Well today at noon GMT (like 3.5 hours or so) I am off to Scotland, particularly Edinburgh with a small group of students, just 6: 4 girls, 2 guys, as well as another professor and his wife. Three of the students had to drop out due to financial reasons (they have to eat the costs of the flight and the one night room they paid for) because the trip will cost an additional 55 GBP* or so before even getting to really see the city. Some of them have less than that to live on until their flights home next weekend. I am looking forward to the trip, and will probably make my first significant purchase of the trip and it is something for myself: a kilt and accoutrements. We shall see, unless the price is going to bankrupt me. I'll let you know when I return on Monday night or Tuesday morning because I won't have internet access for the weekend. When we return, there will be less than a week left for the students, many of them flying out on August 4th and 5th. I'll be here until the 8th (though I will be in London the last few days) and then flying home on the 8th and back in Orlando somewhere before 8 or so. Home by 10...and then to work on Friday (though I may sneak in on Thursday, briefly, we shall see how I am feeling.) Speaking of feeling, I am doing better, though my cold is not complete gone yet...mostly, but not completely.
Time to get a shower and get packing.
* 20 pounds for the roundtrip bus to Heathrow, 30 pounds for the remainder of their stay at the hostel, and 5 pounds for the roundtrip bus between Edinburgh and its airport. That doesn't take into account probably another 20-30 pounds spending money and the same amount on admission fees.
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