Pretend I wrote this the day before our France excursion. Continue
On the list of notable notes, yesterday (Wednesday) we visit the oxford university press in our Oxford Through the Ages class. You know, the largest university press ever that cranks out the renowned Oxford English Dictionary? We learned about how the book came about, and it's ridiculous. This man (his name currently escapes me) appealed to people in general, asking them to cite print references to words, in order to date them back to their roots. Slips of paper came flowing in, and it was the job of his eleven children to alphabetize all these scraps of information, binding them ad putting them into boxes for later use. The project nearly turned the press bankrupt, and a good number of 'new' words flow in daily. Seeing the print process and all the intricacies that formed books that are essentially works of art was mind-boggling.
After the tour, I picked up ingredients at the store to make molten devils food cupcakes with raspberry cream cheese icing for Katie's birthday! Finished just in time for dinner with the hall (minus a sickly Becca) at pizza express for Katie.
The rest of the night was pretty chill hanging downstairs.. And by the time I was all packed and ready for our 5 am departure time for France, I only got an hour of sleep. Today should be interesting.
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