I overheard my supervisor say to a colleague today, "sounds like she (a client) has her knickers in a bundle!"
--HEHEHEHEHEHE!!!!! I laughed and told my supervisor I knew what that meant!
My brother used to tell me all the time, "Hannah, don't get your panties in wad."
Meaning, don't get all worked up, agitated, worried, stressed out about nothing.
Friday, February 26, 2010
The art of "Hot Desking"
As with most social services, there is always more needs than resources will provide for.
Well, on the Ashford team there is a great need for desks. However, there is no money to buy more desks nor space to place desks.
Instead, we play "hot desking." It's like a game, really. I am "assigned" a "base desk" to "share" with another coworker. But actually, anyone uses whatever desk in the office is open when you walk in. I have yet to sit at "my" assigned desk.
I think I will start keeping score soon. A point will be given whenever someone actually sits in the desk they are assigned. Whoever has the most points after a few weeks will WIN!!! HECK, I think I will even celebrate the first time I actually sit at "my" desk. :)
Just to give you an idea of what I am talking about. I counted today. There are 30 desks in the main area of the office. (I will take a picture one day soon...it is a really small office), 2 desks in a nice quiet corner of the office, 2 desks in one attached office (with a door!), and 1 desk in another attached office (with a door). Desk count = 35.
Number of Ashford Duty/Long Term team social workers/social work assistants/supervisors/secretaries/district managers that I counted from a list today = 53! (I don't think this number includes the 4 social work students).
"Hot Desking".....I better learn the art of this game QUICK! :)
Well, on the Ashford team there is a great need for desks. However, there is no money to buy more desks nor space to place desks.
Instead, we play "hot desking." It's like a game, really. I am "assigned" a "base desk" to "share" with another coworker. But actually, anyone uses whatever desk in the office is open when you walk in. I have yet to sit at "my" assigned desk.
I think I will start keeping score soon. A point will be given whenever someone actually sits in the desk they are assigned. Whoever has the most points after a few weeks will WIN!!! HECK, I think I will even celebrate the first time I actually sit at "my" desk. :)
Just to give you an idea of what I am talking about. I counted today. There are 30 desks in the main area of the office. (I will take a picture one day soon...it is a really small office), 2 desks in a nice quiet corner of the office, 2 desks in one attached office (with a door!), and 1 desk in another attached office (with a door). Desk count = 35.
Number of Ashford Duty/Long Term team social workers/social work assistants/supervisors/secretaries/district managers that I counted from a list today = 53! (I don't think this number includes the 4 social work students).
"Hot Desking".....I better learn the art of this game QUICK! :)
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Same language, COMPLETELY different words
I am not kidding when I say that the English use completely different words than we do in the US. I find myself saying HUH? or listening very carefully to hopefully understand a word using context clues (glad I learned this skill in elementary school). Interestingly, this happens in EVERY conversation I have.
I have already listed some word differences in previous posts, but am going to keep a running list here:
fortnight = two weeks
abscond = run away (do we use abscond in the US? I have NEVER heard this word and was in a meeting about a client who always "absconding," and thought "what the heck is absconding." This is one example in which my context clues trick prevented me from looking like an idiot).
nappy = diaper
buggy = child's stroller
holiday = vacation (I have 4 pro-rated holiday days to use before the end of the "year," which is March 31st. That means I can either go on a 4 day vacation in the next few weeks or roll them over to for next "year" which starts April 1st. If I do that, I will have 29 holiday days for next year!!!! Thats almost 6 full weeks people!!!!
dairy = schedule/planner
lovely, brilliant = great (I PROMISE one of these words are used as a filler word/response-every other word. Therefore, you hear these two words 8 to 10 thousand times a day)
Cheers! = Thanks! (and its not only used for a goodbye "cheers," but for like opening the door for someone or grabbing someone some tea, etc)
Cheeky = loosely translated to mischievous
ADDED 2/25/10
on a tag = house arrest (you know with the attractive bracelet attached to your leg)
primary school = 5-11 y/o school
secondary school = 12-16 y/o school
college = school a teenager attends after secondary school if he/she wants to. Can either get a technical certificate (ie: mechanics, cosmetology, etc) or take courses needed to transfer to university
"uni"/university = college
more to come as I continue to say HUH? (sideways head tilt) in England....
I have already listed some word differences in previous posts, but am going to keep a running list here:
fortnight = two weeks
abscond = run away (do we use abscond in the US? I have NEVER heard this word and was in a meeting about a client who always "absconding," and thought "what the heck is absconding." This is one example in which my context clues trick prevented me from looking like an idiot).
nappy = diaper
buggy = child's stroller
holiday = vacation (I have 4 pro-rated holiday days to use before the end of the "year," which is March 31st. That means I can either go on a 4 day vacation in the next few weeks or roll them over to for next "year" which starts April 1st. If I do that, I will have 29 holiday days for next year!!!! Thats almost 6 full weeks people!!!!
dairy = schedule/planner
lovely, brilliant = great (I PROMISE one of these words are used as a filler word/response-every other word. Therefore, you hear these two words 8 to 10 thousand times a day)
Cheers! = Thanks! (and its not only used for a goodbye "cheers," but for like opening the door for someone or grabbing someone some tea, etc)
Cheeky = loosely translated to mischievous
ADDED 2/25/10
on a tag = house arrest (you know with the attractive bracelet attached to your leg)
primary school = 5-11 y/o school
secondary school = 12-16 y/o school
college = school a teenager attends after secondary school if he/she wants to. Can either get a technical certificate (ie: mechanics, cosmetology, etc) or take courses needed to transfer to university
"uni"/university = college
more to come as I continue to say HUH? (sideways head tilt) in England....
Monday, February 22, 2010
why am I not on this team?
Two of my new roommates are on the Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children Team.
Tonight, one told me a story her coworker told about two children that chose not to follow through with a terrorist mission and fled their country because they realized that the Qur'an did not promote hurting innocent people. Humdulillah!
Again, why am I not on this team? THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO. And, whats worse is that some new Americans would rather be on my team rather than this team. UGH.
I'm praying that at some point in the next two years, I can switch to UASC. Feel free to pray with me too....hopefully for the switch soon rather than later. Ahhh, I need to pray for patience and diligence too because I have this desire not to get too involved on my current team, because I want to switch to the other one SO BAD.
Tonight, one told me a story her coworker told about two children that chose not to follow through with a terrorist mission and fled their country because they realized that the Qur'an did not promote hurting innocent people. Humdulillah!
Again, why am I not on this team? THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO. And, whats worse is that some new Americans would rather be on my team rather than this team. UGH.
I'm praying that at some point in the next two years, I can switch to UASC. Feel free to pray with me too....hopefully for the switch soon rather than later. Ahhh, I need to pray for patience and diligence too because I have this desire not to get too involved on my current team, because I want to switch to the other one SO BAD.
"Hannah, where are you from in the US?...."
-----....."Texas!"
"Are you really religious?"
-----(think fast, think fast) "what makes you ask that?"
"I heard that Texas is a really religious state."
-----"It is apart of the Bible belt."
...............
...............(a few minutes later)
...............
"Hannah, you dodged that question really well."
-----(smile and nod)
Intro to day one on the job. People ask the darnest things. No matter if I had said yes or no, I could have negatively impacted this professional relationship. Instead, I chose to the prescribed social work thing and avoid answering personal questions. Sometimes I hate this, but either way, my definition of "religious" was not the ladies' connotation of "religious." It was not the time nor place to go into details either.
Other than that, I received a file full of cases today. Here's to diving in head first.....
"Are you really religious?"
-----(think fast, think fast) "what makes you ask that?"
"I heard that Texas is a really religious state."
-----"It is apart of the Bible belt."
...............
...............(a few minutes later)
...............
"Hannah, you dodged that question really well."
-----(smile and nod)
Intro to day one on the job. People ask the darnest things. No matter if I had said yes or no, I could have negatively impacted this professional relationship. Instead, I chose to the prescribed social work thing and avoid answering personal questions. Sometimes I hate this, but either way, my definition of "religious" was not the ladies' connotation of "religious." It was not the time nor place to go into details either.
Other than that, I received a file full of cases today. Here's to diving in head first.....
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Around the roundabouts and through the rain…
I visited my first UK church this morning in Maidstone. I found this church by googling churches in Maidstone and then weeding out ones of certain denominations, ones that did not include a belief statement on their websites, and ones with loose or fishy doctrine. I was excited to check out the one church that withstood the selection process. Plus, I read that this church desires to be an equipping center to send believers to the nations and is highly involved in the local community…all things I strongly support!
Since, the bus near my hotel does not run on Sundays, I mentally prepared myself last night to make the 2ish mile walk into town. Sadly, it decided to rain this morning, so I had to make the trek in the cold rain accompanied my rain jacket, gloves, umbrella, earmuffs, and rain boots. I’m sure I was a site to see, especially since no one else on the walk used an umbrella and people barely covered their heads around here. Just another day in England for these Brits, until they pass the crazy American all decked out like the Flood in Genesis was expected or something.
I google mapped walking directions and had my faithful copy of a terrible map of Maidstone with me on the journey. Here’s something to think about though….left and right is all relative in a roundabout….even if you’re walking. No matter which “exit” you take off a roundabout, your car is still veering left, but some exits are known as a right turn. WHAT?!?!? I decided to ignore the lefts and rights mentioned on googlemaps because my terrible maps showed one straight road, which had four name changes (I’m beginning to think that most things British are roundabout and complicated). I did make it to the church after about a 45-minute walk, 3 roundabouts, 1 wind sucking umbrella mess, and several glances back to the directions and map. Whew...look at what a girl’s got to do for a little community on a Sunday morning in Maidstone.
The door greeter, Laurie, was super welcoming and quickly realized I was not from here. What a big change attending a church of about 200 compared to Austin Stone’s thousands. Everyone knew I was new. But sweet Laurie pointed me to sit with one of her roommates, which I did. After a long period of announcements, the worship team played some songs. One that really spoke to me today was Awesome is the Lord Most High by Chris Tomlin (an added plus was that he used to play at Austin Stone before my time, but it still reminded me of the Stone). Here are the lyrics:
Great are You, Lord
Mighty in strength
You are faithful
You will ever be
We will praise You
All of our days
It’s for Your glory
We offer everything
Raise your hands, all you nations
Shout to God all creation
How awesome is the Lord most high
Where You send us
God, we will go
You’re the answer
We want the world to know
We will trust You
When You call our name
Where You lead us
We’ll follow all the way
We will praise You together
For now and forever
How awesome is the Lord most high
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
How awesome is the Lord most high
(google it if you want to actually hear it)
Anyways, the verses “Where You send us; God, we will go. You’re the answer; we want the world to know. We will trust You when You call our name. Where You lead us, we’ll follow all the way. “ really impacted me today. If you’ve heard me significantly talk about this move to England, I don’t really know why God has sent me here. England is not a country I desire to do ministry in. And, my specific social work job is one of the only social work jobs I said I would never do in the states. So, why England? I don’t know. But, I said yes when God decided to send me, because I want the world to know Him, and I trust Him as he calls my name that He will lead me while I am here and I desire to follow His way. Thank you Chris Tomlin for these lyrics and thank you Lord for their significant impact in me.
After worship, the main speaker asked people to share testimonies of what God has been doing in them or through them over the last few months. It was awesome to hear numerous ways in which God is at work here in tiny little Maidstone as similar to large Austin, TX and the US.
The pastor spoke about being the light of the world, and went through a bunch of fairly well known verses talking about light. At one point, he said that when we are immature light we need to be with other light to be restored and refined, and as we continue to mature we are put into darkness, so that we can be the light. I can see this pattern in my life---so hello dark and cloudy England.
I also love when I am reminded that God does not have a plan B. Jesus was the original plan and the kingdom of God is being restored as I write this and the words of Revelation (and the entire Bible) promise this. I find great hope in Jesus’ return and find myself doing crazy things like moving to England to help expedite the process. ☺
At the end of service, we had tea (oh the English and their tea…). I met the two other Americans that go to the church; one from DC, the other from Atlanta. The DC girl, Selena, is apart of the Year of Training program through the church studying theology. The Atlanta girl, Ida, also did that program and is about to marry a South African man she met here in a few weeks. Both girls have adapted a lot of British vocabulary with their American accent….makes me laugh. Oh the church is super diverse and there were a lot of people from South Africa and Zimbabwe, and a girl from Belgium that I met.
After church, I went to lunch with Laurie, the one that greeted me at the door, and another girl, Suzie. It was really nice. We discussed American and English Christianity, the Bible Belt, and other stuff like the capitol of Texas is Austin (the important things!). Suzie also dropped me back at the hotel so I thankfully did not have to walk back around the roundabouts and through the rain.
It was definitely great to be around believers again after these past two weeks.
Since, the bus near my hotel does not run on Sundays, I mentally prepared myself last night to make the 2ish mile walk into town. Sadly, it decided to rain this morning, so I had to make the trek in the cold rain accompanied my rain jacket, gloves, umbrella, earmuffs, and rain boots. I’m sure I was a site to see, especially since no one else on the walk used an umbrella and people barely covered their heads around here. Just another day in England for these Brits, until they pass the crazy American all decked out like the Flood in Genesis was expected or something.
I google mapped walking directions and had my faithful copy of a terrible map of Maidstone with me on the journey. Here’s something to think about though….left and right is all relative in a roundabout….even if you’re walking. No matter which “exit” you take off a roundabout, your car is still veering left, but some exits are known as a right turn. WHAT?!?!? I decided to ignore the lefts and rights mentioned on googlemaps because my terrible maps showed one straight road, which had four name changes (I’m beginning to think that most things British are roundabout and complicated). I did make it to the church after about a 45-minute walk, 3 roundabouts, 1 wind sucking umbrella mess, and several glances back to the directions and map. Whew...look at what a girl’s got to do for a little community on a Sunday morning in Maidstone.
The door greeter, Laurie, was super welcoming and quickly realized I was not from here. What a big change attending a church of about 200 compared to Austin Stone’s thousands. Everyone knew I was new. But sweet Laurie pointed me to sit with one of her roommates, which I did. After a long period of announcements, the worship team played some songs. One that really spoke to me today was Awesome is the Lord Most High by Chris Tomlin (an added plus was that he used to play at Austin Stone before my time, but it still reminded me of the Stone). Here are the lyrics:
Great are You, Lord
Mighty in strength
You are faithful
You will ever be
We will praise You
All of our days
It’s for Your glory
We offer everything
Raise your hands, all you nations
Shout to God all creation
How awesome is the Lord most high
Where You send us
God, we will go
You’re the answer
We want the world to know
We will trust You
When You call our name
Where You lead us
We’ll follow all the way
We will praise You together
For now and forever
How awesome is the Lord most high
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
How awesome is the Lord most high
(google it if you want to actually hear it)
Anyways, the verses “Where You send us; God, we will go. You’re the answer; we want the world to know. We will trust You when You call our name. Where You lead us, we’ll follow all the way. “ really impacted me today. If you’ve heard me significantly talk about this move to England, I don’t really know why God has sent me here. England is not a country I desire to do ministry in. And, my specific social work job is one of the only social work jobs I said I would never do in the states. So, why England? I don’t know. But, I said yes when God decided to send me, because I want the world to know Him, and I trust Him as he calls my name that He will lead me while I am here and I desire to follow His way. Thank you Chris Tomlin for these lyrics and thank you Lord for their significant impact in me.
After worship, the main speaker asked people to share testimonies of what God has been doing in them or through them over the last few months. It was awesome to hear numerous ways in which God is at work here in tiny little Maidstone as similar to large Austin, TX and the US.
The pastor spoke about being the light of the world, and went through a bunch of fairly well known verses talking about light. At one point, he said that when we are immature light we need to be with other light to be restored and refined, and as we continue to mature we are put into darkness, so that we can be the light. I can see this pattern in my life---so hello dark and cloudy England.
I also love when I am reminded that God does not have a plan B. Jesus was the original plan and the kingdom of God is being restored as I write this and the words of Revelation (and the entire Bible) promise this. I find great hope in Jesus’ return and find myself doing crazy things like moving to England to help expedite the process. ☺
At the end of service, we had tea (oh the English and their tea…). I met the two other Americans that go to the church; one from DC, the other from Atlanta. The DC girl, Selena, is apart of the Year of Training program through the church studying theology. The Atlanta girl, Ida, also did that program and is about to marry a South African man she met here in a few weeks. Both girls have adapted a lot of British vocabulary with their American accent….makes me laugh. Oh the church is super diverse and there were a lot of people from South Africa and Zimbabwe, and a girl from Belgium that I met.
After church, I went to lunch with Laurie, the one that greeted me at the door, and another girl, Suzie. It was really nice. We discussed American and English Christianity, the Bible Belt, and other stuff like the capitol of Texas is Austin (the important things!). Suzie also dropped me back at the hotel so I thankfully did not have to walk back around the roundabouts and through the rain.
It was definitely great to be around believers again after these past two weeks.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Me Time!
Today, I spent the day with myself.
For an extreme extrovert, it is sometimes hard for me to tell when I truly need some massive alone time, but towards the end of this past week, I knew it was time.
Most of the 27 Americans moved out of the Hilton into their new accommodations on Thursday and Friday, but there have been some logistical complications with my housing; so myself, and the 3 roommates are still living in the hotel. The masses of the group decided to meet up in London this weekend to spend the night on the town. I, however, had no desire to go out, be around a lot of drinking, nor have to find/and pay for a place to spend the night since the train home ends at midnight; and I want to attempt to go to a church in Maidstone in the morning.
A PERFECT ME DAY! :)
I had breakfast with my roommates before they left for London. Then I rode the bus into Maidstone town center to hang out. I had a copy of a map and wanted to branch out of the main few streets I have grown comfortable with to see if I could find my way to the movie theater and the church I want to attend tomorrow. Since I was a little early for the movies, I walked across the river to the larger shopping stores like Asda (Walmart), HobbyCraft (Hobby Lobby), B & Q (Home Depot), and TK Maxx (TJ Maxx). I stopped in Asda to see what an English Walmart was like (no judgements anti-Walmart friends (JOY)). It was way nicer than Walmart in my opinion.
On the way out, I asked the security man to point me in the direction of the Odeon Theater. He pointed me back across the river and through the streets. These directions confused me because I thought the theater was somewhere on the side of the river I was on. Instead of following my gut and my excellent map navigation skills, I went with his word and crossed back over the river toward the direction the security guard led. Along the route, I saw a tourist sign for a Amphitheater and realized that the security man probably got lost someone in my accent and was sending me to the wrong place. I decided to turn around and find my own way --- which successfully landed me at the movie theater on the side of the river I originally thought it was on.
I planned to see Valentine's Day--which a bunch of the American group saw last weekend. I've only been to one other movie by myself, and was semi-exicted to do it again. However in England, or Maidstone at least, when you buy a movie ticket you are given a seat number, and the staff look at your ticket and direct you to your seat. I was placed in the middle of a pair of English pre-teen girls and another pair of English late teen girls. GREAT! My solo movie adventure put right me in the middle of British strangers. I felt like a loner. :(
I loved the movie though. I also appreciated being able to laugh a few times at American jokes that the English crowd did not get. I also wanted to yell "YAY Texas" when one of the actors referred to something as the size of Texas, but I thought it was a little too much for my stranger neighbors to handle. Besides, they did look at me funny when I laughed at the jokes they did not get. The girls to my right really liked the accents of the American school children in the movie. It reminded me of myself loving the British accents of the little girls in The Holiday.
I have realized over the past few days just how influential American is when it comes to pop culture. Everywhere I go....ie the hotel and shops --- American music is playing. Also, almost all the movies playing in the theater were American blockbusters. Half of the TV stations on my hotel room TV play American shows --- (I have been so thankful for the opportunity to watch Friends on a daily basis). It is weird. I can't decide whether I should think that England is obsessed with all things American, or if the US is just so dominate that it pushes its way into English life. hmmm.....
Towards the end of the movie, I forgot I was in England. So, when I left the theater, I was pretty sad thinking that I don't know when I will be in Texas again (it was kind of a scary, weighty thought) and I don't have any real friends here yet (besides the Americans, I guess). :( I will be glad to finally move in and begin to develop a routine.
I spent the rest of my town venture shopping around the "high street" -- mainly window shopping, but I did finally buy a world travel adapter pack for my mac at the fake apple store. It makes me laugh every time I say something and catch a store clerk off guard with my "accent." I usually get a really confused look for about two seconds, and then huh?, followed by me smiling and repeating my question.
I also headed the direction of the church, but never actually made it because it started to get dark. Hopefully, I will wake up in time to walk the 2 miles and actually find the church from the hotel, since the buses do not run on Sunday.
Oh random note.....everything closes SO EARLY here...like 5:30! All the shops on the high street, all the stores in the mall, everything. Maybe it is because it gets dark earlier. Thats okay because I had to catch the last bus back by 6:30.
The rest of the night I scrounged up some dinner in my room, watched part of Mona Lisa Smiles, fell asleep at 7:30, and then woke back up to find directions to church, and write this blog post :).
I have a few pictures to post to this blog post, so look back later.
For an extreme extrovert, it is sometimes hard for me to tell when I truly need some massive alone time, but towards the end of this past week, I knew it was time.
Most of the 27 Americans moved out of the Hilton into their new accommodations on Thursday and Friday, but there have been some logistical complications with my housing; so myself, and the 3 roommates are still living in the hotel. The masses of the group decided to meet up in London this weekend to spend the night on the town. I, however, had no desire to go out, be around a lot of drinking, nor have to find/and pay for a place to spend the night since the train home ends at midnight; and I want to attempt to go to a church in Maidstone in the morning.
A PERFECT ME DAY! :)
I had breakfast with my roommates before they left for London. Then I rode the bus into Maidstone town center to hang out. I had a copy of a map and wanted to branch out of the main few streets I have grown comfortable with to see if I could find my way to the movie theater and the church I want to attend tomorrow. Since I was a little early for the movies, I walked across the river to the larger shopping stores like Asda (Walmart), HobbyCraft (Hobby Lobby), B & Q (Home Depot), and TK Maxx (TJ Maxx). I stopped in Asda to see what an English Walmart was like (no judgements anti-Walmart friends (JOY)). It was way nicer than Walmart in my opinion.
On the way out, I asked the security man to point me in the direction of the Odeon Theater. He pointed me back across the river and through the streets. These directions confused me because I thought the theater was somewhere on the side of the river I was on. Instead of following my gut and my excellent map navigation skills, I went with his word and crossed back over the river toward the direction the security guard led. Along the route, I saw a tourist sign for a Amphitheater and realized that the security man probably got lost someone in my accent and was sending me to the wrong place. I decided to turn around and find my own way --- which successfully landed me at the movie theater on the side of the river I originally thought it was on.
I planned to see Valentine's Day--which a bunch of the American group saw last weekend. I've only been to one other movie by myself, and was semi-exicted to do it again. However in England, or Maidstone at least, when you buy a movie ticket you are given a seat number, and the staff look at your ticket and direct you to your seat. I was placed in the middle of a pair of English pre-teen girls and another pair of English late teen girls. GREAT! My solo movie adventure put right me in the middle of British strangers. I felt like a loner. :(
I loved the movie though. I also appreciated being able to laugh a few times at American jokes that the English crowd did not get. I also wanted to yell "YAY Texas" when one of the actors referred to something as the size of Texas, but I thought it was a little too much for my stranger neighbors to handle. Besides, they did look at me funny when I laughed at the jokes they did not get. The girls to my right really liked the accents of the American school children in the movie. It reminded me of myself loving the British accents of the little girls in The Holiday.
I have realized over the past few days just how influential American is when it comes to pop culture. Everywhere I go....ie the hotel and shops --- American music is playing. Also, almost all the movies playing in the theater were American blockbusters. Half of the TV stations on my hotel room TV play American shows --- (I have been so thankful for the opportunity to watch Friends on a daily basis). It is weird. I can't decide whether I should think that England is obsessed with all things American, or if the US is just so dominate that it pushes its way into English life. hmmm.....
Towards the end of the movie, I forgot I was in England. So, when I left the theater, I was pretty sad thinking that I don't know when I will be in Texas again (it was kind of a scary, weighty thought) and I don't have any real friends here yet (besides the Americans, I guess). :( I will be glad to finally move in and begin to develop a routine.
I spent the rest of my town venture shopping around the "high street" -- mainly window shopping, but I did finally buy a world travel adapter pack for my mac at the fake apple store. It makes me laugh every time I say something and catch a store clerk off guard with my "accent." I usually get a really confused look for about two seconds, and then huh?, followed by me smiling and repeating my question.
I also headed the direction of the church, but never actually made it because it started to get dark. Hopefully, I will wake up in time to walk the 2 miles and actually find the church from the hotel, since the buses do not run on Sunday.
Oh random note.....everything closes SO EARLY here...like 5:30! All the shops on the high street, all the stores in the mall, everything. Maybe it is because it gets dark earlier. Thats okay because I had to catch the last bus back by 6:30.
The rest of the night I scrounged up some dinner in my room, watched part of Mona Lisa Smiles, fell asleep at 7:30, and then woke back up to find directions to church, and write this blog post :).
I have a few pictures to post to this blog post, so look back later.
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