I looked up the plural of virus hoping that it might be viri or something nice sounding but instead it's just plain old viruses, anyway more about that later...
The first fun thing I did last week was on Thursday . We went to WT's for Joao's 24th birthday (a lot of my friends here are older than me). It was really fun, although the people who were under 21 and didn't have ID got asked to leave. They always go before the bouncers start working and have a meal there and wait for everyone to show up a bit later and it's usually fine, but this week they got asked for ID after they finished their meal and were made to leave when they didn't have any. Besides that, it was a really good night! Joao got very drunk and everyone sang Happy Birthday at midnight.
On Friday, I went to see Due Date at the cinema with Emma, Ellen and Josh. I had quite high expectations and it didn't really live up to them, most of the film was just Zach Galifianakis saying stupid things which weren't particularly funny. I did work for most of the rest of Friday and Saturday then on Saturday night we had a wine party in my room and the room next door. We'd been sitting at dinner and everyone was saying how desperately they wanted wine, so we went to the liquor store and bought some. It was a very nice event! Most people went out afterwards but me, Emma and David stayed in and drank some of the remaining wine.
Sunday to Wednesday was spent doing work with a few notable events. On Monday, it snowed quite heavily which was pretty to look at but annoying to walk around in but it was gone by Tuesday. It was a lot earlier than expected, most people told me that it would first start to snow at the beginning of December! I also got my 1970s America exam result back, and got 97.75%! I think this is the best test result I've ever got in my life so I'm very pleased. On Tuesday I woke up feeling ill and got a heavy cold, bad head and sore throat etc. (Virus number one), I had loads of work to do and had very little energy so I ended up missing all my classes from Tuesday afternoon until Friday morning but I'm feeling better now.
I had a disaster on Thursday morning when a virus took over my computer just as I was finishing my essay which was due in an hour later. After a lot of panicking, I managed to retrieve my essay and hand it in on time and luckily the virus was quite easy to remove. My anti-virus software had expired and I hadn't bothered to get some more, but I've downloaded a new one now! In the afternoon I went to the mall with Emma to get some supplies. I ended up buying a denim shirt for Forever 21 for $10 - absolute bargain! At night I psyched myself up to go to the gym for the first time since I've been here but I got there and it was closed, despite the fact that it was supposed to be open for another 40 minutes! I was very disappointed because the urge to go to the gym is a very rare occasion in my life. When I got back, Jacopo persuaded me to out so we went to Chubby's for a couple of hours but came home at 12 because he was going to Boston in the morning. I got Chinese on the way home which was lovely.
Today, I went to the cinema with Ellen to see Morning Glory this afternoon. It was basically The Devil Wears Prada in a TV studio. It wasn't anywhere near as good but there were a few hilarious moments and Rachel McAdams and Harrison Ford were very good, as usual. Tonight, it was the first home basketball game of the season, against Cornell (ranked by The Times as the 14th best university in the world, no less!). Our basketball team is our best sports team and it was very entertaining but in the end we lost 65-61 which was a bit disappointing because we led for three quarters of the match. There's another game on Monday which I'm planning on going to.
I'm planning on having a lazy weekend because I've got a lot of work done this week but next weekend I'm going to Boston with Ellen and Josh which should be fun. Ellen's driving us there and we're staying at her friend's house, so we don't have to spend much money on transport or accommodation, which I'm extremely grateful for! We're going to see the Celtics game on Friday night and I'm hoping to do a bit of sightseeing on Saturday. I really want to go to Quincy Market, which is a giant food hall, and I'd like to go to Harvard if it isn't too out of the way. The week after is Thanksgiving so we get Wednesday to Friday off. I'm not sure what I'm doing on actual Thanksgiving but I'm planning to go to New York on the Friday and me and Emma are thinking about going to Washington D.C. from Friday night until Sunday morning, then back to New York for the day on Sunday.
I'll try to write another post before I go to Boston, bye for now.
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