Back in Oxford
I'm back in Oxford after about two weeks at home. It was lovely to spend some solid time with my parents and just have a proper break.
My train journey back involved four trains (only three of which I actually travelled on: the fourth was one I was supposed to get but didn't), three of which were delayed, although on one occasion this worked in my favour, as it meant I made a connection I would otherwise have missed. It was the sort of journey that could have been extremely stressful if I'd had an important appointment at a fixed time at the far end, but as it was was simply marginally more hassle (two changes instead of one) and half an hour longer than I was expecting.
I still haven't quite got used to it being 2008. But it's a new year, so I am positively bristling with enthusiastic plans about stuff I want to achieve (there may be a separate post about this) which will probably last, oooh, until the new term's workload really kicks in next week. One of these plans is actually to get round to posting on LJ occasionally, which I seem to be doing all right on so far. :-)
I was talking to
darwinian_woman earlier, and we thought it might be a good thing if there were some sort of Oxfordy gathering (the informal variety) at some point in the not too distant future, preferably before people disappear completely under their various piles of work. (Yes, I know there was a New Year party not very long ago, but I wasn't here!) Anybody in Oxford or near enough to get here feeling inclined to be sociable at some point over the next couple of weeks? When/where might be good for people?
My train journey back involved four trains (only three of which I actually travelled on: the fourth was one I was supposed to get but didn't), three of which were delayed, although on one occasion this worked in my favour, as it meant I made a connection I would otherwise have missed. It was the sort of journey that could have been extremely stressful if I'd had an important appointment at a fixed time at the far end, but as it was was simply marginally more hassle (two changes instead of one) and half an hour longer than I was expecting.
I still haven't quite got used to it being 2008. But it's a new year, so I am positively bristling with enthusiastic plans about stuff I want to achieve (there may be a separate post about this) which will probably last, oooh, until the new term's workload really kicks in next week. One of these plans is actually to get round to posting on LJ occasionally, which I seem to be doing all right on so far. :-)
I was talking to
darwinian_woman earlier, and we thought it might be a good thing if there were some sort of Oxfordy gathering (the informal variety) at some point in the not too distant future, preferably before people disappear completely under their various piles of work. (Yes, I know there was a New Year party not very long ago, but I wasn't here!) Anybody in Oxford or near enough to get here feeling inclined to be sociable at some point over the next couple of weeks? When/where might be good for people?