First day of classes, but I already talked about that, so let's move on.
Tuesday:
Doctor Who society episode-watching party! Oh. Best thing ever. It's like going to Rocky Horror (the heckling, the fandom, the costumes/accessories...) but for Doctor Who. 'Tis a dream come true.
Wednesday:
No lectures :) I spent the day crossing things off my to-do list, like going out to the Community Hospital to fix my health forms. Apparently I forgot to sign somewhere and give them my student number. Before that I met up with Mrs. Minick (admissions lady I met at the College Fair last year) for coffee and that was lovely. I also went over to the School of English building and found out when my English tutorial (note: tutorial = small group discussion) was. Monday at 11 am. Not ideal, but whatever. My Wednesday freedom remains intact, which is good. I was worried about that when I filled out the tutorial form on Monday. I then spent the rest of the day finishing Wuthering Heights, the first book of the semester. It was such a beautiful day that I read outside, which helped ease the pain of having to read Wuthering Heights. I do not like that book. Pretty much all of the characters have some sort of mental illness and/or violent behaviour issues, and they all end up marrying each other, and it's just a mess.
Thursday:
Instead of doing the smart thing, which was to walk to my 4:00 social anthropology class on the other side of town, I took the bus out there, because I was (am) sick, and didn't want to walk all the way out there carrying my huge bag. So I got on the correct bus, the number 92. When I got on, the driver said something about "golf course" I thought that he was talking about the stop that I get off at, the Old Course Hotel stop, so I said yes, got my ticket and sat down. The bus stopped at the stop before the Old Course Hotel stop, but then didn't stop at the Old Course Hotel stop. I wasn't worried at that point because I thought that he would stop soon after my stop. Well, he didn't. I ended up all the way in Leuchars, with only 20 minutes to spare. When I got off in Leuchars, the bus driver told me that he shouted at me to tell me to get off the bus, but I didn't hear him. Anyway, I managed to get a bus back into St Andrews, get off at the right stop, and get to my lecture...10 minutes late. The good thing is that all of the lectures this week have been "What is (insert subject here)?", so there hasn't been any substantive material yet. This coming week should pick up though...yay! I am a nerd and I want to learn!
Friday:
The only lecture I have on Fridays is Social Anthropology, and on Fridays they show films, so today was a pretty light day as well. Before my lecture, I went out with Amanda, Harry, Charlotte, Miriam, Heather and Jamie for some ice cream, because it has been so warm and lovely here for the past week, and to stop at the stationery store to get a hole punch. Exciting, I know. After my lecture and dinner*, I went out to the Mermaids (performing arts group) party. I was excited to go to this party because I got the Mermaids announcements email, and in it there was an ad for a stage manager for As You Like It. I talked to the director at the party, and she said that she would love to talk to me more about it later. Who knows whether I will end up with the job, seeing as it's a big production and I'm just a first-year, but it's worth a shot. Sadly, my academic mum wasn't there; she is in Glasgow for the weekend. My academic did eventually turn up, but I didn't stay for too long after he arrived because I'm sick and therefore tired and in need of a lot of sleep.
Speaking of, I am going to stop now and go to bed.
Good night,
--Rachael
*My group of friends and I have discovered that going down to dinner later spares you the pain of having to queue (stand in line) for so long for dinner. So we went down at about 6:15 (dinner starts at 5:45). The menu for tonight said that the mains were a) lamb pot pie b) turkey something-or-other and c) wild mushroom risotto. Seeing that there was risotto on the menu, I wasn't too worried. Well, turns out I should have been worried because there was no risotto left when we got to the entree station. Turns out the queue is so big at the beginning of dinner for a reason; otherwise all of the good food is gone! Anyways, so I was stuck with either lamb pot pie (which didn't even look like a pot pie) and the turkey thing which looked absolutely horrific. So I went with the lamb pot pie, solely because it had potatoes in it. But I did die a little bit inside. There wasn't even any dessert either. Usually there is a dessert, and a good one too, but tonight it was just like the fruit topping stuff that you might see served on top of ice cream, but with no ice cream. So I didn't get any of the "dessert" either. The only things I got to accompany my sad lamb "pot pie" were some carrots (steamed in Britain, therefore mushy and not very good) and carrot and coriander soup, which was the only good part of the meal. Unfortunately, I only have one Easy Mac left.
*My group of friends and I have discovered that going down to dinner later spares you the pain of having to queue (stand in line) for so long for dinner. So we went down at about 6:15 (dinner starts at 5:45). The menu for tonight said that the mains were a) lamb pot pie b) turkey something-or-other and c) wild mushroom risotto. Seeing that there was risotto on the menu, I wasn't too worried. Well, turns out I should have been worried because there was no risotto left when we got to the entree station. Turns out the queue is so big at the beginning of dinner for a reason; otherwise all of the good food is gone! Anyways, so I was stuck with either lamb pot pie (which didn't even look like a pot pie) and the turkey thing which looked absolutely horrific. So I went with the lamb pot pie, solely because it had potatoes in it. But I did die a little bit inside. There wasn't even any dessert either. Usually there is a dessert, and a good one too, but tonight it was just like the fruit topping stuff that you might see served on top of ice cream, but with no ice cream. So I didn't get any of the "dessert" either. The only things I got to accompany my sad lamb "pot pie" were some carrots (steamed in Britain, therefore mushy and not very good) and carrot and coriander soup, which was the only good part of the meal. Unfortunately, I only have one Easy Mac left.
