Procrastination

Yesterday I woke up and went wandering around Oxford for a while. I found the equivalent to a Target and a Marshalls, so that's pretty convenient. Then I came home and worked on Biochem and such. When Amanda came home we went to the grocery store. It's just far enough away that it's a pain to walk there and walk back with heavy bags. We made burritos for dinner.



It's pretty fun, and economical, to make our own dinner. But it is just so time consuming. We spent about four hours of our evening to have this meal. That did include shopping and then a bit of chatting after we had eaten. But still. They were pretty good though. And then Digestives for desert!

"Digestives! A most delicious cookie with a most unappetizing name! Try one today!"

This morning Amanda and I went to the gym to row. Only two other girls were there, which means that four girls quit. I hope that doesn't mean that there will only be two boats because either I will get cut (I don't actually know if they do cuts) or I'll actually have to work pretty hard. I guess that wouldn't be too bad though. It's a great workout. The team is having a movie showing tonight in the JCR (junior common room; junior=undergrad) tv room. We're watching a movie about Torpid (aka Bump) racing. Apparently it's the most fun race, and you just try to bump the boat ahead of you and not get bumped from behind. It sounds so goofy. I can't wait.

Breakfast. Homework. Trying to find books in all the random places that have books. I realized today that a book that I had reserved yesterday for my Biochem paper that is due tomorrow will not be in Oxford until tomorrow. They have so many books here that they have to store some miles away, so they only go fetch them once in a while. I need to plan way in advance apparently.

Tomorrow I am going to have coffee with Jess Lanney, a girl from Concord, NH who lived in the dorm with me at the ASP (the summer school program I did before my senior year of high school). I realized today that I haven't seen, or even really spoken with, her in nearly four years. This may be awkward. I'm sure it will be fine, but it was just a strange realization. Time flies.

Everyone in OSAP/WISC is going to Westminster on Saturday. Hooray for excursions. We are also going to be going to Stratford-upon-Avon, Cambridge, and Windsor Castle this term. John, one of the guys from the program office, said that he is hoping to arrange a trip to the Globe Theater for next term. It's all very exciting.

I guess it's time to write about the Citric Acid Cycle...