Bath: Day 17

Well hello there! Today has been a pretty normal day. The start of week 3 has begun with lots of work, but also some fun trips. We will be going to Bristol Thursday for Jane Austen and then to Dartmoor Friday-Saturday for Sherlock Holmes. In the mean time, I have lots to focus on.

It was extremely warm today so I got some more color! Always a plus. Class was pretty typical today. Lots of lecture and discussion. We are reading Emma in Jane Austen (the movie Clueless is a version of this novel) and The Hound of the Baskervilles in Sherlock. Decided to give myself a nice break in between class today and enjoy the sunshine a little bit. Emily and I read and ate lunch in our garden behind the house today. We also had a nice little visitor. We have this little orange cat that's always hanging around in our garden. We are all pretty sure it has an owner, despite having no identification, because it always wants to be pet. It kept coming by me- the person who really isn't that fond of cats. Go figure. So I decided to play with him a little and then he wouldn't leave me alone. But he is super cute and personable. I've never seen a cat so into people in my life. He kept rolling over for belly rubs and he didn't try to claw me or anything. He even let one of the girls pick him up so he is obviously socialized and not ferrel. I gave him a little tuna and some water. It was cute. Wherever I moved, he would move with me. He's like my little shadow. We let him in the house for a bit to see how he would react to judge if he really is a pet or not and he seemed pretty comfortable in the home so I am guessing he does belong to someone. But we named him Apricot because he is a really cute shade of orange.

Emily & I decided to try this Italian place I've been dying to try for dinner tonight. It's about 3 minutes from the house and it's an outdoor cafe. Everyone speaks Italian that works there so you know it's authentic. We had THE BEST garlic bread I have ever eaten and I had a great dish of penne bolognese. So glad we tried it.

Tonight just basically consisted of lots of homework and hanging out with my housemates. Nothing too fun, just very relaxed. Got my paper back in Jane Austen that I turned in last week: received an A- on it which is perfectly fine by me. Should it have been during the school year I would have been very aggitated, but since there was not as much time to dedicate...I was pretty pleased with it. That paper constitutes 20% of our grade, participation and in-class writings constitute another 30% of our grade and I have an A for that section. We have two papers left and my presentation weds. so I am sure I will be okay.

By the way, that picture is too demonstrate some of the ridiculous hats there. Okay, so Sam's really isn't even bad. But girls actually where the stupid thing I have on and hats like ten times as big as Sam's. Crazy English!

LOVE!