SNOW! . . . and another interview
Yesterday morning I spent looking up, reading, and bookmarking websites on Ghana. Then I tried to take some pictures of myself that my mom wants me to take for our Christmas card - we’re doing it digitally since our family is never in one place all at the same time these days. I think the pictures looked pretty bad so I haven’t sent them yet. I’m wondering if I’m taking them wrong. I’m supposed to be looking a certain way, but oh well. I’ll figure something out.
Then I walked to Regent’s a little early, intending to talk to David Harper, but then he wasn’t in his office. So I waited a bit and then Jonnie came in so we talked until we decided it was time to go in for lunch. I got the salad bar again but then signed up for pizza today, branching out a bit. A lot of people got the salad bar. I’m glad I was early because it seemed like it took forever for people to get through after that. Dessert was some sort of ice cream thing that looked really good so I got it. I shouldn’t be eating this much dessert, but I guess I’ll stop once I get back so I might as well take advantage of it, especially while I’m walking this much.
After lunch I walked over to the social sciences library and spent the afternoon on the computer. I read more on Ghana and then started my paper, hope to finish it today so I can get started on rewriting this paper I want to do for G-town. I got some e-mails from people concerning next semester and maybe getting a job of some sort. Dinner was at 6:30 instead of 7 last night so I headed over to Regent’s around 6. As I was walking it started to snow!! Which was exciting. It was just melting when it hit the ground, but it was really pretty as it came down. I think I just walked with a smile on my face, staring at the snow, probably looking like a bit of an idiot, but that’s okay. It put me in a good mood. I was glad I had on my big coat, though, since it was cold and I could put up my hood so I didn’t get too wet. So yeah, the first snow here and I was able to be out in it and see it. Exciting!
When I got to Regents, I changed into my nice shoes - the dinner was sort of fancy. Then I went up towards Ruth’s room, hoping to run into her to see if I could put my stuff in there because there didn’t look like there was a good place for it in the dining hall. I did run into her, so that was good.
Then we went to dinner and met up with Jonnie. At first there seemed like there wasn’t going to be anybody there, but eventually people showed up. There was a rowing dinner that night too and dinner was at a different time, so both those things contributed to this. The dining hall was all nice and we got crackers with little toys in them and fun jokes. My joke was, “What do you call a fairy who doesn’t take baths?” And the answer was, “Stinkerbell.” Haha!! Cute. We had gateaux for dessert again, except this time I knew what it was.
After dinner I went up to the JCR with Ruth and I got a letter from Regent’s, asking me for interview this Thursday starting at 9:30. Then I have to take a Philosophy test next Monday, which means I’ll be coming back from Wales a little earlier, but that’s okay. So I have to go through another interview and I have to take a test, two things I don’t want to do, but I guess the outcome could be worth it. We’ll just wait and see. Ruth was really excited. So then we talked for a while, mostly about childhood games that we used to play, comparing English and American. Usually I had some sort of equivalent but they almost always had different names. So that was fun.
Then I walked back to Stanley Road and got there in time to talk to Kyle before he went to his Bible study. Then I talked to Kim and Lee and finally my mom. I e-mailed people to tell them about the interview. Then I actually got to bed before midnight so I got a little more sleep last night. Yay!