19 Feb

I woke up around noon and went to Sainsbury’s for my weekly grocery trip before lunch. I listened to my iPod this time while shopping and it really did make the trip more enjoyable, like Lainey said it would. I sorted my groceries in the room and then ate a quick lunch before settling down to more work and Olympics. I heard on the daily recap that the American’s men’s curling team defeated the British! Who would have expected that?! And, no surprise here, most of the American curlers are from Minnesota. The Brits will still compete in a medal-match though, so all is well. Go Team USA!!

My project is going somewhat smoothly and I’ve certainly done all the research I need to in order to make some intelligent comments in the paper. Gregg came back around 3 from Portsmouth. Portsmouth is on the southern coast of England and either used to be or still is a major commercial and naval port. The HMS Victory is there (i.e. the ship Lord Nelson fought and died on) along with other British naval historic artifacts. He went with Micah, another JYA who has a room at KCH but is almost never here because he spends most of his time at the Stamford Street apartments with his girlfriend (he’s definitely winning on location, I can tell you that; Stamford Street is about a five minute walk from Waterloo Bridge). They left on Friday and by Gregg’s account, it sounds like they had a good time. I’ll make it a point to visit the place in warmer weather. Lainey also returned from her weekend trip with Sarah and Kelsey (a friend from high school who’s studying at Westminster this spring) to Amsterdam. They went on the “Heineken Experience” at the brewery and apparently had a great time. They came back with matching Heineken jackets that are pretty funny.

Dinner was pretty decent and the stories the weekend travelers told made up for anything lacking in the meal. After dinner I continued to work on my project and watched more Olympics (broken record, I know). I chatted with the folks at home for a bit and kept track of the UNC vs. Wake Forest game. We won, of course, which made my evening sweet. I spent the rest of the night working on my project and miscellany before going to bed around 1.