Picture info: Me holding a bottle of Scotland's famous orange-tinted, bubblegum-flavored soda, Irn Bru
In lieu of writing the introduction to a Shakespeare paper, I thought I would take the time before class to write in the blog. I have been sorely neglecting it as of late, but - not to worry - life is still great!
What was my weekend like? Well...let's see...Friday night Fraser stayed on campus to hang out with me (that was really sweet, although he had to catch a train to Glasgow at 5am...not cool). I really did enjoy the time spent with him though. I tried to teach him how to dance. Let's just say it was a learning experience. :)
Saturday was pretty relaxing. I went into town to visit my friend Laura. We first toured around a mini farmer's market that was going in near the train station then went to Varsity, a pub/restuarant near her flat for lunch. After that we headed to Beanscene, a cafe, to get some homework finished. I spent most of my time bumming around the Internet (they had free wi-fi with a drink purchase), attempting to plan for Fraser and my trip to England in a few weeks. I also managed to read more articles for my religion class. I left to go back to Uni around 4 and went on the computers until the Internet died on me...as well as on the rest of campus. So, with Fraser on the phone, headed back to the chalets, talked to him for a while, then phoned my mom and talked to her. I finally got around to starting Love's Labour's Lost - the Shakespeare play of the week - and got to bed around 10. Yes, I have no life on the weekends...Although my flatmates did arrive back home Saturday night. That was a definite change, but not too bad. At least the house wasn't dark the entire night.
Sunday I woke up around 8, got ready for the day, then headed to the computer labs in hopes of getting online. No such luck. The computer systems were still down. So...I went to the library to read more Shakespeare, waiting until I could head to the bus stop to meet my friend Anne to go to Mass together. I ran into Sarah as I was heading toward the stop. She'd decided to tag along to Mass as well. Excellent!
So...we headed to Mass. Mass was the usual, not too special, although none of us could understand a word the priest was saying (he was from Africa and had an extremely thick accent). I decided to do the polite thing and stare at the floor daydreaming until the homily ended. Then I attempted to decipher his dialect through the Mass parts - not successful, unfortunately - and, in the end, settled on daydreaming through the recessional.
The Catholic Society had a tea and biscuits social in Fr. Owen's house after Mass so Anne, Sarah, and I went there, drank tea or coffee or (in my case) Irn Bru...We also ate some delicious crossants. Yuuuuumm. There were quite a number of college students there. Most were from Nigeria, some from Spain, and others from Scotland.
We left about forty minutes later. Other Stirling students Frankie, Mary, Christin (the same one from last week...Scarf-Christin) and Katherine joined us for lunch. We ate at a restaurant near the castle called The Portcullis. Lunch took us into the 3 o'clock hour - way longer than I anticipated being there. I still had to read and check email and everything before Fraser got back from Glasgow. I really wanted to get everything finished so I could relax when he was around. Well...that didn't exactly happen right away.
I got back to campus around quarter to 4, went to the computer labs and read Shakespeare while talking online to various people until Fraser showed up around 6:30. We decided to go to dinner. We ate again at The City Walls (that is quickly becoming my favorite restaurant in Stirling) and then headed back to my chalet to get some homework done and just hang out.
It was a nice night, overall.
Today I had two lectures - Env1e1 and Religion. Nothing too exciting. It was the last day our first lecturer in Env1e1 spoke (thank God...hopefully the others are more engaging and interested in their topics). I went to breakfast after that with Fraser and then spent time in the computer labs.
I have class in about 20 minutes. Then dinner with Claire, Sarah, Fraser, and Becca, then choir 7:30 to 9. After that I'll probably get some studying done and get an early kip, as Fraser would say.
My parents are visiting in two days. I'm so excited!!! I am hoping for a great week.
5 comments:
1. What is an "early kip"
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2. What is Irn Bru?
I know you probably mentioned them before, but I can't remember :(
An "early kip" means early to sleep. Irn Bru is bubble-gum flavored, orange tinted soda native to Scotland. I really like it, but the other Americans aren't too fond...
Sounds awesome! Say hi to your folks. You're so lucky they can come out to visit!
"it's wierd reading about yourself in someone else's words" that is the same exact thing I was thinking while reading yours.... kind of interesting and enlightning
mmm mmm mm bring some of that crazy soda back! (actually its probably too sweet for my taste, but its a flavor palette exploration! Like apple soda in Mexico.)
So I am preparing more and more to study abroad, getting a little anxious at my Spanish skills but hey... any comments on studying abroad so far that may be encouraging or enlightening for me at this point?
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