FRIDAY= almost there

1. craig is still alive

2. i went to fencing last night. fencing at smcm is kind of a joke. there is alot of interest, however the skill level remains very low because there are no coaches. there aren't even any advisors. Because i am coming from an experienced fencing background people are very...idk. in awe.

like ...yesterday i walked in and the male saber captain said "oh laura you can run them through whatever drills you want, they are completely in your hands" and i was like..." i just want to fence... um... lets just like do some round robins or something..." but anyways. the point is that its kind of ridiculous the way people look up to me like i'm a pro or something, when really im not at all.

3. yesterday i went to a meeting about the summer study in England. It ripped me apart. FIRST of all.. let me say what they didn't say until the end of the meeting. which is of course. that the trip costs 5 grand. 5000 dollars. okay so now that thats out there... the group lives shakespeare. they stay at stratford upon avon, every night they go to see a theatre group perform, they go to art museums, they go to history museums, they get to see the folio, they tour london, they stay at bed and breakfasts right where Shakespeare lived, they bike the short distances to nearby towns. The entire time they are also attending classes on shakespeare, and keeping journals and writing papers. In addition the trip is run by a husband-wife team who are both english professors here at SMCM. probably some of the best english professors we have. This is the last year this trip will be offered to st marys students.

i am planning on a. asking for trip money for christmas and my birthday

b. meeting with financial advising and looking into scholarships

c. taking out loans

i don't know. i mean its not india and the Himalayas like i wanted, but this is definitely something that applies to my majors and that i would regret missing out on.

4. art history paper