Snow!
I just thought I should mention the weather here in St. Andrews. All fall it has been quite mild, what I would expect for a coastal fall, wet and chilly, honestly not much different from Vermont. Well let me tell you, when that wind starts whipping down the scores, it gets damn cold. Last weekend it was very cold, cold enough to SNOW! I was so jealous of mom and dad because I had talked to them on the phone and they said it was snowing, even in NJ and I really wish I had snow. Saturday morning there was a nice little dusting on the rooftops and covering the grass in the garden, I thought that was fantastic as it hardly ever snows here. Then on Sunday morning I awoke to a solid several inches on the ground and everywhere. It was absolutely gorgeous. It really made my day to see some snow, I hope it snows again, and I hope there is some snow for Christmas at Steve’s in Birmingham.
Also in the past week we had Thanksgiving! So happy late Thanksgiving everyone! I was quite depressed that I couldn’t watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. That is such a critical part of my thanksgiving that it was truly sad I couldn’t watch. The dinner Deans Court made us was utter crap; I can’t even describe how awful it was to come down to dinner, on Thanksgiving, to essentially have thick lunch meat which had been cooked in water, a poor excuse for mashed potatoes and some mushy cauliflower. There wasn’t even any proper pie. BUT most of us were planning to do our own Thanksgiving dinner thing on the weekend which was good. I am working with the education department at the museum here at St. Andrews and I worked there for an event, a kid’s workshop, on Saturday and Sunday so when I got back on Saturday I made a mini Thanksgiving meal for me and Steve. It turned our pretty well given I didn’t have a proper kitchen, proper cook ware, or even all the right ingredients. Another highlight of the weekend was Deans Court (or at least the cool kids who live here) all went out for a Charity Shop Challenge Pub Crawl. Basically you had 10quid to buy the most hideous outfit in charity shops, and then we go on a pub crawl. It was pretty spectacular, and hey, it was a bit of good for charity!
Right, well I think that about catches me up to what I’m doing right now, other than planning a birthday for Steve on Wednesday, so take care until my next post which will probably be after Christmas. Let’s be honest, you won’t want to hear about my exams, papers, or how much I’m stressing.
Cheers!
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