Rainy Monday

Sunday was a nice, relaxing day. I went and checked out the Harvest Bible Chapel Glasgow, and it was pretty cool! I think I'll be going back there when I can. The people were really nice and I met a few other students. After that I came back to my room and did more novel reading. We're reading "The Dear Green Place" by Archie Hind for Glasgow Novel, and it's okay. It's about a guy who is kind of finding himself through balancing work and writing. The other reading I did was for my Scottish Literature class, and it was a play by J.M. Barrie called "The Admirable Crichton." It was about some aristocrats and servants getting stranded on an island and then being rescued, but it was entertaining. Should be a good discussion! After I read for a while, I went with Scott and Adrian to their old flatmates' new apartment, which was just a little ways from campus, to watch Manchester United v. Arsenal. It was a pretty fun time. The five guys who live there are all from Northern Ireland and very passionate about their football. I enjoyed it. After that I came home, cooked some supper, read a bit more, then went over to Jackson's flat to celebrate his birthday. We just chilled in his flat. It was relaxing, yet hilarious because our Scottish friend Chris was there telling us his side-splitting stories and jokes. Overall, a great day.

Woke up today to some gray skies. The first in a while! I did more reading by starting another play by J.M. Barrie called "Peter Pan." You may have heard of it :) I went to the gym and worked out, came home and ate some lunch, then went walking through the rain to the merchant city and ran some errands. I picked up a few things and eventually made my way back to the library, where I got a printing card, printed some things, and borrowed a book for my Philosophy and Literature class. I came home and read some more, and now I'm waiting to go out and eat at a cheap, awesome Chinese restaurant, which was recommended to us by Chris. We'll see how it goes! Tonight we're going to a "speed meeting" event at the Union for international students to get to know more people. Should be fun! Then I will probably do a bit more reading (sensing a pattern here?) and go to sleep. Class and basketball await me tomorrow!