The Land of the Highland Coo: November 2010

My brain is not functioning at its finest right now. So, here are some pictures of the snow!!! Yes, that is the most exciting thing going on here right now...

						I wore a jacket this time. But no makeup. Sigh. Can't have it all.

I AM MAKING A SNOW ANGEL!!!

it's like I have been practicing my entire life!

This is at the St. Andrews Day festival. It just started snowing and I was so excited, I forgot to put on my other glove.

These are my flatmates Tori and Lena. They are great! They woke me up at midnight so that we could go out and play in the snow. SO worth it!

This is the next morning. This is stage one of my walk into town. These buildings are all dorms.

You see this on the way. The little pond there had frozen over.

After you go down a really windy road, you turn right and see this. Except today it had snow all over it!

You go down a large hill and then up a large hill (over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house we go...) and then you come to this little park. On the left there is the museum, but it is a really old castle thing.

And then this is the Medieval Castle that is right next to Castle Sands and across the street from the English Department. There is also a very angry North Sea in the background there.

Sorry, but there is not a whole lot to report from Scotland. I can't sleep, again, because the prospect of a mattress where you can literally feel every spring and know it's direct attachment to the box is just not appealing. So, I am writing this instead!

It has been cold here, which really should not come as a surprise, but it did to me. It hailed yesterday and for a brief moment I thought I was about to be standing in the middle of my first snowfall (hence my heart skipped a beat and I looked toward heaven in awe with a gaping smile), until the little ice pellets from hell started flying into my face and I ended up with a few small bruises. But! I have hope that maybe someday snow will fall and it will feel like Christmas -- because let's be honest that is whas I am really excited about.

Speaking of Christmas, THE HOLIDAY CUPS ARE OUT AT STARBUCKS! The only thing that might make me happier about them is if there were a Coo etched into the side of the cup with a Christmas wreath around its neck... and possibly some holiday lights to boot (and if the coffee was free, but let's not get too crazy here).

It is reading week so I have had a little bit more free time this week. Brianna and I went to the St. Andrews Botanical Gardens which were pretty dead, but we got to see the rock garden, so that was a plus. And there was a "tropical" green house which had some cactus in it and a couple of stray hibiscus flowers, so those were interesting little bonuses.

Other than that I have been spending the majority of my time in the library (aka lib, when I am too lazy to spell it out) because appppppppparently I am supposed to be doing school work here. Let me tell you, it is really getting in the way of my socializing. But, I am still having some fun.