Monday-Thursday

Just thought I would post a little blub about my week here in the manor so it doesn't get lost in my future post on our weekend trip to Scotland which a group of 12 of us are leaving for tomorrow morning.


Monday: Monday became my much needed day of rest. I also got a work out in, which by the way for an amazing castle I live in, the workout room is embarrassingly bad


Tuesday: Tuesday was volleyball night... So I thought "oh this will be great I played Sand volleyball at the local VFW a couple times this summer improved my skills slightly, it'll be fun" WRONG WRONG WRONG it was the most miserable two hours here in England yet. Who would have thought it was an actual practice with drills and all, and let me tell you volleyball is not my sport that’s for sure! We'll see if I go back next week… I'm thinking a negative on that one.




Wednesday: We get out of class at noon on Wednesday which is nice to have the afternoon free. We had an all school picture in front of the castle after lunch then Laura Veronica and I headed into town. We are paired up with a family that lives here in Grantham and will be meeting them tonight so it was suggested to get them a gift. After town we played a pickup game of soccer. Just knowing your playing soccer in England makes it that much better. There was about twenty of us that played, no lines, two post (only one with a net) but yet it was so fun! Not to mention our cute, young, British studies professor played with us


Thursday-Tonight: Tonight we meet our Meet-a-Family. Laura and I are sharing a family so far we know their names are John and Jenny and are about young grandparents’ age.  Meet-a-Family is a way for us to really connect with the town of Grantham as well as the locals. It also gives us a change to feel a little bit more at home. Most families have their students over for dinner and invite them into their home often, some will even take them on weekend trips or out to show/dinner. The school will be hosting a "smart dress" dinner with extravagant food and wine again. John and Jenny e-mailed us telling us to bring our "dairies" planner to set up a dinner at their place. Late in the year Laura and I plan on making them some of Laur's famous tator-tot-hotdish... a Minnesota classic!


Friday: Like I mentioned earlier a group of 12 or so of us are jumping on a train and headed to Scotland for the weekend!


Overall Monday-Thursday are pretty regular around here at the manor, you find yourself forgetting you live in one of the greatest places in the UK. I find myself getting homesick during these days. Skype has seemed to help with this but it’s still not the same. I had the chance to Skype with my mom last night/ day for her for 40 minutes and I loved it.


Oh P.S the food here at the manor is bad, bad, bad too, just thought you would want to know