Sometimes Plans Change...

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Here's a little something that makes me smile. Mom has a bird feeder right out on the deck. There were some really pretty red-breasted birds out.
This whole week has been rather gray. I completely spaced a homework assignment, tripped over a computer cord at work and nearly did a faceplant. (Disclaimer: I tell you this not to make you feel sorry for me, merely because, in retrospect, I find it quite amusing--the almost-faceplant, anyway).

I also found out that the Photography class I was planning on going on was cancelled. Fortunately, there are still two literature courses offered in Cheltenham, England. So I will still (hopefully, fingers crossed that they recruit enough students) be going to England, just not for photography. But I get to study Shakespeare. So It's still a pretty good arrangement. And I'm pretty sure that with the Lit. classes, I get to go to a play at the Globe Theatre. (I'm actually not sure if its that theatre, I just hope it is). And theatre is not spelled wrong--its the British spelling. You know the saying..."When in Rome..." so, "When in England, spell like the British!"

If worst comes to worst and the trip to England is completely cancelled, then I will be going to Hawaii. In other words, no matter what happens, I AM going to be doing some sort of trip in May. I would much rather study in Hawaii then be stuck in Ohio at Cedarville for a month! And eventually, I will go to England, whether it is this May or in ten years.





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Arielle said…
That's a bummer about the trip. I hope something does work out, though. That would be fantastic. And I like the bird picture, it took me forever to figure out what they were, though. I had to zoom in. lol...
January 21, 2012 at 3:14 PM
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