Three showers within 12 hours
That’s right. Three showers. Yesterday we had rowing at 5:30. I took a shower around 8 afterward. Then I had dinner with Ula and fell asleep reading. This morning, I got up and it was raining outside, but we had rowing, so shower number 2 was going to be cold. We were soaked through by the time we got off the river around 8. I came back and took my last shower to try to warm up. So I guess it was 8:30 by the time I got back, so it wasn’t exactly 12 hours. But it was close. And even in the outing Sunday evening, I was quite wet. That’s what happens when you sit at 6. When I was at stroke, Jenni sat at 6 and she was always wet by the end of outings. I guess it’s something about stroke putting the first stroke in and 6 being the first person on that side behind stroke. I don’t know if that makes sense. But I’m usually quite wet at the end of every outing. So lately I have been wet a lot and cold a lot. Ashley had bought a heater when she was here because their heat wasn’t working, and she left it with me when she left. I didn’t think I’d ever use it because we have a little electrical heater in our room that we can use when the big heater isn’t on. But that one just doesn’t do much, and Ashley’s I can put right by my bed. So I’ve gotten quite a bit of use out of it lately. I feel like Christi when she always had her little space heater right by her in the dorm.
So anyway, I’ve been quite busy since I last wrote in here. Thursday I had my tutorial, which went well. Friday, I met Sarah for breakfast, then had formal hall that night, followed by a Spanish fiesta and pinatas. Saturday we had a birthday bash for Celia at Sarah’s, and Celia, Verity, and I went and got food beforehand. We had a braai, which is pretty much the South African word for a barbecue. It was a lot of fun. Sarah had bought a mini-croquet set, so we played that. And I won the game I played! Then we watched a couple movies, eating dinner of the same food we had for lunch. I stayed over at Sarah’s, and we were going to have a nice breakfast together, but we both didn’t get ready in time. I went to church with Celia and we had lunch together of pizza and left-overs from Sarah’s before rowing.
Today, I’ve gotten my essay pretty much done, and I’m getting ready to at least start my second essay tonight. I’ve got three essays for this week, so I’ve got to work ahead quite a bit, which is not easy for me. But I’m forcing myself. I want to get everything done by Wednesday evening, or at least to the point where I just have to read through the essays to make sure they make sense for the later tutorials. Then Thursday I’ll have two tutorials, so I’ll most likely be exhausted, but Friday I can start on stuff for next week so I can work ahead because then I’ll be looking forward to Rita coming and the rowing regatta starting the week after that. And Amanda will be here soon too. Plus, I need to get to the point where I can take some time to get my thesis proposal together. Too much to do, but I’ll get it done. I just might have to cut out some of the social stuff, since I’m already such a social butterfly. Haha. Okay, back to work now before a nice night’s rest.