Ah the joy of Zizzis

Revision. Cycled with Alice along Port Meadow and the canal. We went off the usual route and ended up in this little village with a hidden Church called Saint Margaret's. It was really small and had not electricity but felt calm and welcoming. We then wondered around the village (some of the locals looked over their fences to make sure we weren't causing havok *shock*). Then returned to Hertford for more revision and went in the evening to Zizzis. I've never been so happy to eat at Zizzi's in my life. For pudding we ALL had this chocolate cake filled with hot chocolate sauce - divine!!
It was a welcomed break from revision :)

Soft wool blanket

Woke up at around 4am and couldn't get back to sleep. Finally managed to and then woke up around 12ish just in time for Tom to come to my room and laugh about last night >_<
Tried to go to the library to do some more work but couldn't concentrate. Its been one of those cloudy drizzly days when you feel all lethargic and un-motivated. I managed to get through some short answer questions and then went for a walk around the shops in Oxford. As I walked past the Wagamas entrance to the Covered Market I saw a couple holding a cute sheep umbrella walk past on the other side of the street They were carefuky carrying a tiny new born baby wrapped in a cream-coloured woollen blanket and were protecting it from the rain with the umbrella. I only glanced at them but the image really struck me. The baby looked so warm and safe with its parents holding it making sure it didn't get wet.

Guest Dinner at New College

James Scargill invited me today for guest dinner at his college (New College) so I spent most of the day working in the library and then rushed to have a shower and get changed ready for the meal. Sadly the weather was pretty rainy so it felt strange wearing summery clothes and eating summery food although it was not at all hot. For starters we had fish and white wine. I listened as James' friend, Dan, told us about how he is a target for bird poo and had just returned from having a shower after he'd been pooed on while looking out of the window to see if it was raining. The main course was oddly lamb (but still really nice) for which James had brought some really nice red wine. The pudding was some sort of chocolate moose and this was followed by us finishing the wine and drinking some coffee. Afterwards, we went along with some other New College people (including Jess!) to Angels in Little Claringdon street. Although we were slightly late for happy hour, Jess managed to get the guy at the bar to still give us half priced drinks. We followed by playing dirnking games and then had drinks bought for us by someone's uncle (I got something with lime and berries which was REALLY good). By the time we started to walk back to college everyone was really tipsy as we'd been drinking for most of the evening non-stop. People went for food at Hassan's where I met Tom. I don't remember much about how we got back but I sat in his room for a while and we talked for ages..I think I called him a man whore and ate all his angel slices....At some point I went upstairs and tried brushing my teeth unsuccessfully before going to sleep.

Cycling round Oxford

The last day of lectures! Alice invited me and Sam to a green cycling treasure hunt around Oxford. We met up with people in Broad Street and had to follow some clues on a treasure map to find different places in Oxford. We cycled quickly around Ship street, past Christ Church (to the wrong Rose Lane) and the Magdalen before reaching Plantation Road and Port Meadow. At each of the stops there were some environmentaly-related things to do e.g. guess the amount of CO2 produced by airlines each year. We then joined the rest of the people at Cardigan street for some green (vegan) curry which was surprisingly nice (I'd be the worst vegetarian/ vegan in the world!). It was really fun to speed round Oxford on the bikes but I am very jealous of Sam's super huge moutain bike with AMAZING suspension...he could even cycle up stairs :O

The day we tidied Tali's room

It started with making her bed as we felt sorry for her as she wa really busy with revision...it then continued with tidying her clothes....and crockery...and toiletries....

Gah for revision and pineapple head

Woke up at 7:45am to do some work for an hour before lectures (I can't believe we're still having them!). I listened to Simon and Garfunkle for a while which made me feel really happy and 60s (also reminded me of The Graduate). So, I wore the dress I'd bought in republic before Orielton which was really cute and summery. After lectures I lazed around for a while and went to lunch. This was then followed by going with Amelia to Tesco's in the summer heat and the Age Concern to buy some buttons to add to the dress ^_^
Once back in Hertford I put the pineapple I had bought in Tesco's in Marja's fridge with my primarni sunglasses as revenge for her mean jokes. I hope it scared her:D
My tute was at 4:00 but I was slightly late and wore flip flops which was NOT a good idea as I fell up the stairs on the way there. Nick Brown was there are asked if I was ok..then joked that I may have had too much to drink. not funny. It was REALLY embarassing. However, the tute went ok although slightly fast. I think I may overcomplicate things...
Walked back in the sunshine to have some supper in Amelia's room and I have procrastinated ever since...maybe I should work in the library from now on.

JCR picnic in the Uni Parks

It was a beautiful day so the JCR Welfare team organised a picnic in the park complete with pimms, chocolate and rounders. We cycled there, ate loads of food (I had to go back for my memory card as I'd just brough my camera and some sun cream as it was so hot!) adn listened to Ben playing the guitar. It was so relaxing :)