Snowy Rain and Other Matters
Came out this morning into what I thought was snow, but realised that it was, in fact, what my friend used to call "snowy rain" - or "rainy snow" - pretty much the same thing - and that it was falling in light sheets all around me. Brrrrr. The autumn is advancing with a vengeance. Soon it'll be Halloween, and soon after that it'll be Christmas, and we'll all have snowfights and make merry and sing "God bless ye Merry Gentlemen". And when the time comes, I will be prepared and armed with my Christmas Carols and Kenny G tapes. And a boyfriend. Definitely a boyfriend.
In case The Parents are reading this, you've got to take everything I say with a huge pinch of salt. Most of it is firmly tongue-in-cheek, you know.
Went out last night in freezing cold weather to a foam party (!) Creation was holding. People stood in the centre of the dance floor and screamed as foam was ejected (?) - what word do I use? onto them with huge foam machines operated by bored-looking men and Megan and I managed to squeeze our way onto a bit of the dance floor and get ourselves soaking wet with soap and water which had a funny smell, after which we decided we'd had enough. It was much too crowded though, and I think the best part of the night was when I had Flames chicken at 2 in the morning and the rest had Romee's burgers and we made our way, numb and freezing and with Megan getting leaves stuck to her ankles, back "home".
I didn't expect to enjoy hall life so much, but to my surprise I am. It's nice to see hallmates around and to say hi, and to meet so many people. The proportion of nice people you get to meet is actually very high. I'm happy, and yet I never expected that it would be so difficult, too, not to go out when everyone else does. Work is progressing nicely, but not as well as I would have liked it to - i.e. study 10 hours a day, snapping out to eat and sleep and perform my daily ablutions.
Better get down to some serious studying.
In case The Parents are reading this, you've got to take everything I say with a huge pinch of salt. Most of it is firmly tongue-in-cheek, you know.
Went out last night in freezing cold weather to a foam party (!) Creation was holding. People stood in the centre of the dance floor and screamed as foam was ejected (?) - what word do I use? onto them with huge foam machines operated by bored-looking men and Megan and I managed to squeeze our way onto a bit of the dance floor and get ourselves soaking wet with soap and water which had a funny smell, after which we decided we'd had enough. It was much too crowded though, and I think the best part of the night was when I had Flames chicken at 2 in the morning and the rest had Romee's burgers and we made our way, numb and freezing and with Megan getting leaves stuck to her ankles, back "home".
I didn't expect to enjoy hall life so much, but to my surprise I am. It's nice to see hallmates around and to say hi, and to meet so many people. The proportion of nice people you get to meet is actually very high. I'm happy, and yet I never expected that it would be so difficult, too, not to go out when everyone else does. Work is progressing nicely, but not as well as I would have liked it to - i.e. study 10 hours a day, snapping out to eat and sleep and perform my daily ablutions.
Better get down to some serious studying.
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