations. There were harps, bagpipes, fiddles, flutes, accordions, and concertinas. I want to join a Scottish music troupe. They all have super Scottish names like Callum, Graeme, Ewan, Fiona, and Mairi.
The first semester is already over, though, so I better hop to it. I have so many things I want to do next semester. One is getting a job or internship. I'm also thinking of signing up for a course on illustrated medieval texts... which means I would get to touch all of the old books in the library museum for a reason instead of just being weird.
Before that though, I have two papers. Piece o cake. Maybe.
The next day, I went over to Martina's and we had a mini-Thanksgiving just the two of us, with a frozen turkey breast, mashed potatoes, and gravy. Her flatmate came home and we all watched a weird British dark comedy.
It was a nice time.
Yesterday I went to a special program at church called "Walk Through The Bible" -- it is a crash course in the Old Testament that aims to make you memorize the books and events of the OT in a short amount of time. It was an all-day thing, but it just flew by. I can now name in order the books of the OT and map the movement of the Israelites complete with place names and books each event were found in and everything. I don't know how long that will last and it is not a very cool superpower, but it was a pretty fun day.
It was also St. Andrew-patron-saint-of-Scotland's Day yesterday and there were a number of events going on around town. A coursemate and I got tickets to a traditional Scottish music concert held in the super fancy muraled be-organed hall that is used for graduations. There were harps, bagpipes, fiddles, flutes, accordions, and concertinas. I want to join a Scottish music troupe. They all have super Scottish names like Callum, Graeme, Ewan, Fiona, and Mairi.
The first semester is already over, though, so I better hop to it. I have so many things I want to do next semester. One is getting a job or internship. I'm also thinking of signing up for a course on illustrated medieval texts... which means I would get to touch all of the old books in the library museum for a reason instead of just being weird.
Before that though, I have two papers. Piece o cake. Maybe.