Today was a day of non-productivity...was supposed to make a start on our philosophy essay but nope didn't happen.
Anyhow, started the day by going through my inbox + some grocery shopping which of course took hours (literally) as 1) silly OXCIA troubles that need to be sorted out 2) I've realised that a lot of what I buy are time-dependent offers so the shopping list has to be edited each time to take advantage of the offers available today. I'm such a cheapo.
Then I had to dash off for a mammoth rowing session (without any lunch as it's at the inconvenient time of 12.45pm where you'd have to eat pretty early in order not to get cramps) which went on till around 3pm. Woah...we were pretty crap at the beginning (boat rocking all over the place, people catching crabs - guess what that means!?!) but then towards the end we were definately in our stride - very fast and steady racing. Good stuff! Ha ha..I enjoy actual rowing so much better than the prep/fitness for it which I'm not good at anyway!
Then (a bit smelly as the person in front kept splashing me) I went straight to Corpus Christi's tortoise race. It's an annual event but this was my first time. It was sooo cool! Though I missed the actual race (yeah I know, how can you miss a *tortoise* race!) - mainly because I couldn't see anything - I did do other stuff.
Firstly it was a chance to meet my corpus christi crew (I just said that for alliteration..!) which was made up of my counselling friends (I don't go to counselling, I mean training!) and people I met in China last year and people who I'm going to China with this year! It was brilliant just to be around them and all the other friendly Corpus Christi folk. And their college was gorgeous! Lots of greenery, a conservatory and that grand quad at the front! Sigh....one of my friends said "why is Jesus so ( )".....she said it half jokingly of course! Our loyalties are tested....not broken :)
Oooohh and burgers for a £1!! As well as raffles, put-your-face-in-the-painting-hole-and-get-splashed-by-your-friends thing (what IS that called?), second hand book stalls, sweet/cake stalls and more! Ah...the weather was good too! Oh yeah and Blue Peter was filming there too! The winning tortoise (from Corpus Christi...fixed anyone? :P) will race on their show...alas, the presenters weren't there. Could have got my foot in the door perhaps.......
I have to admit. This was one of those brilliant Oxford days. I've always said, Oxford's like marmite..well..kind of. You can't really dislike then really like marmite can you?!?
Anyhow, sorry Karl. You'll have to wait.
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