Highs and Lows

Mistakes of the day:
1. Thinking that going for the 4 mile group run at 8 am would be a smart idea—when the leader didn’t think that our fast pace was challenging enough, he decided an Indian run (where the person in the back of the line sprints to the front) would be a good idea
2. Signing up for the Drugs and the Brain class—it turned out to be super detailed and neurobiology oriented
3. Not scheduling a class during part of my marathon art class—I have to go to all three of the 1 hour and 15 minutes sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays. How many times can I draw the same thing in those 3 hours and 45 minutes and discuss deep philosophical elements of artistic representation?? Today we had to draw Chinese chess pieces that I couldn’t even see!
4. Going to the Plenary lecture offered about “Why Cambridge is Unique,” –some interesting stuff, but the 8 am run was starting to get to me and I had trouble staying awake.

Good things of the day:
1. The cold water actually felt good after the 4 mile death run.
2. I actually made a smart comment in my D&B class!
3. The art professor started to like my work and told me I’m really improving. He even told me that it’s a good thing I don’t have great eyesight!
4. Meg and I got to explore for lunch because our d-hall was closed and we found a cute sandwich shop called like Cafe Munch or something!
5. I got back to my room, found out that the last choral Evensong was going on and made it in time to catch some of the INCREDIBLE goose-bump raising performance. I’ll try to attach clips of the singing later that I sneakily recorded with my video camera. (No video though—I covered it with my hand.) http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/events/chapel-services.html
6. Hanging out in King’s Pub with several friends and discussing the versatility of peanut butter, ranch dressing and whipped cream on different foods.
7. Finishing up watching “What a Girl Wants” with Meg while packing for SCOTLAND!!!