News from Away
It’s News from Away, except I’m neither Jimmy nor Seamus O’Toole. I suppose you could call me “Douglas O’Coole”, but that’s not cool. At all.
It’s been so long since I last wrote that my blog front page was actually empty, so I decided to tell you all the exciting news in my life. Okay, that was short. Now I’m done. Go away.
Still here? Fine. All the exciting news in my life? Well, I’m, uh, working on my thesis. Nearly done my first draft, only a few pages left to do. Glenn arrives this week and next week we’re off to Switzerland, Austria, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic for some traveling.
Though my life may not be newsworthy on a daily basis, others’ lives seem to be. And so here is that news from away (away meaning away from me, although for most readers this will be news from your continent).
- Kirk (Waterloo friend) got married last weekend. It was apparently a big Grebelite shindig, probably pretty scary and I think by being in England I achieved MSD (minimum safe distance).
Rollerblading with Melissa Melissa (Windsor friend) just got engaged to her boyfriend Steve (that’s not him in the picture, that’s me, doofus). He proposed two days ago while they were vacationing in John Mellencamp‘s hometown in Indiana. Yes, they went there because it’s Mellencamp’s home town. And this isn’t their first visit.- While we’re in marriage mode, I’m sure this is old news to many readers by now, but the one and only Heathermurray (Waterloo friend and former/future housemate) is getting married in October, and I’ll be spending a few days in Cape Breton to attend the wedding.
Allison and I Allison (Windsor friend), who has been over to visit a few times in the past year for cancer treatments in London, has met with success so far in her treatments and her cancer seems to have gone into remission, which is absolutely wonderful!- Léna (Windsor friend), of whom I just discovered I don’t have a picture, is in Peru for a year teaching at a school and is currently heading off to stay in a lodge on the Amazon River for a few days. I’m so jealous!
- My folks celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary earlier this month and are coming over to visit my last two weeks here.
The end of time my time in Oxford is now in sight. My flight home is booked for September 10th, and I’ll be moving to Waterloo on the 12th just in time to start classes on the 13th. Assuming, of course, I get my thesis done. And you know what happens when you assume something…
Comment by Petr
Enjoy Czechoslovakia … still can’t think of them as seperate states. Not how I remember them. Nice to know that you are finally going to the best part of Europe 
Comment by Patrick
Yes I do douglas… it might lead to an assumption.
Cheers,
P
PS you would have totally enjoyed the wedding!
