yay for visitors...

Another week of classes slipped by and suddenly, my Mom was here. It is impossible to describe how fast the time flew. It was fun to show my Mom where I live, work (go to school), and play (run and go out). We visited the Nott'm castle, had tea and scones, had Indian, French, and Italian food, saw an opera, walked all over creation, visited a small village outside the city limits and enjoyed countless other things too. It was nice to receive hugs (thanks to all of my family that passed hugs along via my mom, they were greatly appreciated) and just to talk. It was hard saying goodbye at the train station this morning, but I knew it would be. The rest of the day was filled with classes and organizing emails and paperwork that built up from the weekend. The next two days will be filled with writing papers and classes and then on to Thanksgiving (with John! who is visiting from Switzerland). I hope all is well in the states. More later, but now it is time for bed. G'night.