The Reading Begins In Earnest...

The earlier night and the ten hours of sleep that followed was the perfect way to get back into the swing of things. I have also moved meal plans so that I have three meals a day during the week now, and for $200 less than I was paying - I don't know why I didn't spot that sooner. I think the lack of regular eating was also a factor in my tiredness yesterday. 


Today was a lazier start, reading 'Grapes of Wrath'. I've got to say that when you've just skipped out on breakfast and you're reading about starving people in the dust-bowl  your empathy with the characters goes much deeper. 

My second class with Miller on the Early Republic followed, and I is nice to now know how several of big names in American History actually fit into the History. With his undying wit, Miller produced the backhanded remark towards the British losing the war that I had been expecting. (I think he was quietly relieved when I laughed it off.)

After lunch, I picked up another couple of books and began reading another book for a closer deadline. Then at 3pm I met up with Abby to play squash. Although we weren't the smoothest pair to ever play on a court, it was a novelty to play against a fellow lefty and we became much better in the hour or so. One thing that I hadn't anticipated is that whereas back home if you leave a sports centre you are met with the cool afternoon air that refreshes you, when it's over 30 outside, the discomfort of leaving a court increases ten fold. Leaving out the sweaty details, the subsequent cool shower was just what I needed. 

Two more hours of reading up on John Winthrop's Puritan dilemma followed and then dinner for another catch up with people. Meal times are definitely the socialising centers of the day.