Wine-d Down...

Today felt a very long end to the week. But, it was very relaxed having handed in an essay and having already written the two essays in for next Friday. We have plans to go to the Annapolis Renaissance Fair tomorrow and Sunday is the Relay For Life Bonfire Night. 

Aside from some piano playing and picking up the Sherlock Holmes outfit that arrived today, I don't feel like I've done very much. After film discussion class, Lenka came back to mine and, having let her in on some of the details on the book series and letting her read some of the first book, we brainstormed some ideas for a while because she is much better read on fantasy books than I am. 

This evening we have come to Amro's for a chilled out wine evening, which is a very nice Friday night after what has felt like a long week. With an added bonus for the evening, I joined Sean at Public Safety as he needed some company whilst he was doing Safe Ride call-outs. 

The First Assessment...

Sufficed to say, I was clearly making a storm in a tea cup about the quiz today - one question, ten minutes and then leave half an hour early. That's why we love Ken Miller (and thanks, Phaedra). 

After class, me and Sam had an early lunch and then I went back to Worcester to let the food go down before playing squash. I was pleased that after an intense hour I still didn't feel the need to take a breather and if I hadn't needed to get to the Relay for Life table, I'd have kept going - a very small step for man I know, but it was gratifying all the same having known how tough I'd have found it at the start of the year. 

Over dinner we discussed in some detail about doing a group fancy dress, Game Of Thrones style, and for those of you thinking, I thought Sherlock Holmes was on the cards, he still is. You need to remember that here in the US it is Halloweek to celebrate the holiday. It has been decided that I will be going as Lord Petyr Baelish (Littlefinger). 

The Mid-Week Hurdle...

Today out of class was spent revising for the quiz tomorrow, which is very small and should be simple enough (touch wood), but as it's the first assessment here at Washington College, I want to get it right - some piano was also played.

I also spent some time complaining to an online costume company, asking why I had paid for a costume that had never been dispatched. But, I have a refund for the original costs and the outfit has been re-ordered at a lower cost courtesy of a deal they now have on. Here's a clue to the persona I shall be taking on this Halloween. Enough said? 

This evening was the first bi-weekly meeting for Relay For Life and after I managed to locate the room, we discussed upcoming events, scheduling and identified committee meeting times. So, with the all clear for their blog I will now link it through this one and begin publicising it. http://takeastandrfl.blogspot.com/ 

Building A Blog...

Much of yesterday was spent creating a new blog for Relay For Life so that messages and information can be sent out to non-members more easily. When I have had the all clear for it then I will link it through this blog too. 

Having not played squash for a week due to my cold, it was good to get back onto the court. I was going to play alone, assuming that everyone had classes, but running into Caitlin on my way to the fitness centre, she said that she was free and heading that way, so we played a few games. 

I had to leave a bit earlier than usual because I had to man the Relay For Life table in Hodson for half an hour, but as no one was filling the 30 minutes that followed, I stayed on from 4:00pm-5:00pm, adding to the blog. 

Before eating I did the last few amendments for Friday's paper and I added to notes for the quiz tomorrow. After dinner, me and Lenka went back to Shannon's where we spent the evening watching Game Of Thrones and discussing writing. 

Deal Or New Deal...

The relatively relaxed classes today, with films being watched in two out of three, were contrasted by lots of writing and reading in my spare time. This morning I read and made notes for class tomorrow and a class discussion on Wednesday that I'd forgotten I had. I also added to my notes for a quiz on Thursday that a really need to start revising for - but I still found time to play the piano a while.

After today's film 'Our Daily Bread', which I found a bit too cheesy and corny, I finished some reading and then rewarded myself with some Game of Thrones before dinner - yes I guess I am hooked, but it is historical in some respects, so I think that I can view it as keeping my interest for medieval studies alive whilst I'm away from Holloway. 

This evening I've been in the library finishing the New Deal paper and with a discrete fist punch in the air at just gone 10:00pm, I shut the document (after saving), and I will read it back through tomorrow. I must say that having Marcela and Kellyanne for company made the ordeal much more bearable, with Marcela Facebooking me pictures of minions and Kellyanne letting us in on her latest paper on pornography and also the work of a telepathic gorilla - they will give people degrees for anything these days.

The End Of A Long Weekend...

Brunch was especially busy today, not only with students' parents here for Fall Family Weekend, but also with the alumni baseball team causing long queues for food. 

Still patience prevailed and after food, Sam and I walked down into Chestertown, where I had decided to return to Bookplate to buy a collector's set of Crusade histories at a very good price with money that I received from selling my old clarinet - nerdy I know, but they are very nice and they will come in useful for my final year. 

Back at campus, I wrestled with HBO for a while as I tried to gain access to Game of Thrones, but having no luck, I went over to Lenka's to grab the episodes from Sam's hard drive. From there, the three of us walked back down through town and to the waterfront where the international office was having refreshments to celebrate a Chinese Moon Party - with moon cake of course. We also let off Chinese lanterns, ours was the first to fly, but falling before long into the Chester River - had it landed on the vintage sailboat, there would have been quite a display.

At 5:30pm we made our way to Shannon's for Sunday Dinner and a big thank you to herself and Lenka for cooking this week. With the Relay For Life business cancelled, I was now free to go with the others to see the American Shakespeare Company's performance of Henry IV Part I for free no less. The show was amusing and well done with many original features of Shakespearean theatre.


Now, with the rest of the evening free, I shall sit back and watch episode three of Game of Thrones - 'Lord Snow'

Game of Trones...

A very lazy day today, although I was still up and showering at 8:30am before a later brunch - with peoples' parents here for the weekend they are clearly making more effort with the food. 

At 1:30pm, we went into Chestertown to Bookplate, where I could have bought most of the shop, but I only came away with one book. After getting a drink at Play It Again Sam's and bumping into Fran and her parents, we walked down to the waterfront to watch the cardboard boat race. Impressively half the boats stayed afloat and finished the race. 

Then, we made our way back to campus, where I tidied things away from last night and spent some time making the video for 'Homecoming...' 

Dinner was earlier at 5:45pm, but that didn't stop us sitting around and talking until 7:30pm, where we were greeted by a drenching downpour as we left. Hanging around under the marquee until the weather eased, we went over to Adele's where I was introduced to Game of Thrones (Trones, for Eoin), and after two episodes I can safely say that I have enough to be watching in the upcoming weeks. With Addison in bed this post is coming to you from Hodson and as I have just seen the others go into the nest, I think I will join them.