Burning down the House

So, I have been in England for almost 4 weeks now, and I think I have spent more time in these last 4 weeks, crying uncontrollably over large spiders being in my bedroom, than I have in the entire course of my 28 years and 9 months of life. I've lost count of how many spiders I have come up against in the last few weeks, but it's been at least 7. They are large spiders. Probably about the size of my palm, factoring in the body and the legs and the head. Maybe a bit smaller than my palm, but you get the idea. These spiders are not small. You would think that I would have gotten used to them eventually, but  no. Every time I see a new one, my blood runs cold. Peppermint oil seems to be working, so long as I spray it daily around my room. 

Also, my house is haunted. There are times, when no one else is home, that I hear voices, women's voices. The names of the voices are Edna and Esther. Usually they are arguing about the importance of matching towels in the upstairs bathroom, but yesterday they were discussing going to Stratford-upon-Avon to have tea with William Shakespeare. I asked my nuns about Edna and Esther, and they said that they don't know anything about them, but they have heard them talking, but usually the ghosts don't speak if more than one person is home. There was also a glowing orb by my head one night, and my nuns didn't have an explanation for that, but I haven't seen it again, but we'll see if it makes a reappearance. I think that the ghosts are friendly, so as long as they are friendly, I don't mind them. 

Grace's birthday was on Thursday, so on Friday Allison came over from Wolverhampton, and Grace, Allison, Izzy and I had dinner at Tampopo's in the city of Manchester. On Saturday, Allison and Grace and I met up at the Manchester Cathedral, and Allison had planned a "Surprise Adventure" that lasted for 9 hours 😊. We saw the National Football Museum, John Ryland's Library, the Victorian Arches, and a lot of other things.  It was a lot of fun, but I was definitely tired by the end of the day. So yeah, that's my life up to this point, stay tuned for further updates.