Alex came to visit today. He was in London for the weekend and managed to get a free ticket to Oxford so decided to come and see me. I told him that I didn't have much time free as we've been very busy and also needed to sort out Manasi's birthday stuff. However, we managed to find a snug corner table at Costa where we were able to sit, drink coffee and chat. It was lovely to see him and sad to say goodbye.
Once back at Hertford we all hid in the basement of the Swift room around lunchtime for Manasi's surprise birthday party. Marja bought loads of food and a Topshop voucher with the money we'd all donated towards the gift so it was very tempting to not eat it all as we waited in the dark! Amelia had planned to ask Manasi to take some boxes downstairs before setting off to pizza Express where we'd told her we were going to have lunch. However, as she came through the door we all surprised her (she didn't scream as much as we'd hoped) and sang "Happy Birthday".
Went out with all the interview helpers to Keble's bar for an interview week crew date. It was pretty dry as the only other interview week helpers there were from Balliol and Keble. They were very civilised and boring. However, the traditional Hertford spirit kept us up and we were all sconsing and singing in no time!
