missfrifri

Please accept MissFriFri’s apologies for not having blogged for a week. I was going to somewhere in between eating the 2 kg Quality Street box of chocolate, laying on my floor reading human rights articles and attempting runs (read: rolls) in the park but simply found it too overwhelming. It’s just November and the LLM is seriously getting to me already!

So this is the past week in a few sentences….

·         Me and My Man went to visit Stamford on Sunday, ate fish and chips and, as I expressed it, “strolled around in the cute little village and looked at all the cute little shops.” My Man kept correcting and reminding me that Stamford is a TOWN, not a village. I guess that four and a half years of Oxford Street madness changes your perspective on things.

·         On Monday I had my neurotic day of the week. (You’ve probably noticed by now that I always have AT LEAST one of those.) I was suddenly overcome with LLM- fear, stared at my laptop for 3 hours and then ate half a box of Quality Street chocolate in my bed, fell asleep and woke up in a pile of wrappers. A very classy moment for MissFriFri.

·         Tuesday: we discussed domestic violence in class. One of the few guys on our gender course wanted to become friends with me since I “don’t seem like a crazy man- hater” and since he doesn’t feel like I “hate him.” Aww isn’t that sweet! I went to the gym and managed to push through 45 minutes of crosstraining through sheer willpower. Felt faint afterwards. Ate more quality street chocolate. Had a very productive study- evening.

·         Wednesday: the challenge. In the middle of a week where I’ve mostly felt like hiding under the covers for the winter, sleep through it and come back with new powers in the spring, I had promised Misha to write an article for the QM and King’s student journal about why it’s a good idea- and fun- to do a LLM. Managed to power through when Misha said that I look like a future CEO in my graduation picture. Went for a manicure to cheer myself up, French manicure nails have now changed into dark purple nails (according to My Man they’re goth- nails, according to me they’re stylish nails.)

·         Thursday: hello Peterborough! Had a really nice meal at an Indian restaurant on Thursday evening with My Man, Bianca and Remo (I think it was called something like the Bombay Brasserie..?) Very good food- but it took two hours before we got it. Nearly fainted. We discussed XFactor and whether Remo should be in a reality show. (I would definitely watch a reality show like that!)

I have now spent the entire Friday in Starbucks working HARD to get some ideas for my dissertation and have actually gotten somewhere. By the way, the Peterborough Starbucks is probably the best one that I have been to so far- they started giving me free lattes because they thought I was working so hard! Being a geek is FINALLY paying off. Yessssss!

Me and My Man practically fell like our brains are striking after a Friday of hard work, so are having some pizza in bed while watching Scrubs. Perhaps not the most glamorous option, but extremely necessary. Hello cheese!