Well, look how wrong I was! I believe I wanted to make my next blog post either before I went to Cervinia, or just after I got back, but you know my plans never go, well....according to plan. I suppose I ought to summarise the days surrounding the trip though (I will put my memory of the trip itself - which I know the passing of time has eroded slightly meaning I will never do it justice - up later when I again, get the time....)
So anyway, my holiday was largely spent traveling to and then IN Cervinia (12 of the 23 days to be exact so just over half) while the others were spent in various ways. April 2nd, for instance, was mine and Jackson's anniversary which saw us wandering through Central London in semi-finery (me in a floaty formal dress and surprisingly comfy old school heels) before I was taken to an expensive restaurant (The Ivy in Covent Garden). I had just been admiring the diamond pattern of the stained glass windows when he turns us in at the doorway to be faced with vast dim chandeliers and waitstaff in suits. It was the most beautiful (albeit expensive) meal out I'd ever had, with red AND dessert wine too (aren't I just spoiled?) Our presents were similarly glitzy, consisting largely of jewellery - mine including a 20s style tiara!
Once home after the trip, however, life resumed its normality: reading, typing uni notes, making dinner, shopping, getting mentally psyched up for my return to uni a week later. My sister was home for a few days after I came back so it wasn't so lonely, we baked a cake together the day before her return to uni.
Now I'M back, things are indeed as busy as I'd imagined they would be. When I'm not in class, I'm either reading or attending a volunteering position. Tuesday was my return to UPAD which was fun as it involved alot more games than usual, but also the routine made-up sketches, this time revolving around individual sounds. My group ended up enacting a D&D game where I had no clue what fantasy universe we were in.
Yesterday, apart from a failure of a workshop for creative non-fiction, I went and did some much needed shopping for essentials and food, finishing off my day reading.
Today was the start of my RSPB volunteering role with schools. It has been so long since I last had to interact in any significant way with young children so it was pretty unnerving having to engage with these excitable creatures and try to educate them about wildlife habitats. I think I just need to know what to say for next time and hope for the best. Today also involved my first paid session with the Pen Arts Gallery, which meant I had to stay for a poetry reading with another volunteer, then tidy and lock up. Tiring business but hey, I'm getting paid £9.36 an hour for this.
The coming weeks are only going to get more involved, but at the moment, I'm cruising along. Tomorrow is my Gothic seminar on Sherlock Holmes and Dare Night with UPAD - so craziness all round really (Karen Morton, my Gothic tutor is just a bit mad haha)
I think that's all I need to say for tonight. I will TRY to get my account of Cervinia written soon (hopefully before the week is out), so stay tuned.
Oh and extra note, now I've read over my last post: I am going to Budapest in May. My money stretched far enough.
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