2 days in a row is pretty good
I got up this morning, very sore and tired. I just finished my warm-up for my yoga routine, and I think that might be all I do today, maybe some plain stretching when I come back from the library after having walked. I did the whole routine Thursday and Friday mornings. I had planned on taking my break on Wednesdays. I have a lecture at 9, so it makes it more difficult to squeeze it in. But I think it’s okay not to push myself too hard in the beginning, when I haven’t really exercised in a long time. Don’t want to hurt myself, right? So now I’m writing in here before I go take a shower and then head to the SSL to work on my econ essay. I really don’t like this having essays dues right after the weekend thing. I always worked on weekends, but didn’t have to have my crunch-time then. Oh well, just get through this term.
So yesterday, I met with Suke, my advisor, and we decided what I would be doing for the rest of my time here for sure. Which means I get to stop going to two lectures a week that I had been going to, down to only 10 lectures a week. Yay! Then I tried to read a bunch. I was fairly successful, but some of my econ stuff I have to read is in confined books in the library, so I still have to go there today. I hope to get the essay pretty much written today, and then I can write my politics one on Sunday for the most part. Then I can start next week’s econ on Monday and maybe actually get into a good routine where my weekend isn’t completely gone. We’ll see how this plan actually plays out.
Last night, Sarah and I sat at the high table with all the SCR people at formal hall. I sat directly across from the principal, Dr. Fiddes, which was a little intimidating, although he’s really nice. It was pretty crowded. They had jammed in as many chairs as possible on our side of the table. And at one point, Dr. Fiddes said it was a good thing I was so slim or it wouldn’t have been an enjoyable meal. And then he apologized saying he hoped I didn’t mind him having drawn attention to my size. It made me laugh. Toward the end of the meal, Sarah and I were just talking to each other, mostly about Veronica Mars. She borrowed season 1 from me last night. One less distraction for me. After dinner, we all went into the SCR (the actual room) and people had coffee and talked. Sarah and I talked to this Korean couple who had just moved to Oxford for him to be head of the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies or something. They have family who live in Louisville, KY. How crazy is that? Sarah had a lot of connections with them too. They said the centre has lunch every Wednesday, and we should come by sometime. So we might do that, which will be fun. Then we headed to the JCR for a bit, and when Sarah had to leave, I excused myself too.
I was tired, but I also had told myself I had to read some before I got too tired and talked to Kyle and my mom. So I got some econ reading done, got to talk on the phone some, and then I fell asleep.