I'm so busy, my wine glasses are the only clean dishes...

...it's true. I've neglected, or rather put-off, my dirty dishes all week. (Please note the one and only picture of my current situation, coffee in a wine glass.) I don't know how much longer I can go. This morning, having coffee from a wine glass made me feel a bit creative. But more so, I felt a like I was living large...ironically enough, I wasn't living well enough to have washed my dirty coffee cups.

School has been SO busy. I sometimes forget (until this week) that I'm in a MA program, and I'll actually have to write papers, do research and show something for myself. School has been going very well, I've been making many friends (none of whom are from the UK) to keep me social while walking to and from class.

I've attended my second Rotaract meeting last night at the BBar in Victoria Station (an overly-priced, too small restaurant that offers a variety of exported drinks and food.) They meet twice a month, and last night the Westminster Rotaract members had the privilege of hearing myself and two other ambassadorial scholars discuss our origins and the nature of the Ambassadorial scholarship.

I must say, in the most unbiased way, I encouraged each of the members to attend a Rotary meeting and get to know some of the local Rotarians. I was surprised most of them had not done so already.

Another thing I must address that was an err on my part from the last entry, thanks to Mr. Alan Coleman, Eastbourn is NOT in fact East-bound, but rather directly below London. So officially, my trip to the Rotary conference was North-bound to Eastbourne...doesn't make much sense, because almost every place, area, location, street name, has a reasoning behind it (unlike Atlanta, where every corner is named Peachtree.)

Last week, I went to Rotary of Barkingside's meeting because David Wynne-Fitzgerald (or "Fitz" as I later found out) spoke about life in law. I met a few new visitors, said hello to the faith 12-15 that usually attend, and hugged my host, Diane Wynne-Fitzgerald.

Next week, I'll be speaking about my Chrisitan-southern background to Gant's Hill Rotary club. I'm very excited, since I met most of the members at the conference. They've promised me an authentic Indian cuisine, and I'm hoping to not be disappointed.

I apologize for the lack of aesthetics in this post, but truly my life has been spent in the Library or kitchen, and sometimes asleep in bed, for the past few weeks.

I hope to take other pictures as I plan on speaking three more times before December. Wish me luck!