Monday, May 10, 2010

So, I guess we're down to monthly blog posts. I won't, however, be one of those people who only updates his blog to apologize for not updating, so, moving on!
Life here settled into a pretty good routine my last few weeks here: classes during the week, going out Friday or Saturday or both. I did finally make it out to a whisky society meeting, it was an Indian man presenting Indian whiskys, and although he droned on a little, the drinks were quite good. I've also taken to visiting a pub called The Whey Pat on Tuesday evenings, when local people meet to play folk music, and it's wonderful to hear that music played in the setting it was intended for. And one other thing that I've been meaning to do which I've finally done is karaoke. My friend Kieth and I belted out "Livin' on a Prayer," doing fairly well (except for the high notes, which of course the guy running it cut the volume down for). I also tried an appletini, which is essentially drinking a Scrubs reference.
The evening of April 30th, we stayed up all night, followed by the May dip on the morning of the 1st. It wasn't very cold, it wasn't extremely cold. It was alarmingly cold, but totally worth it. That Sunday night, May 2nd, was the Castle Ceilidh, which was just phenomenal. It had rained all day, but by the time we had our dance, the weather was just picturesque (see Facebook for pictures).
The next week was filled with the last work of the semester to catch up on, with a couple people's birthdays scattered in to keep me from working too hard. I did finally get all my work done for the last day of classes on Friday, and planned to go out Friday night to celebrate. Knowing I'd be tired all night, if I didn't, I took a nap at 9:00 pm. I woke up at 9:00 am. Whoops. I did, however, make it to the Waltz on the West Sands on Saturday night, which was the alternative to the May Ball that did not cost 45 pounds. Bagpipes, bonfires, and good friends on the beach are a good combination. I did even end up doing some waltzing (I know how now, thank you Celtic society). Yesterday was a fairly lazy day, capped off with seeing Iron Man 2, which I liked even better than the first. Only a few weeks now until I leave, it's a bittersweet feeling. I guess I'll just have to make the most of the time I have here.