Seventh-inning slump
That's a baseball metaphor, I know. Doesn't really work when talking about being in England. But I don't know any cricket, rugby or football (soccer) metaphors, so we'll have to leave it at that.
I seem to have hit some sort of slump. After Tuesday I just crashed all day yesterday, and although I was supposed to get back into the swing of things today, I crashed again today.
I was going to try going to this lecture on Rinconete and Cortadillo, but it didn't happen. In addition to being at 9 am (nope, sorry!) it was also for first-years, so it probably wasn't worth my while. Most of the things they do in the freshers' lectures are things I could do on my own time, even if I haven't read the work before.
My usual lecture plans for Thursdays are the intertextuality in Golden Age Spain lecture at 10 am, and the literary theory lecture at noon. I missed both. I was actually out the door and down the street, but I got as far as Jowett Walk and said forget it. I actually wasn't feeling so great anyway. So I came back and went back to sleep for a while.
I made it into town for about 3:30 for a late lunch (3:30 is an average lunch time for me since I go to bed and get up so late). It was quite convenient today: I went to the Covered Market for a pasty, and the girl gave me a second one for free! I guess they had a bit too many in the oven, and since they were getting ready to close up for the day, they wanted to get rid of them. On top of that, I also got a free soda with my student ID. So the whole thing came to £2.60 (for takeaway) when it might normally come to about £5.90. After that I did a bit of pickup shopping at M&S (I forgot some stuff yesterday), and went back to Catz.
Tonight I was going to do one of two things: either go to the Merton MCR to see Mar Adentro, or go to the Catweazle Club with the Oxford Muse people. I think I will decline on both, and just get caught up on laundry. I think I am getting sick anyway (stomach bug, plus possible pinkeye), so I want to be careful.
I guess this means that it is time for what my prof calls BE GOOD TO KAITLIN TIME.
1 comment:
Hey Loryta...with the exception of the theory seminar, most lectures are optional! Undergraduates are required to attend "tutorials," but grad students don't have tutorials, so it's pretty nice.
I do have to attend meetings with my supervisor, but we're not required to have a certain number of meetings and they're not always at the same time or for the same amount of time.
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