Busy Week...

Well, I've survived a very, very busy week! Two Thanksgivings... a trip to Gerrards Cross (London), helping with a dinner for 40+ people, two Rotary presentations (and another tomorrow!), all while attempting to recover from a cold. Phew. I'm exhausted even thinking about it!

I still don't have Thanksgiving photos- I know, I'm a failure. :-) But I do have a photo to provide you with a "Where's Waldo" esque experience. Can you find me? :-) That was at our All Student meeting of the Student Union last week. Give up? Spoiler Alert! I'm on the far right side of the photo, in a grey sweater and glasses. :-) That was a fun meeting- especially for this political nerd. A meeting is only exciting if there are procedural motions and amendments. Therefore, this meeting was exciting. :-)

Off soon to a meeting with one of my professors to discuss an essay I'm working on- developing a proposal for a peace education programme. I'm having trouble focusing on it... I'm so excited about the potentials that I've become scatterbrained. Oh well. I'll get there!

Hope you all are doing well. More photos soon, I promise! Including photos from last night's "Meet the Scholars" evening, where four of the five Ambassadorial Scholars from studying in this district came together to share a bit of our cultures. I shared lots of food- deviled eggs, apple pie(s), pumpkin pie, and chocolate chip cookies. I also gave a talk entitled "Service Above Self in American Government," where I talked about a lot of experiences I've had- including peace gaming, lobbying in DC, and school levy campaigning that I've done. I got lots of questions afterwards, and that almost always means people were listening to the speech- and were curious for more. So I'll take it as a compliment! :-)

UPDATE: Here's some photos of the last few weeks...

The Christmas Light Switch-on in Coventry
reminded me of just how much history this city has... 1345? Wow. The food in the styrofoam? My Thanksgiving dinner- a crepe with nutella! Yum! That was at the Warwick Victorian Evening. Also at the Victorian evening was the Leamington Spa Regency Rotary Club stall- where they sold hot dogs! 200 hot dogs, to be precise. Lots of money for charity!

The "Castle" photo is a street sign in Warwick- and part of the castle in the background!

A ferris wheel at the Victorian evening!













And last, but certainly not least, a photo from last night's "Meet the Scholars" Rotary event.