Goose Fair!!!

Today I mostly studied, but I was really looking forward to tonight. I had no idea what a Goose Fair was, I thought it would include the geese I see walking around University Campus all the time. Silly me! It was actually like a county fair with rides, games, candy and food. Some foods I didn't even recognize.



I found out that cotton candy is called candy floss here. Same difference, right?

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And here are some general pictures of the fair:








I also met a dog named Brad. Very cute chocolate lab that wanted to play fetch with a slimy stick. I threw it for him a few times and then my friend Rahul became friends as well with him.




And I found out another interesting fact about fairs in Britain. They sell coconuts. 2 for 1 pound. Too bad I left my coconut opener at home.




At the end Inga, Rahul and I all went on a Merry-Go-Round.





And now I am tuckered out. I am going to bed since it's after midnight. I still have more studying to do tomorrow. But this morning I got all of Monday's reading done, next will be Tuesday and I still need to get some books for Thursday's class. I'll probably pick up the reading for the next Monday (13th). There is so much to do, sometimes I don't think I'll ever be done. Which I won't, for a year at least.

Good Night!

Happy Pumpkin Month!

So I tried to post something yesterday but my Internet connection was shaky at best, so that didn't pan out so well. It was alright though because it wasn't the most exciting day. Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy not having any classes yesterday, but I basically did three things. The first was getting rejected from a study that could have paid me 60 pounds to get 4 MRI's. But since it involves magnets and I have a tiny wire behind my lower front teeth, that was a no go. Oh, well, the girl was nice and I made a friend. Next I went to Nottingham looking for a book by an author I like. The bookstore only had one of hers I hadn't read, but at least I got one! I would have tried the library but by that time, they were closing. Everything closes down between 5 and 7 pm. Except the pubs, which close at 11 pm. Then I went on a food run into Beeston, got a disgruntled look from the check-out lady when I handed her a 50, but it's the only place that will take them.

Today I got up at the ungodly hour of 7 in the morning (sleep...mmm...love sleep) and went to a class that forced me to take notes for the sole purpose of staying awake. But I can say, the professor did try to be entertaining, and would have been if he had his class at a later time in the day. Then I went back to my room and became a geek and studied. I still have two more papers to read for Monday's class, at least one paper for Tuesday's, and two books for Thursday's class (which I need to get tomorrow). I have turned into a geek, I realize this, but at least I let my mind rest with a little romance mixed into it everyday. If I didn't I think I'd go brain dead from info overload. Later (around midnight) I'm going to call my old friend, Jacquie, from my RA days and surprise her on her birthday. Then I'm going to start another book before going to bed.

Night Everyone!

Late for Class...Oops

So to start off my day I accidentally slept in, got locked out of my building during a downpour after throwing out the trash, then I had to wait in line at reception to be told about a little button that makes everything work, and then I had to catch the 1:15 bus to be at class at 1:30. As a result I was 5 minutes late to class. Oops.

There were about 150 people taking it, comprising of undergraduate and graduate students. when I walked in the room was a sea of faces. Oh, well. I went to the back and sat for two hours during the lecture. It was an interesting one about motivation and whether it is a cognitive process procedure before the motivation begins for a decision, or an internal drive and instinct that decides the decision to be motivated. It went through Maslow's Hierarchy, Alderfer ERG Theory and Vroom's Expectancy Theory.

Afterward, I got a chicken salad sandwich and a hot cocoa for lunch and headed back to my room to study some more. Wow, my life is so interesting. But I blog about it to let everyone know that I am still alive. I think only my mother reads all of these. But they are almost like a little journal that I can keep at the end of the year. So I write about everything, even the days that kinda suck.

First Day of Class...

What can I say about sitting in class for two hours? It was somewhat boring, but intellectually interesting about sums it up. We took two mini fun quizzes (non-graded) that tested whether our common sense in supported by theories. When I got to the true/false question about whether women are slightly more intelligent than men, I said true. I got it wrong (we're all about the same), but I can argue that on a later day. I should say men and women's intellectual motives come from different places. =)

Anyway, before class, the first thing I saw was this:



Her name is Misty Blue. At least that is what the windshield proclaimed. I thought it was so cute I had to take a picture of it.

After classes I went back to my room and studied the required reading for next week's class. It'll take me a week to finish all of it, that's for sure. I made a good dent in it though. Now I'm going to bed. May start a new romance book to relax after all the social psychology terminology and theory.

Good Night!

Archery in Nottingham. My day is complete...

I started today by getting up obscenely early for a Sunday (I love my sleep) and tried my hand at archery. I really liked it, even though I'm not great at it, it helped to de-stress, which was the whole point for me. Since the de-stress archery worked, I decided to join even though it was 65 pounds to sign up for the gym facilities and 15 pounds for the yearly fee. Double all those figures, and that's what I paid in dollars. I try not to go there mentally, but I still cringe a little. But if it helps me de-stress and gets me out of my room to interact with people, that's always a good thing.

Afterward I had to run to two of the libraries on the University Campus to get 4 books that I have to read before October 6. Not to mention the 3 journal articles that I need to read as well. All this needs to be done in a week. Did I mention that it's just for ONE class. I try not to dwell on it either. But I am starting early and breaking up all the reading so I can finish it in time. And I really try not to think about the fact I'll be on that same accelerated reading schedule for the rest of the year. Fun stuff, right?!

Sorry there are no pictures. I really can only do picture taking on my weekends, so try to wait it out. I know I am pining for the weekend already. And Monday has not even started. Lord help me.