England in Santa Barbara

With the weather noticeably darkening over the past couple of days it was inevitable that the rain would descend upon us in a matter of time. Even though I expected it, I still wasn't completely prepared and I am ashamed to admit that instead of braving the wind and pelting drops on my bicycle like countless other poor souls, I alternatively drove the pitiful half mile to campus and paid up for the $8 all day parking pass. It made me feel a bit better to realize I was definitely not the only one doing this and as a reward I made it to my first class on time during which there was a pop quiz that I was miraculously able to answer correctly.

Naturally the presence of the rain makes me think of my dear old England and I wonder why I'm in Santa Barbara when I don't even have the benefit of the beautiful southern california weather? Just something to push past I suppose. Continuing on the theme of England, yesterday was the first informational session for student's hoping to study in the UK next year and naturally I attended the meeting to give my expert opinion on the pros and cons of studying abroad as well as promoting York to the wall as it's often overlooked. And by the number of questions directed to York I feel that I have done my job in making it more widely thought about. I also am holding my first set of office hours at the study abroad office this afternoon where students can drop in and talk to me (and/or whoever else is there) about studying abroad, now isn't that exciting? In the meantime I've been at the library working on a paper (obviously it's going very well as I'm not actually doing it as you can attest to by the very presence of this post). I can only hide from the rain for so long so I really must return my attentions to the tasks at hand while I can. Until next time.