Nott What You'd Expected...

12 HOURS AND COUNTING

12 Hours until my first class at University, and I'm a little overwhelmed. Partially because of our reading list for Islamic Tradition:
partially because of my first crosscountry relay race, partially because I've gotten lazy, and partially because despite not having class i've still found a way to be extremely busy, and i don't want to add to that crazyness.

Today was boring as hell. I wrote four or five journals for the Mugglis, read 60 pages of the driest textbook drivel about the UK, cleaned the house, and still managed to spend money.

After waking up as sore as hell (see yesterday's hellbent 5 mile run), I read until noon, picked out an article for my Paideia assignment, and made delicious omlets. If this is boring to type, it's probobly painful for others to read.

Long story short, it turns out that we have a Lacoste/Speedo/Boxfresh outlet mall about one block from the flat, and I bought a sweetass shirt that has my name on it, and found some shoes that I more than likely will end up another month in debt on.

Here's my awesome shirt- The idea is based on a famous English footballer named Kevin Keegan who had notoriously awesome curly black hair....

After cleaning the house to impress the neighbors, we had an awesome cornbready dinner of Aztec-like stylings, followed by a lecture that lasted well into the night.
The Juggins (neighbors to our directors' home in Nott for the past 20 years) came over to discuss the area and talk about basic Nottingham info. They dispelled crime rumors, told us the best place to go pubbing- basic common sense stuff.

I really need to sleep, so i'll proboby make it to bed before 1am for the first time since i've been abroad...
Tomorrow is a day of firsts- first class, first cross meet (only a 1.2k... so, a sprint really), first day of GooseFair (Nottingham civil celebration that is in its 712th year.... yeah, that's a 7... as in more than 700 years old....), first crosscountry social (Ark bar followed by a trip into the city center to Isis), and first time sleeping through Thursday morning class.....maybe.

night.
kevin

posted by Kevin @ 9:44 PM