girls night in...

On Friday, after a sumptuous dinner of leftovers, the group headed out to The Lion, David Juggins' favorite pub. (Dave and Kate Juggins are long time friends of the program...) The music of the evening was a live jazz band that proved to be more loud than musical, but it was good fun none the less. As the night wore on, Kate and Anna headed out for a late night on the town and the rest of us made our way back to the flat.

Soon, a batch of chocolate chip cookies was baking in the oven and we were chatting about anything and everything. Suddenly, this morning at 4:30, the few that were still awake realized we should probably grab a few hours of sleep. A few hours soon turned into a solid slumber. The girls of the back corner room (Mary, Em, and myself) didn't wake up, or get up anyway, until around noon. Once we had all checked our email, had breakfast, checked facebook, showered, and read eachother's blogs, we decided we should leave for the day of shopping we had been planning for so long. Ironically, Aaron and Kevin were more excited about shopping than we were. None the less, we all managed to find something to eagerly pour our money into.

We made our way home and crashed for a few minutes. As the dinner was being made, I had the chance to hide out in our room and talk to Dad for a solid hour and a half. When I say talk, I mean video conference. The technology is ridiculous. Thanks to Skype, we talked to eachother through our computers (the audio fidelity was exceptional and the video wasn't bad either) from across an ocean for free. It blows my mind. (A side note, two days ago, Kevin, Brandon and I - all on seperate computers in the flat - talked to two of our friends who are studying in Lugano, Switz. and Dar es Salaam. It was a five way conference call. Again, on Skype, and it was free. Who would have thought?) Anna brought me dinner, so I enjoyed pizza while I chatted with Dad, it was pretty nice.

The boys headed out to hear a live jazz performance at a pub near the city centre (all except for Brandon who was at his first choir concert for St. Mary's). The girls had our first night in together. We settled in to watch Amelie with a nice cup of tea. I had forgotten how good that movie is. Maybe I am just a bit older and just maybe, I understood it all a bit better. Either way, it was a good night. Now, for the first time in a while, I'm heading to bed before midnight. Tomorrow, the group is singing an offertory at church (the Lutheran church next door). It is the least we can do for them letting us use the flat and church hall. We will see how singing goes as half of the group seems to be sick. Either way, the congregation will no doubt appreciate the young voices.

Oh, and after checking the results of the Jim Drews and Tori Newbauer Invite at UW LaCrosse, I was amazed! The Norse are having a great season. I am so proud of all of the Norsewomen and the Norse Horses... the PR's and improvements from last year, last month and last week are fantastic. Congrats ladies and men!

As for now, I'm headed to bed. Good night, sleep tight and sweet dreams.