Relaxing

Saturday (1/17) started by heading back onto campus for some lunch. Joe, Urmie, and I all went to Spar, which is a grocery store on campus, to get sandwiches from the deli. Sandwiches in hand we headed back to Urmie's flat and hung out in her kitchenette eating lunch. After lunch I split off back to my flat to check my email and relax for a bit. At 3pm I got changed and headed off for my first ultimate frisbee practice with the Lancaster team.

The practice lasted for 1.5hrs in the main gym of the university sports center. I realized yet again how out of shape I get between frisbee seasons. It was good to get out and do some real physical activity. I met a number of the guys and I think I will fit in well with the team.

After practice I got showered up and ate some dinner. Then, in my usual fashion, I headed down to Trev to have a few pints and hang out with the group. We all decided a night in sounded nice. Zoe was closing the bar that evening so we all ended up hanging out for an extra hour after the rest of the crowd got the boot. It was a really fun and relaxing evening, which is just what I was looking for.

Sunday was pretty much the same. I didn't do a whole lot during the day and then in the afternoon I headed to Trev. I did, however, play some pool against a member of the college pool team that evening. I ended up beating him 4-1 and he invited me to tryout in front of the team captain the following evening.

Monday I went to classes and then went Trev for a bit after eating lunch. I hung around talking with the few people that were there until it was time for my pool team tryout. At 6pm I met up with Brynn, who is the player from the night before, and Jerry, who is the college team captain. I started out by playing Brynn and I beat him 2-0. I then played Jerry and beat him 2-0. After those games I was invited to join the team. I was pretty excited!! After playing pool I went back into the bar and had a few pints with the crew before going back to the flat to crash.

Tuesday was a pretty uneventful day. I just went to class and then Trev in the evening. I know, big surprise right.

Wednesday I had 1 class at noon. After class I met up with some people in Trev and then we went out and passed out leaflets in an effort to draw attention to the situation of the college bars on campus. Basically, the catering association on campus wants to take over the college bars and some of the students have been trying to fight back. I, being a frequent visitor of my local college bar, felt it was important that I help fight for this cause because it holds a special place in my heart just as it does so many others. We passed out leaflets for about an hour and then went back to Trev to warm up and unwind. At 3pm Liam, Urmie, Amanda, Rosy (an Australian student), and I went into town to do some shopping and pickup some groceries.

Our first stop in town was to get Rosy a new watch battery. After that we went to a shop called Top Man so I could finally buy a scarf. Next we headed for JJB Sports so Liam and I could look at pool cues. We didn't have a luck with nice two-piece cues at JJB so we went to another store called Scotts Sports. Liam found what he was hoping for there, but I wasn't quite satisfied with the cue selection. With all of our general purpose shopping out of the way it was time to tackle the monsterous task of true grocery shopping. Up to this point I'd just bought very simple instant meals that I could make when I returned from a night of being wasted.

Sainsbury's is the name of the large grocery store in town. We spent about 45 minutes there and came away with a ton of food. I was so happy to get all that food back to my flat and put it away. I finally felt like I had stuff to eat if I was hungry. Not to mention I needed something to take my focus away from takeaway orders of chips, which are bound to come around and bite me if I keep getting them.

With all my groceries put away I made a little something for dinner and then Zoe was nice enough to shave my head for me. I was pretty happy since my beard was becoming a bit unruly. I showered up to get all the loose hair off and then went down to Trev for another relaxing night. I've really enjoyed 5 straight nights of not going out to a club. Its been good to recharge my batteries for future clubbing adventures.