free tuesday...

On tuesday I have no classes, so I resolved to stay up as late as possible last night in order to talk to all my friends who are usually ending their school/work day as I am going to sleep. I stayed up a bit past 3:30.

I woke up around noon today sick. Also, it turns out they test the fire alarms every Tuesday around noon.

Ok, so this being sick thing is getting really annoying. I've been sick off and on since Sunday, and before that New Years... I'm beginning to think there actually is something more wrong with me than just stress.

So I had planned to go grocery shopping today, pick up some books, buy some postcards, and put money on my print quota. Instead, I went back to bed and slept for an absurdly longer time. When I did wake up, I actually got dressed and went out and got the books I need. There's a lot of reading to do every week... that's what I get for taking 4 literature classes. But the bookstore is really nice, like a real bookstore not just a textbook store.

I also tried out the scary paternoster lift and took some pictures of the prettier part of campus, as well as an interesting bird called the Eurasian Coot.




This is a little lake at the back of campus. Usually it is inhabited by scary geese.



Here is the Eurasian Coot

These pictures are, unfortunately somewhat dark because the sun goes away at 4:00 hereabouts, but if you're really interested, there's a whole wikipedia page on them. From a distance I thought they were just big pigeons, but they have flat faces (that white thing is a sort of face sheild...) and webbed feet. And when they take off, they run on water.

Anyway. I was feeling better, so I checked out one of the campus cafe type things and looked at the menu, planning to come back for dinner. The one I was looking at had lots of chicken, and since I think lack of protein might have been making me ill, I thought it might be time to actually eat some meat.

So I came back to the dorm, read for a bit, and rechecked my course websites. I discovered quite by accident that a presentation is expected of me in one of my courses. Unfortunately all of the days and topics were assigned last semester - all of my classes began last semester, you see, so my teachers are generally shocked that I'm leaping in now. I emailed the prof, and he said to pick a topic and that I can partner with someone, but if they've been working on these presentations since last semester... I don't know. It's going to be weird. The fact that all of the classes I'm taking have been going for a few months already is another one of those things I wish I'd known before coming.

Then I went back out for food. Unfortunately, when I got to the place and asked after the chicken, they said all of their chicken was spicy. Spicy chicken wings, strips, and sandwiches. Swell. No meat for Robin. Normally I'd go for it, but not on an upset stomach. So I got some ok pizza and fries that tasted like paper. Most unsatisfactory.

I went back to the dorm and started to read some more. The Witch of Edmonton is a very boring play, so I began to blog, as I suspect I will fall asleep next time I sit down to read it.

The End.