arrival to Oxford

Today seems long. Probably because two days have been smashed into one with the time change. I slept four hours on the plane and watched two movies: "Last Chance Harvey" and "The Young Victoria." Plane ride went smoothly, though we did land about a half hour late after taking off a bit late. I met a very nice Oxford undergrad student named Milo on the way to Oxford. He had flown in on my plane and was headed to the same place. He had come from LA because his girlfriend just graduated from Azusa Pacific and he went to the ceremony. Small world indeed.

I spent some time with Ruth and her Medievalist friends. We had a lovely dinner of Thai food and drinks at a pub called The Turf. (Mom -- they loved your cookies btw) I chatted with Robert from Corrymeela this evening and we arranged for him to pick me up at the airport because he will be in Belfast that day. This is a relief because the buses and train I was going to take are the last services of the day and there's the question of "what do I do if I miss one?" He also gave me a rundown of the next few weeks. I'll be doing housekeeping the first few days and early next week I will be working with 3 other volunteers to teach/do group activities with 26-27 primary schoolchildren. This will be interesting. Another week, I'm doing kitchen duty and I will be hosting a group on my own the first weekend in June. That's all I can remember from his rundown.

I think sleep is a good idea at this point.