Gosh, I have been so busy lately doing over time at work! Two ceremonies and one Professorship of Poetry election later and I am enjoying my long weekend.

Yesterday was glorious here in Oxford, one of my best friends from uni came over with his very lovely girlfriend and we had a nice BBQ in the back garden under the beautiful sunshine. We put the ( Read more... )

Well, I have had a busy but enjoyable six day week. We had two degree ceremonies today which were probably the biggest of the whole year (!!) and somehow we managed to get through them without too much trouble. No drunk graduands, no late comers and no confusion concerning seating of the students…well, maybe a little. One girl managed to forgot ( Read more... )

I hope everyone is having a pleasant bank holiday weekend so far!

Adam and I have been out in the sunshine on a nice walk into town along the river, it takes about 25 minutes from our door to the bridge at the edge of the city centre, which is not bad at all. It seemed like every rowing team in Oxford was out on the river plus a load of people in ( Read more... )

 Just wanted to say 'Happy Beltane Everyone!!'

I hope you have a bright and fun-filled day today. The sun is shining so there is no excuse for sitting indoors (except if you have a desk job like me!), we should all be outside as soon as 5pm comes along, celebrating the marriage of the Gods and overindulging on food, drink and general merriment!

I ( Read more... )

Hello……

So this is my first entry on my new online journal! Quite a lot of rambling on here won't be of much interest to anyone except me (relationship stuff, my feelings on current issues in the news, how well my herbs are growing etc), but I will occasionally post pictures of days/nights out with friends and family, of my gerbils playing, and of  ( Read more... )