Blessed

Blessed. Not the single-syllable, rolling-of-your-tongue, flippant 'blessed' as in 'you're blessed to have a Wal-mart within walking distance' but the two-syllable, slightly awkward sounding 'BLESS-ed' as in 'We are the blessed, being privileged by knowing God's love.'

I think that word would have to describe my past few days. From going to the horse races at Ascot with my mom, younger brother, and friends from USC to being able to stand in an operating room and watch a lymphoma biopsy to joining the football team here and getting to take guys down and get taken down, I have been very blessed. Today, I lay down on a bench in the sun, propped my feet up and read about patient-doctor ethics for an hour.

There's something intensely therapeutic about studying here. To start with, I'm not quite as frenetic with scheduling things here. Currently, I'm only involved in a Christian group and the football team. I love both and am excited to get a chance to meet people and make good friends in both. It's amazing how much peace you begin to feel when you have time in which you can pursue the passions of your heart.

Quick recap of the past few days:
Saturday: Horse racing-picked up £8 on Dux Scholar and Pausanias. Good horse names whatever they mean. Had amazing fish and chips that night.

Sunday: Football practice! Some great runs and got hit a few times. Church was fun. Said goodbye to Johnny and mom :(

Monday: Went to see a lymphoma biopsy, met with the Student Life (cru) staff leader and did some sharing on campus-which turned out amazingly! 1/2 off food at the slug and lettuce pub-wonderful Chicken Tikka for a pub.

Tuesday: Had lots of lecture on cancer, which was fascinating. Went on a Tesco shopping spree, had pub quiz night (I won a pack of giant playing cards!), and watched the first half of City of Angels with some friends.

I'm amazingly tired, so I'm going to get to bed now so I'm rested for 5 hrs of lecture and football practice!