HOORAY!!!!!!!

This has been the best weekend of my life!!!!

Not only did I have an AWESOME time in Oxford with Lera, that was just what I needed to remind me why I'm here doing what I'm doing


BUT ALSO....

THE RED SOX WON THE AMERICAN LEAGUE PENNANT AND ARE OFF TO THE WORLD SERIES!!!!!!!!



I'M SOO HAPPY I COULD CRY!!!!!

Time for an update

Well its the end of my third week here, and the end of week two of classes. Things seem to be going a bit better. I'm getting along with people better, and I think I'm even starting to make friends. I've also finally started all my classes. I'm only taking two, a Soviet History module for postgrads, that consists of me and one other student, so that is quite interesting to say the least, it really is just a two hour long conversation with the professor, who is quite zany, and I also like that. The other class i'm taking is a Russian class, to keep up with my language skills etc. I quite like the way language classes here are structured.

I dont really know what else to say right now. Boxing is going well although I didn't make it to training this morning because I was up till 6 watching the Sox fucking lose to the Tribe. Oh well the series is tied, and we will come back and win. We've still got Dice-K to pitch, and after Sabathia and Carmona, who did not pitch well their pitching goes downhill. But jesus christ Francona better keep Gagne off the mound.

Week 1 Update

Well I've surived an entire week here! Woohoo! I've learned a few things. St. Andrews really is as beautiful as everyone told me, and I LOVE boxing! Just got back from my second workout with the club. It's intense, but its going to whip my ass into shape and its a good outlet for my anger. I haven't started classes yet, and I'm actually not sure when I do. Some people start tomorrow, but I'm not sure. My advisor is a little kooky, but I like them that way. I've not been sleeping well, which is quite unfortunate, but hopefully boxing will put me back on a regular schedule. I'm also not quite sure how I feel about my flatmates yet, but as Lera said, I'm trying desperatley to keep an open mind. It's hard though when they dont make any effort to include me and/or keep it quiet when I'm suffering from a horrible migraine.

Oh I matriculated yesterday. Which is some fancy British word for becoming an official student at the university. I got my ID card and everything. Now if only I knew when classes were staring etc.....haha

Oh well, for now I'll run on the beach (Chariots of Fire was filmed on the beach I've been running on, how could I resist) and box.

Well here we go....

Well this is it. In four hours I have to wake up to shower and get my ass ready to get on a plane to Boston, where I"ll be for two days, then its the big one, off to Scotland. I'm simultaneously terrified and super excited. BAH. I'm ready to do this, I want to go back to school. I absolutely adore Soviet history. I know I"ll be happy. Goodbyes are just extremely hard for me. and the goodbye tomorrow morning will not be happy. Bah! I need to go to bed

Scotland Ho

So, due to the fact that I hate the blog function on myspace anymore, just because it doesn't run well on a mac, I've decided to start a blog here to keep you all updated on my going ons in Scotland over the course of the next year. I leave in approximately two and a half weeks for the birthplace of golf, where I will spend almost exactly one year studying and writing to earn a silly M.Litt in Central and Eastern European Studies, with of course a special focus on Soviet history.

I'm sure no one cares, but check back regularily for updates, photos, etc.