Hello All,
Wow, so as usual A LOT has happened within the last few days. The first thing I want to blog about probably relates to something that many of you already know about. My cat Patrick has been struggling with diabetes over the past couple of months and has especially struggled with it during the last few weeks. My parents brought him into the Vet's on Saturday expecting to take him home with a cure, and instead were advised to put him down...sooner rather than later. He wasn't able to recover and could potentially not last the weekend. So...Patrick was put down. I went out on Saturday night with Nicola Clay, an old friend of mine from childhood so my family didn't want to ruin my evening with the bad news of Patrick. So the next day when I went on to skype with my parents, the news hit me like a rock. It all happened so suddenly! I loved Patrick more than life itself so I had a major low point when I heard that news. I wish I had been there to say goodbye and to support my family during such a sad time. Our pets are part of our family (they make the cover of our Christmas card more than I do) so it feels very strange to have him gone. He was a great cat, and will be very hard to replace...
Anyways, now moving onto the good! I have been keeping myself very busy in order to take my mind off the obvious. On Monday I started my classes (finally!) and immediately found them to be different than at UBC. A lot of their learning is based on independent study which is difficult coming from a highly structured program at home. Because of the fact that the faculty of English is one of the most pretigious on campus, I have found the students to be slightly pretentious in their attitudes. I have been lucky to make a friend in each class but have felt a general feeling of "I am a scholar and therefore I am better than everyone" kind of vibe. To be fair, everyone has been very kind to me (because I am "in" the English crew) yet look down on the other faculties...very weird!! But on the other hand, all of the students in my classes are, indeed, very smart. Some of the things that come out of their minds are astonishing!! It is slightly intimidating but I look forward to the challenge.
On Monday night I had my first gospel choir rehearsal! My friend Judy and I signed up together so it was nice to go along with some else, instead of alone. I really enjoyed the rehearsal and had a great time singing my heart out without a care in the world!! Tuesday I had more class to attend, and then went to a Cheese fondue night with my room mates. To be honest, it was a bit of a let down. Their was a good turn out of people, but they promised wine with the cheese and their was none!!!! Because we were meeting our other friends later on in the evening, we had some time to kill (and were NOT enjoying the cheese party) so decided to do a mini bar crawl around Nottingham city. We ended up at a new club called Marketbar which was really fun!
I had a 9am class this morning which was unfortunate after a 3am bedtime but hey, you only live once! This afternoon I went into Nottingham city with my room mates Richard and Eleanor to check out the amazing shopping that their is in this city!! It was great!!
Thats all I really have to report for now...will update again in the next couple of days...must get some work done in the mean time!
Also, I have attached a very cute pic of Patrick, a pic from our mini bar crawl last night as well as a pic of the Trent building, where I have all my English classes.
Missing you all :)
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