a good day

so today was a pretty good day for several reasons:
a) i only had one class
b) we went to the market and got food
c) we got paid (meal plan money into our bank accounts).. it was exciting
d) we went shopping because the had several sales going on into town
e) not too much homework
f) tonight at 7:30 we went to st. aldates school of theology lecture. it was fascinating. jackie (our history teacher) had talked about it and how interesting it was to hear simon (the theologian) to talk about discussion topics. tonight's topic was "anti-christs, beasts and dragons" basically we listened to his point of view on if the anti-christ already appeared or if we should expect a future monster. if this was a personality or a political structure. he gave a history of it all and explained everything in such great detail, at the end of the time was about 30 minutes to ask questions and to make comments. when we left, they gave us copies of what the lecture for tonight's lecture and the one last week was on (Signs of the times- What scriptures tell us about what to expect, what to look forward to as time reaches its fulfilment, if there are events in todays culture and nature which indicate if the end of time might be near) and a copy of the notes he used while giving the lectures. it was extremely intriguing to look at. it didn't end until 10pm, so it lasted pretty long but it flew by. it was one of the most interesting things i have been spoiled with since my time here.
g) we planned our first travel break. next weekend we are taking a class trip to london with the whole acu community. we are going to see parliament and im not really sure what else, but they have a whole weekend planned- but this was all planned out for us for the most part. tonight though we went ahead and made our reservations for our first 4 day travel break!! so that was real exciting booking everything and finalizing plans!!