Just to reiterate, I am fine; Hannah is fine. The only downside was a complete lack of motivation to do any work. This continued into Tuesday where I found many ways to prevent myself from working for long periods of time. I went and collected my post. Katie's birthday present arrived and I immediately donned my new eskimo-esque slippers. Well not immediately but as soon as I was back indoors They keep my toes toasty warm. :D Then I had washing to do and of course the done thing whilst waiting an hour and a half (drying included) is to play the piano. Well, the rooms are adjacent.
Following creating my own methods of procrastination, Garlic (real name Mihai which sounds like half-garlic in French) came in for a chat which turned out to take up like an hour and a half. Had this been in French I wouldn't so much put it down as procastination but sadly, talking almost completely in English can in no way be justified.
After hearing about my lack of concentration, Victoria insisted that we cook and ate in her kitchen which is far quieter and less likely to be full of people with whom to socialise. This was all very well, after our swift dinner I plonked myself on my bed with my reading and got out a tub of ice-cream and s spoon. It wasn't long before a few of the boys popped their heads round the door. Apparently the sight of me in jeggings, eating ice-cream from the tub with the internet open (this was actually for academic purposes) is very very British. It was to their great amusement. I didn't get very far after that, especially as everyone seemed to congregate on the corridor outside my room. I could have shut the door, put in some ear phones and finished the last 6 pages but no, I'm far too sociable and naturally before long found myself on the corridor having a good giggle with everyone else.
Still this did not leave me too far behind. I was all prepared for this morning's class, even being up and awake before Victoria'a wake-up call. The class was mostly revision as we have an exam coming up. I was pretty tired so I planned to have a quick nap, then eat lunch and use the remainder of my lunch break to finish the reading. That quick nap? Yeah, it turned into a four hour sleep. My bad! Despite having not finished the reading the lecture wasn't too bad and we cleared up one of our worries. French has a past tense that is used only in literature. It's recognisable but we don't know how to use it but since the professor keeps talking about writing in uni level French we wondered whether he might mean this. Apparently not. It's barely used here. Score! Don't have to teach myself a tense now.
This evening I have fared a little better with my work. I even opted not to go out as invited but to stay in and do some reading. Victoria says we're keeping each others social lives in tact. She's reigning me in and I'm dragging her out. She's doing a good job so far, except when I just amble out of my room and waste time doing absolutely nothing. It's quite the talent you know :D
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