a bit of clarity

so i guess i didn't make too much sense in my last posting. i had found a flat but once i'd put in the offer it had already been rented. i'm really not worried as i have two more viewings lined up for tomorrow afternoon and its not even may yet!

anyway, just thought i'd clear that up ;)

it's been busy

so yes, many moons since the last post but it has been a busy couple of weeks! i was down in coventry last weekend and davoud sold his house, which is awesome. although in the uk you don't actually *sell* your house until the keys are handed over. it's very complicated and, not to put too fine a point on it, stupid.

i've spent every evening this week except for tuesday looking at flats. the new one has been found, but there is one more i want to take a look at tuesday if it doesn't get taken over the weekend. a little thing called school is getting in my way this weekend unfortunately so i can't go view it when *normal* people do.

my first module for my masters is officially finished and i'll be handing it in tomorrow. now to start thinking about the dissertation and it is admittedly already stressing me out. nevermind, davoud just might have to get a well-paying job so i can quit mine and go to school ;)

mum and ron are arriving in liverpool on wednesday so i'm taking a few days off next week to show them the sights and sounds of scouseland. although i'm putting the football out of my mind on wednesday, can't handle another stressful night like this past tuesday!

oh yeah, and we were also blessed with a greenpeace protest in peaceful port sunlight village (where the gallery is) this week. for more details check it out here. so for the time being, don't buy anymore unilever products! you can read all about it on the greenpeace website.

like the weekends of days gone by

This weekend reminded me of weekends I used to have when I first moved in with Sam and we both remarked on this walking down from the Blackburne Arms this past sunny Saturday afternoon. Friday night Davoud, Nick and Dipak arrived for some one-pot spaghetti supper before we picked Sam up at her place and headed to Room bar for some old fashioneds. On a bit of a nostalgia kick, we headed over to Bumper for a bit of a dance before realised how old we were in comparison to the rest of the crowd. It was one of those great nights though where you all get back to the house and want to stay up until 4 am.

Saturday morning we all woke up feeling slightly fuzzy headed and thanks to my hot water tank it took longer than normal to make it out of the house. We all met up in town, with Sam and Andrew as well, for a bit of food. Craving the Victoria sponge at Green Days cafe we all made our way back to Lark Lane before the boys played a bit of frisbee in the park and I went home to frost Val's birthday carrot cake.

It was wine club last night and we were exploring the tastes of France. We did, however, have a guest bottle this time around. A Parry Sound Vintage courtesy of the Gould & Green winery that was 100% California Syrah, not just 75% as was originally thought. We crowned it the wine of the night and our carefully selected French wines had nothing on their Canadian counterpart. It was the label that really did it.

So we got to spend the night in Oxton Village staying at Val & Paul's fabulous house; my favourite house in the world in fact. A scrumptious breakfast was enjoyed at the Moose Cafe before everyone dispersed. Davoud, Nick and I did take in some culture this afternoon at the National Conservation Centre, which is currently hosting an exhibition of photographs by Stuart Bale from the NML archive. Well worth having a look at by clicking here. We even made it over to St. George's Hall, considered one of the most impressive buildings in Liverpool that I'd never made the time to visit myself before.

After everyone left, I treated myself to a little nap and then a very big salad. Time to restore the nutrients, but it was really nice to have a free weekend. No working, no schoolwork and no worrying about the nutrient content of my food after our very healthy dinner on Friday night. Every once and a while, I suppose that's okay, right?

By the way, you may be wondering why there is so much attention paid to capitalisation, grammer and spelling in this week's posting. Well, apparently Davoud has now joined the cult of Facebook and has been policing people's writing efforts. Just wanted to make sure I didn't invite any criticisms myself ;) I'm sure he's looking for more friends to add to his astronomical 84, so have a look for him next time you log-in.

the day the canadians took over

the kids are still on holiday over here, so i've been running some workshops at the gallery this week. on tuesday it was a storytelling session that an actress was coming into facilitate and as luck would have it the girl who was covering for our normal freelancer was canadian! from none other than london, ontario.

we had a good little chat about home, the fact that the lake district in the uk should really be renamed the *pond* district, and how we missed proper summers in northern ontario...mosquitos and all.

anway, this got me thinking a bit more about coming home in the summer so i started looking at flights. it turns out that it's going to cost the same, if not more, as it did when davoud and i visited at christmastime!!! outrageous. so might need to think a bit more about that one. i should never have returned to student life.

nothing else to report really. i'm working tomorrow so will spend sunday and monday doing school work as my assignment is due towards the end of the month. it's the grand national this weekend in liverpool and i don't get horse racing, so i will be steering clear of the city centre. although going to slag off all of the fashion disasters would be quite amusing...