Fun Times

So it isn't snowing anymore, it only really lasted for a few hours.. but it was really cool nonetheless. It has actually been surprisingly "warm" and clear for the past week... although looking rather cloudy at the moment. Enough about the weather.. thanks guys for the comments about the new blog layout. I guess I just got bored of the old one and thought that a bit of fun in photoshop was the perfect way to procrastinate. So yesterday was my last class in Edinburgh.. it was kinda sad. We now have two weeks of exams.. I have four, the first being on Tuesday. I also turned in my only essay yesterday.. nice to be done with that. Man, this semester has been absolutely amazing! The end is starting to creep up and it makes me sad... I'm really gonna miss everybody out here. But it also makes me kinda happy because I'll get to see all my friends at home soon (and eat real Mexican food.. hehe).

Christmas is also creeping up.. we had the Christian Union Carol Service last night.. it was awesome! I got to sing in the choir.. we had been practicing for the last couple weeks. We sang this really amazing piece called "Angel's Carol" by John Rutter. I really enjoyed it. There also was a duet of "Immanuel" by Michael Card, also a really awesome song. I've had the refrain stuck in my head since last night. We also sang a bunch of carols.. the weirdest thing was singing O Little Town of Bethlehem to a different tune.. Liston, Renee, and I had a little tiff about that and then sang the American version... while everybody else looked at us kinda funny. It was fun learning some new carols and singing the descants to some traditional songs.. also got to practice my "warbling." The talk was also really good.. basically the Christian message, but my favorite part was when he was talking about how there are no surprises in the Christmas story, like the shepards can't find the baby.. or wondering what the wise men will get Jesus this year, or if Mary just said no to the angel Gabriel. Interesting things to ponder.

After the service we all headed over to Andy's (my small group leader) although Rachel, Mark and I took a little detour to Mark's flat and played with Nebbie (short for Nebekanezar) the hamster. At Andy's we ate mince pies and danced to really cheesy music including the Macerena.. have you ever tried it double time? I have. It was just a nice time to chill and talk and boogie with friends.. the funniest part was Renee doing dishes.. I really think Andy and his flatmates should pay her or something.. whenever she is there she can't help but clean. Although she did do some dancing..we'll have to work some more on the Charleston!

Well, I best get to "revising" (American: reviewing/studying) for my exams.. and then another Christmas party this evening over at Dave and Luke's.. should be quite exciting. Cheers!

PS. I would have put some pictures up.. but due to lots of stuff happening, I forgot to take my camera with me... ah well. Use your imagination.. the church we were at for the carol service was so cool and old style...yeha.