I must apologize for being remiss in my duties as of late. There is a reason. Several reasons. Since the weekend, it has been raining heavily. The last few days it was miserable. On Monday, I was caught out in the rain and drenched, and on Tuesday, my pants were still wet, but they were my only “clean” pair. This repetition ended up making me sick, and I have been taking naps every afternoon this week to try to recover.
Not much to talk about this week at all. On Monday we went to a pub called Frankenstein’s, and they had this corny monster show at midnight where Frankenstein, the Bride, the Doctor, and Mike Myers came out and danced among the crowd. It was funny. We laughed and danced. The music they played was odd to say the least. It was like music from a Rock Jock cd from the nineties.
Fast forward through 4 days of crap weather. Even the locals told me that these were bad days. One even said that this was like a bad day in the winter (which suggests the winters are mild enough, but annoying). The rain didn’t let up for nearly 48 hours and then came intermittently. It was bad enough that I didn’t go out, and instead, watched movies in the common room, bundled up in my sleeping bag. On Tuesday we watched “The Cheviot, the Stage, and the Black, Black Oil.” Interesting socialist play, a bit preachy. On Wednesday, “When Harry met Sally,” on Thursday the “Prime of Miss Jean Brodie..”
On Wednesday, one of our tutors had a Birthday party, and I met a bunch of people that only made me miss the people back home more.
I skipped breakfast all week. The food at the dining hall has started to really get to me. I miss home, and especially the wife.
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