Mountain Dew = Catnip for Scots

The last few days have been rain-filled like typical Scottish weather. Thursday was pretty uneventful. I had a class in the morning and spent the afternoon reading and relaxing after our big game on Wednesday. I went to the gym and made some pretty decent stir-fry for supper. Mikey was on duty that night, so he, Adrian, Rick, and I stayed in the flat and watched "The Untouchables." Great movie. Never gets old. I went to bed early.

I woke up around 10 on Friday and made myself a fried egg, bacon, ham, and cheese toast sandwich for breakfast, and around noon I met up with Mikey to head to a candy shop that sold some American junk foods and, most importantly, Mountain Dew. They didn't have any of the original kind (they sold out of it as soon as the shipment came in), so Mikey got a can of Code Red and Voltage. He also got a six-pack of A&W root beer. The pop was insanely expensive at £1.50 a can! He also got a Tootsie Roll because he'd never had one. We left the store, and Mikey popped open the Code Red. He almost fell over the sugar hit him so hard! It was super strong but delicious, he said. He downed the can and tried the Tootsie Roll, which he thought was a strange taste. We stopped in a shop so I could get some European candy. I got a Double Decker, which is a humongous bar with chocolate, nougat, and rice crispie chunks, and a Curly Whirly, which is a cramel/chocolate lattice-type bar. They were both really good! We were on our way to Aldi so I could pick up some milk, cereal, and a few other things, and Mikey tried the Voltage. At the first taste he stopped and said, "You've ruined me. I'm going to go broke and lose all my teeth because this stuff is AMAZING!" I swear it's like catnip for Scotsmen. The can was empty before I knew it. We got back to the flat, had a root beer, and then Mikey and Scott had to go to class. I worked on my essays for a while and then we went to the Union for a drink around 5. Scott and I left the Union around 8 to go home and watch the rugby (France v. Wales), and we stayed up pretty late watching crappy quiz shows and the Olympics. I fell asleep watching Canada v. Slovakia on my computer.

The rest of the weekend will be filled with essay writing and research, naps, and the Olympics. Canada plays the U.S. for the gold on Sunday night, so we'll be watching that with our Canadian friends. Should be interesting. That's all for now. Cheers!