I’m lazily getting ready for class this morning; doing my make-up, having breakfast and writing a blog post simultaneously. It’s a few minutes after 9A and I don’t have to be in class until 10A which seems days away right now. Despite the clouds looming outside, I think today is actually going to be a good day. I woke up this morning before my alarm which is always a good sign.
I booked a trip to Brighton with my flatmate this weekend which I’m looking forward to. We opted for the train versus the coach and for a mere £17 return we’ll be taking a short 55 minute train ride there. For people looking to save a bit of cash, you can book fun fares through National Express for as little as £4 return! I’m all about saving money, but coaches make me a little sick. The stop-and-go on the way out of London never fails to give me a quality headache. In any case, I have my final Masters-level presentation to give next week so I’m trying to finish that by Friday so I can fully concentrate on the fun and sunshiney weather in Brighton & Hove (according to weather.com, there’s only a 20% chance of rain).
Now, as a side note, I must tell you about one of the things that is still bizarre to me about England (this may be throughout Europe… not entirely sure): the sinks have two separate faucets; one for hot water and one for cold water. Not two knobs and one spout, two separate spouts. Now this always makes it difficult when I’m washing my face. I have two choices: freezing cold or burning hot. There’s no happy medium because there’s not a tap for ‘warm water’ and unless I manage to construct some flexible piping to bring the two taps together, there’s no mechanism for creating warm water. Bizarre, I know. Took me a couple of weeks to accept it.
See what I mean?! Two spouts!
Now, the shower. Well… the shower is a 3 ft x 3 ft box that’s about 8 ft high. Luckily we’re all pretty small girls, otherwise fitting in that shower would be the death of me (I really do feel sorry for big men trying to shower in these dinky facilities). Now, management recently decided to implement these energy efficient shower heads (go green!) that are totally static. They don’t move at all. They spray water all over the 3 ft. x 3 ft. space so if you’re trying to keep your hair out of the water, good luck! My flatmate, K., who hails from Georgia (the country, not the state) once told me that she had ‘created a new technology’ involving putting a sock over the shower head to a) keep the water streaming instead of squirting everywhere and b) to ensure that the water was warm when it hit your body instead of a bit hot and a bit cold (I realize this doesn’t make sense when I say it, but you’d understand if you lived here). Well, I hit the shower this morning at around 815A still in a bit of a fog when I turned on the water and saw this:
I had to stare for a minute before I realized that it was K’s ‘ new technology’! Hahahaha. I literally laughed out loud when I saw it. I reached up to take the sock off when I realized that I should give her idea a shot. Sure enough, I was able to take a pretty pleasant shower and shave without having the water constantly beating on me! Well done, K! Seems bizarre, but don’t knock it til you try it!
Anyway, off to be studious. Catch up with you kiddos later. Hoping this Wednesday’s as amazing as I foresee.
xoxo,
PS. Is anyone else ridiculously excited for Gossip Girl to start on March 8?! I’m counting down the days! I need my weekly dose of mindless activity.
The sock thing is rather hilarious! Why do they want the water to spray everywhere? Also, in New York City I stayed in a place that had a hot faucet and cold faucet like yours… extremely annoying and nonsensical.
I can’t waiiiit for the new GG! Finally, S and Nate are going to try out a real relationship! About time!? I wouldn’t be totally upset if Blair and Chuck broke up either… they are pretty bland in my opinion. There needs to be more Doroda (Dorota?). xoxo!