Absolute chaos today. Back and forth to school twice. Wrong times, angry loan advisors, squirrely librarians, student id cards, photo copiers, job applications, resumes, bad internet connections, bad intranet connections …. Anyway, I won’t go into it.
In the end, after walking and sweating and walking and screaming (inwardly, not sure how a giant scream in the library would have gone over) strangely things seemed to work out. Loans were processed. Tuition will be (half) paid. ID card not only in possession but has 45p on it and was used to check out Shelley biography, Joyce biography, Oppen, Austen, etc. 3 jobs applied for. Tofu and Oak cakes were bought. And I now know where the PS stacks (ie American lit) are. And I discovered the insanely un-user friendly world of the university’s intranet, including my uni email. AND even discovered all on my own how to print a document in the campus library from a memory stick. I know, impressive isn’t it. Phew!
Oh, and Christien’s guitar arrived today!!!!
And I came home to lentils over baked potatoes. (By the way, the potatoes (from the Farmer’s Market) are really really tasty and only £1 for 5 lbs. (that’s about $1.60 for 5 pounds of good local potatoes). Can you imagine what food we will be eating lots of?
For all that the walk to school is lovely. I’ve had some questions about it and think I will photo-document it soon. At least half the walk is actually through parks. In fact Singleton Park, which abuts the university, is huge and has an ornamental garden in it, among other things. Brynmill Park, just above that, has a pond with swans, geese, and seagulls. On my way home (1st time) today, a woman froze in terror as a squirrel rushed past her, up a tree. Are there really not any wild animals in Europe?
Tired now. Tomorrow will be exhausting too. Meeting with Stevie, then another PhD student, then there is the afternoon Swansea history walk, which from what I hear ends up at a pub … so it might be a late one.
With all that there is a lot going on back home right now … and it is taking up the background part of my brain, as well as most of my heart ….
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