Restful Day

Today was a leisurely day. I got up around 10:30 (having been up rather late last night) and sat around in my PJ’s with my PSP for the morning, waiting on my sweetie to log on when he woke up so that we could have our “breakfast” (for him coffee and for me High Tea) together and hang out on Google Chat as we have agreed to make our custom for as often as possible on Sundays. I fortified myself for the wait with a breakfast bar (they have real fruit in them here, not paste!) that I have still from my purchases at Sainsbury. These are a very good deal for what you get, which is 5 sets of three, I still have one left.

Once my baby got on, I trotted down to the Costa Coffee in the Claredon Center, just outside of CMRS for tea and a butter croissant to smear with my raspberry conserve (again from Sainsbury) that I keep in the CMRS refrigerators in the common kitchen. It was exceedingly yummy and a very nice way to kick off the afternoon.

After we said our goodbyes I took some time to do my reading for the upcoming colloquium discussion on Anselm’s works (the ontological proof of God one which has a difficult to spell title and as I have passed the book on I won’t attempt it). I finished that up and made my dinner – tomato soup and imitation Ritz crackers (you guessed it, Sainsbury – if you aren’t getting the point by now, the grocery store is the cheapest and most effective way to feed yourself if dining at St. Peter’s is not available, as it won’t be for the first month of your stay on the weekends).

Thus I proceeded into a nice quiet evening of mixed study, internet surfing, and PSP playing. I was actually getting a bit lonely when I bumped into Claire in the hallway on my way down to the outside to have a smoke. She was on her way to get hot chocolate from one of the cafés nearby (whichever was still open, things close very early here on Sunday by and large) and I decided to tag along and treat myself. Also delicious – for reference, Coffee Republic is open until 8pm on Sundays and is an exception to remember if you find yourself with a similar craving at a similar hour.

Sadly, my evening does have one sour note. I just got an e-mail from Bianca, our Junior Dean, pointing out that the kitchen is in a sorry state and will be deemed unacceptable if not remedied by the time she makes her final round before bed. I have no dirty dishes of my own in the sink, because I adhere to the idea of doing them right after I use them, it is just much easier that way, but not everyone has adopted this method and thus the kitchen is a bit of a shambles. I want to just tidy it up myself, and avoid us all getting scolded – but that defeats the idea of us all being adults with personal responsibility for our messes and isn’t my job after all is said and sifted. I hope the people who have mess in there address it promptly. If I were them I would be embarrassed, but maybe that is just me?

Oh! And during my chat with Bruno I was able to put together the first installment of the Wells trip for you all. There will be several installments of this trip, because I took a lot of footage of the very beautiful and vast cathedral we saw. I hope you all enjoy it!