Busy-ness
In both scary and exciting news....I leave the UK in THREE days :O
What've I've been up to:
Sunday: Went to Oxford. There was a somewhat hastily organised get-together meal. Myself, Otoha, Marie, Chris, Nate, Kasumi, Tim, Lydia and Sam (later) went to Jamies and had a really nice meal together. Afterwards, we headed to O'Neills for a quick drink before heading off home. We were home by 12, but ended up talking to Oaty til 3am about stupid drama things (Nodame movie is out when I'm in Tokyo!)
Monday: Got up late >_>; Said a muffled goodbye as Oaty left for work before 9am, from my makeshift bed of duvet and sleeping bag on the floor, and promptly moved to her bed to sleep away three hours. Got up, went to uni to hand in my harddrive to see if there was any hope for it, then headed into town. I went into the kids' section of Waterstone, to choose my omiyage for the host family baby girl. Kind of got carried away and super-nostalgic and chatted too long with the nice sales woman. Ended up choosing The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Dear Zoo and My Little Learning Library (by Eric Carle, 4 tiny books about animal sounds, colours, numbers and words. Adorable...).
Then had to get the train to Didcot as it was the only place that I could possibly get an appointment at. Had to get my implant changed. My arm still hurts ;_; It wasn't bad, but I have to tell you the exchange procedure isn't as easy as the first time you get one. The nurse has to fight to pull it out of your arm >_> So I'm now sporting a nice wound and a purple bruise. Took the massive bandage off and it looks a bit gruesome :/ But I only had to keep it on for 48 hours, plus, it's such a pain trying to take a shower with a plastic bag over your arm.
Came back to Oxford and met up with Otoha and a few friends/housemates to browse St Giles Fair. Just walked around and allowed myself a single donut, and a bite of candy floss. Managed to catch up with Sam by surprise, for five minutes, so we had a chat and said goodbye. So many people like this who have left now that I won't get a chance to see.
Was chotto stressed over one thing going on during my stay, and the aching arm didn't make it any better :(
We went to the Gourmet Burger Kitchen for dinner (my first time) and I had an avocado and bacon burger....couldn't finish it -_-) So much food...we ordered fries as a side, but that was a huge mistake, they were pretty much untouched.
Tuesday: Running late with various things to sort out via the laptop. Packed up my stuff and got up to the SU for my dentist appointment. 40 minutes of my dentist mostly trying his hardest to get the two temporary caps off my teeth. This was not fun :( I was so worried about them breaking when I had them....I needn't have been!! It took some kind of epic effort for him to get them out of my mouth. Then I had my permanent ones fitted and filed down until they were comfortable in my mouth. They still feel a little odd but I'm getting used to biting on them. One's also porcelain, I think, because it's near the front....and it feels so smooth and shiny....its puts all my other teeth to shame!! The other one is just at the back though, so plain grey (though he sandblasted it first so that it wasn't ridiculously shiny...).
While they're not really going near your gums for this work, it's still pretty tiring and achey : /
After this, had lunch with Oaty (soup for me with the sore mouth) and headed off to the station.
I felt a tiny bit teary when I left, thinking about leaving everything for a year. Leaving the SU, walking out of Gipsy Lane Reception.... I was surpised, but maybe I shouldn't be...this year has had a lot of happy moments...
...but I will be back in a year.
Got a call on the train from Becky who said we should go for dinner and that she'd pick me up at the station, so we had a nice, cheap-ish meal in Wigan before heading back home.
Today (Wednesday): Headed into Liverpool to meet sashwizzled . We had a nice time just generally wandering about. We later met
prince_windie ,
kitty_cat_gemma , zappin and skipselz for food at Las Iguanas.
Tomorrow I must pick up my new glasses and start packing for real. Final decisions made on what's travelling with me, what I cannot take.
I got some vacuum packs for the suitcase which I will do on the Saturday to have my suitcase looking very neat and organised and without clothes threatening to make it explode. They won't make it lighter though *sigh*
Checked my seats on Asiana and I still appear to be sitting alone on a three seat row...hopefully that lasts! Even if it's not super-comfortable, it means getting to lie down if I do want to sleep, otherwise, lots of space to pop my stuff.
Also the father's 54th birthday tomorrow. We're going for dinner on Friday night, but I'll probably make something nice tomorrow, and a little cake :)
What've I've been up to:
Sunday: Went to Oxford. There was a somewhat hastily organised get-together meal. Myself, Otoha, Marie, Chris, Nate, Kasumi, Tim, Lydia and Sam (later) went to Jamies and had a really nice meal together. Afterwards, we headed to O'Neills for a quick drink before heading off home. We were home by 12, but ended up talking to Oaty til 3am about stupid drama things (Nodame movie is out when I'm in Tokyo!)
Monday: Got up late >_>; Said a muffled goodbye as Oaty left for work before 9am, from my makeshift bed of duvet and sleeping bag on the floor, and promptly moved to her bed to sleep away three hours. Got up, went to uni to hand in my harddrive to see if there was any hope for it, then headed into town. I went into the kids' section of Waterstone, to choose my omiyage for the host family baby girl. Kind of got carried away and super-nostalgic and chatted too long with the nice sales woman. Ended up choosing The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Dear Zoo and My Little Learning Library (by Eric Carle, 4 tiny books about animal sounds, colours, numbers and words. Adorable...).
Then had to get the train to Didcot as it was the only place that I could possibly get an appointment at. Had to get my implant changed. My arm still hurts ;_; It wasn't bad, but I have to tell you the exchange procedure isn't as easy as the first time you get one. The nurse has to fight to pull it out of your arm >_> So I'm now sporting a nice wound and a purple bruise. Took the massive bandage off and it looks a bit gruesome :/ But I only had to keep it on for 48 hours, plus, it's such a pain trying to take a shower with a plastic bag over your arm.
Came back to Oxford and met up with Otoha and a few friends/housemates to browse St Giles Fair. Just walked around and allowed myself a single donut, and a bite of candy floss. Managed to catch up with Sam by surprise, for five minutes, so we had a chat and said goodbye. So many people like this who have left now that I won't get a chance to see.
Was chotto stressed over one thing going on during my stay, and the aching arm didn't make it any better :(
We went to the Gourmet Burger Kitchen for dinner (my first time) and I had an avocado and bacon burger....couldn't finish it -_-) So much food...we ordered fries as a side, but that was a huge mistake, they were pretty much untouched.
Tuesday: Running late with various things to sort out via the laptop. Packed up my stuff and got up to the SU for my dentist appointment. 40 minutes of my dentist mostly trying his hardest to get the two temporary caps off my teeth. This was not fun :( I was so worried about them breaking when I had them....I needn't have been!! It took some kind of epic effort for him to get them out of my mouth. Then I had my permanent ones fitted and filed down until they were comfortable in my mouth. They still feel a little odd but I'm getting used to biting on them. One's also porcelain, I think, because it's near the front....and it feels so smooth and shiny....its puts all my other teeth to shame!! The other one is just at the back though, so plain grey (though he sandblasted it first so that it wasn't ridiculously shiny...).
While they're not really going near your gums for this work, it's still pretty tiring and achey : /
After this, had lunch with Oaty (soup for me with the sore mouth) and headed off to the station.
I felt a tiny bit teary when I left, thinking about leaving everything for a year. Leaving the SU, walking out of Gipsy Lane Reception.... I was surpised, but maybe I shouldn't be...this year has had a lot of happy moments...
...but I will be back in a year.
Got a call on the train from Becky who said we should go for dinner and that she'd pick me up at the station, so we had a nice, cheap-ish meal in Wigan before heading back home.
Today (Wednesday): Headed into Liverpool to meet sashwizzled . We had a nice time just generally wandering about. We later met
prince_windie ,
kitty_cat_gemma , zappin and skipselz for food at Las Iguanas.
Tomorrow I must pick up my new glasses and start packing for real. Final decisions made on what's travelling with me, what I cannot take.
I got some vacuum packs for the suitcase which I will do on the Saturday to have my suitcase looking very neat and organised and without clothes threatening to make it explode. They won't make it lighter though *sigh*
Checked my seats on Asiana and I still appear to be sitting alone on a three seat row...hopefully that lasts! Even if it's not super-comfortable, it means getting to lie down if I do want to sleep, otherwise, lots of space to pop my stuff.
Also the father's 54th birthday tomorrow. We're going for dinner on Friday night, but I'll probably make something nice tomorrow, and a little cake :)