Waiting...

I'm waiting for the ingredients for my early Thanksgiving party to arrive (as I've written before, it's so much easier to have groceries delivered here rather than taking the bus and having to manage carrying it all back home). And while I've been waiting, and occasionally looking out the window to see if the truck has arrived, I've seen many a graduand walking down the road with family and friends (apparently here in the UK, people are called 'Graduand' if they've completed their study but not actually walked in the ceremony- they're 'Graduate' after the ceremony). For this is graduation week here in Coventry. There have been ceremonies all week long in the Cathedral. I've walked by it several times this week to see queues going as far as the eye can see- people waiting to watch their loved ones graduate. Note to self: tell my family to get in the queue early.

The ceremonies all week until today have been undergraduates. Today is the graduation ceremony for all post grads. This means that, pending some unlikely scenario, in exactly one year, I will be able to say I've earned my MA. That's a pretty good feeling, I must admit! This will be a very strange graduation for me. For my high school and college graduation, I was surrounded by most of my extended family. Aunts, uncles, cousins... and next year, I only get two tickets for family. The ceremony is held in the stunning Cathedral... which is a nice setting, but doesn't have much room for guests. I guess it doesn't really matter, as it's not like my graduation is just down the road from home... but still, it will be strange not to have a big party with lots of family and friends right after the ceremony. Oh well, we'll save that for when I'm back home. :-)

I'll go back to researching while waiting for groceries now.

Oh- I should mention, in this week's Gateway I wrote an article about what I've been up to my first two months abroad. It's available online for you to read- I hope you enjoy! http://www.gateline.com/opinion/story/2871.html

UPDATE: Thanksgiving food has arrived!!! This is why it was delivered- soooo much food! Yes, that's one of IKEA's huge bags, totally overflowing with food. ;-) And this doesn't include any of the potatoes!!! :-) I can't wait for Sunday!