Friday- Glasgow
I have done a lot this weekend, I should start by going back to Friday when the team and I went to Glasgow to see the city and see what the universities are like there. Since it had been a long week and I knew I didn't want to start the day too early, so we didn't get on the bus until 11. We arrived in Glasgow a little after noon and wandered around a bit.
We had heard there was an A&W there and we haven't had root beer since we have been here. It was nice and funny. They very much promote that it is "All American Food". That made us happy. We then found the two universities that are in the city centre part of town.
The two universities are Strathclyde and Caledonian. It was interesting to see how different these two cities are, especially since they are only about an hour away from each other. Glasgow is very different from Edinburgh. The city is so much newer, as are the universities. I really like Edinburgh.
The reason we went to Glasgow was to see what the atmosphere was there and do some scouting of the city. It was a good day. We were able to spend the day together as a STINT team and see another part of the country. I think I have mentioned this before, but the STINT team may be in Glasgow next year. I am heading up putting together information for the team so they can come in knowing a bit. We will probably take another trip there, and I may be going there more also.
Saturday-- Much of nothing
I spent Saturday doing what I like to do best on Saturdays, a lot of nothing. I got to sleep in until 10 and then had breakfast with my flat mates, yummy pancakes!! Have I mentioned that they don't have maple syrup here?? I then went to see if I could get a hair appointment, no luck at the first place, but I knew of another place. They were able to get me in, and as you can see from the photos below I got a new hairdo.
For the afternoon I just took care of some things around the flat and then went on a long walk.
As a flat we all watched the movie, Orange County. A bit funny, and some of the girls really love the movie. I was suppose to go to a party of a friend and as they say here, "I couldn't be bothered." I love that phrase. You can tell someone that and it is on no way insulting. I then received a call and I had to "Make an appearance" at the party-- guilt will do it every time. We stayed until about midnight and I wasn't tired when I got home, so I watch half of Love Actually. The soundtrack to that movie is really good. It was also good to watch the movie over here, I got a lot of things in the movie that I hadn't gotten before. Good film, but it does have a few plot lines I wish they would have done without.
Sunday
I think I set myself up for being tired. I woke up and went to church. It has been remembrance day (memorial) and I actually arrived early to church, which was good since they started early to have a remembrance ceremony. The church was packed as the sole candidate for the new pastor was speaking. He was really good, and I was able to chat with him a bit before I left.
I go to a fairly conservative Baptist church here. I really like it, and a lot of the people that go there. As is the case with many churches here, they have really good teaching, but not really good worship. I think this church is really starting to try in this area. If this pastor was chosen I think he said he also wants to make an emphasis on the student group as well. I have been taking an interest in the college group and the group is getting larger and larger.
When I got home from church I had lunch and then took a nap. I am starting to realize I am tired all the time. Hope it is just that I stay up too late. I do have a Dr. appointment in a week, so I will have them run do a blood test. Maybe it really is taking me over a week to get over this cold.
So basically I got none of the work done I needed to. I have a lot of reading to do and not a lot of time to get it done. We are going on a team retreat to Isle of Skye on Thursday through Sunday, I am looking forward to that. It should be a good combination of retreat and some training. Hopefully it will be a good rejuvenation to get through the end of the term, which is quickly winding down.
It is now Sunday evening and we are watching another film. Hopefully I will get into bed at a decent hour.
posted by Carrie @ 1:51 PM
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