her goal in life was to be an echo

British Word of the Day: sharon fruit - an orange-red fruit that is edible only when ripe. (America's persimmon.) eg: "Don't eat that sharon fruit yet, you'll be poisoned!"

Well, last night after I did my daily blog, we all went out to Chequers. "HISTORIC PUB" it read as I entered the doorway. There was a "poet's bench" though I didn't look closely enough to find out why it was historic, exactly. My pint of Strongbow was too good and the friends were too captivating.

However:

Today I received a different reading list, because they switched my tutor for Victorian literature. To be frank, I was not pleased. But it's not going to be horrible, since I didn't do too much preparatory work for the course. In fact, I should be doing some right now. However, the reading list is a bit up for debate, my tutor said.

The narration and character of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights are the essay topics for next 2,000 word essay due next week Friday. I have a reasonable amount of time to re-read those classics and get to work on an essay, all while going to London this weekend, visiting a baptist church 30 minutes away with free lunch, and going to tons of lectures this week.

This Oxford stuff is crazy business. My sister Reanna joked with me and told me, "You should go sit down in the library and be surrounded by books you know you'll never have time to read." In this city of 11 million books (probably more) reading one at a time is torturous, treacherous, terrible!

I need to make so many adjustments to the way I spend my time, including doing this "daily" blog. (I've already ruined that one, haven't I?)

I'll need support from back home. Emotional and especially spiritual. I obviously can't do anything by myself, and I'll be the first to admit it. Please keep me in your prayers as I go through the semester, and don't forget to write! Message me if you need the mailing address or my e-mail address.

Please pray for: my sanity throughout the semester, my spiritual life to get back on track, the reading to be quick, and my writing to come easy (within reason).

This will be a learning experience of every kind, and I don't doubt that there will be some rough parts, but I pray that I learn from those as much as from the easier parts of the term.

Blessings, and cheers!