Hustle and Bustle!

March 07, 2020

Hustle and Bustle!

Where's Phil off to tonight?"

"She's going to a dance, and she's got the sweetest dress for it — creamy yellow silk and cobwebby lace. It just suits those brown tints of hers."

"There's magic in the words `silk' and `lace,' isn't there?" said Aunt Jamesina. "The very sound of them makes me feel like skipping off to a dance. And YELLOW silk. It makes one think of a dress of sunshine.

-Anne of the Island

Good Morning! I managed to blog this week's post a day early. This week has had the hustle and bustle of essay writing as well as the hustle and bustle of social doings!

My week started out with the former...I had an essay due this previous Tuesday for Dr. Kershaw, and apparently it’s my best work yet! Which I would like to note, that I wrote most of that essay in 2 hours, when it was due in 4 hours! Despite the stress of writing, I really enjoyed the tutorial, and I had to laugh...at the end Dr. Kershaw talked to me about future plans, and our conversations confirmed so much to me!

He ended the tutorial with him telling me that if I ever needed a reference whether for grad school or a job, he would be happy to give me a reference, and lie and say that I’m a nice person! Ha! He also talked to me about future education as well as a job. He told me that while he knows that a museum would be an obvious position for my degree, was wondering if I had ever considered business or communications for grad school or a job! I actually laughed out loud, not sure how many more times God needs to confirm those options to me! He mentioned that if he hears of a job somewhere, he would like to email me and see if I would be interested. That is astounding, as I don’t even have my bachelors degree!

I still have one more tutorial with him, though it will probably be in April (after the official term ends) as he is traveling right now. Nevertheless, this last tutorial was so neat, and I while I will not miss the endless essays, I will miss our tutorials!

Also on Tuesday, Avrie and I went out in search of finding a dress for her to wear to a jazz dance we had tickets for. We didn’t find a dress, however we did get to explore Oxford a bit more, and finally go to the Covered Market! It was so neat, and if I lived closer I would be going there everyday!

Following our inability to find a dress, out of desperation Avrie tried on my Easter dress, and to our surprise, it fit! Though admittedly it was quite a bit shorter on her...for some odd reason:)

The jazz dance was fun, sadly Avrie and I headed back earlier than our other flatmates, as we had essay to write. Nevertheless, I did manage to drink my first Moscow Mule (which I did like), and we stayed for 2 hours before we called it quits. So I’d say my first “dance” was a success:) Though in all honesty, Avrie and I had more fun taking “prom pictures” than even being there (neither of us actually went to prom, so it was fun).

Thursday night we went to Formal Hall, which I’ll be honest I felt a bit like a Hogwarts student:) I haven’t really felt like an Oxford Student this past term...however standing for the prayer for our meal (it was Latin by the way), dressed in my robes I had a “moment” in which I kinda pinched myself that I was actually there. Formal Hall was an experience I won’t forget, and the food was amazing! Sadly, this is probably the only time I will have gotten to go, you have to book in advance, and this week was the only time we managed to get it booked. Nevertheless, I’m very grateful I got to go once!

Friday consisted of our regular World View class, however because the weather was nice our tutor Kevin took us to Minster Lovell which is part of the Cotswolds, and was absolutely beautiful! See pictures below:)

Well that’s all I have for this week, now back to writing my essay that is due Tuesday morning!

As usual, here’s some pictures.

Cheers!