Lazy day

We were planning on going to an Anglican Church on Sunday morning with the group (the nearest Church of Christ is miles away and has 4 members, haha)...but we were so exhausted from the day before that we ended up sleeping in until 1:30 pm. It was wonderful, especially since our bodies hadn't quite adjusted to the drastic 6-hour time change! We are planning to go to a variety of churches in the area, not only to be open to different denominations, but also to learn more about the culture and history of churches in Oxford.

The only thing we had to do all day was a pre-Bible class, Message of the Old Testament, from 4:00-5:30 pm. We don't really have a regular class schedule this semester, since it is interrupted so much with travel breaks, so in order to get in enough hours for our classes we have random classes on a few Saturdays and Sundays. Anyway, this was our first real class in Oxford, and it felt weird to be in a classroom again. It's really nice having the classroom on the 1st floor of our house though because all we have to do is walk downstairs! Great for people who love sleeping in :).

My Bible teacher is Dr. John Willis, and he is such an adorable old man! Very energetic for his age, and just lovable. He's taught at ACU for a long time, and I've always heard great things about him. His teaching style keeps my attention, which is rare for me, haha. In the middle of class, he brought out a huge plate of cookies, and he said he gives out cookies every day in class -- I'm lucky to have him for 2 classes! After this one meeting, I already had homework and a presentation to be working on for the end of the week! I was a little overwhelmed, but I knew I'd have lots of free time.

After class, Courtney and I walked to Summertown for groceries (about a 20 min. walk), although we didn't know if it would still be open by the time we got there. Stores around here close around 6:00 pm, including grocery stores...even Starbucks closes at 7:30 pm (hard to believe since the one in the States stays open until 11:00 pm)! Since our class got out at 5:30, we were hoping we'd have enough time to get food. We did get there just a few minutes before closing, but they were nice enough to stay open until 6:15 for us! We got £30 worth of food (about $60 total) - we were splitting the groceries between us and they would last us about 2 weeks, so we were pretty impressed with ourselves :).

We had peanut butter and jelly for dinner (from our new groceries!) and then we had a group devo at 9:00 pm. Every Sunday night we'll have a devo....it kind of substitutes for chapel on campus at ACU. Afterwards, we went to G & D's again, and I got Greek Yogurt and Honey ice cream! Sooo delicious. They have a Lavender and Honey flavor that I really want to try - it actually has bits of the Lavender flower in the ice cream! I have a feeling this is going to be a favorite dessert spot.

I was planning on going to bed on time (it was already midnight), but since I slept in that day I wasn't too tired....I stayed up until 2:30 am talking to Erin, someone who I'm really looking forward to getting to know better. I knew her last year, but we never hung out or really got to know each other. We talked a lot about people and personalities and middle children (which we both are, haha)....a really interesting and thought-provoking discussion. I guess staying up that late wasn't too smart of an idea, since classes started the next day! But I'll take a good talk over sleep any day :).