Week 5 in Review

Monday, Feb 4

Travel Distractions

Today I got literally nothing done for my schoolwork. I'm trying to plan where I'm traveling during my Easter break before my family comes to visit. After seeing how much trouble I had with the budget airlines I began to get a bit worried for my end of the school year plans. So I spent much of the day researching flights and communicating with my travel companions. Researching flights and making travel plans is so stressful, I have such a headache! Definitely turning in for the night early. Hopefully I can stay focused on school tomorrow and actually get something done!

Tuesday, Feb 5

Oversleeping & Snow

Tried to wake up early and get into the studio but after I hit the snooze button, the alarm never went off again : /. So instead of 8, I got up at 9:30. Oh well I hurried to get great ready and make the 10:00 shuttle to studio. Outside I found myself faced with snow. Not the good sticky kind but rather the large wet flakes that turns to rain as soon as they hit the ground. Quite a mess.

Wednesday, Feb 6

Studio Frustrations

Today I had a frustrating day in studio. I don't really ever know what's going on in regards to our projects and deadlines. I thought my project was going to be due this Friday but then I heard we could work on it next week during our Reading Week. I had no idea what was going on and it was stressing me out. Finally I talked with my tutor and had most of my important questions cleared up (aka DEADLINES). I still don't know where I'm going to get my project printed, but at least I know what kind of time frame I'm working with. I walked back to my room, beyond frustrated. I figured I'd treat myself to a movie.

Movie & Curry Night

I logged on Facebook and saw some friends were getting together for a movie night and ordering curry. This was exactly what I needed! I went over to Kennedy's flat and Anna had handpicked several different types of curry. Both Kennedy and I aren't overly familiar with curry so we were eager to try them all (though mild versions!). We ended up getting like 6 types of curry then some rice and naan. It was all so good! The lids of the containers were labelled, identifying the type of curry. We took the lids off and got them out of the way so even though I tried lots of types, I'm not exactly sure what the names are of the ones I preferred! After dinner, we all settled on the couches to watch a movie. After the movie finished, the party slowly began to break up. It was a good night though. Exactly what I needed after a rough day :)

Thursday, Feb 7

FoCI

FoCI was in a different theater today because the GFT was busy. The first lecture was pretty good but the second was painful and went into overtime. 

Artist Talk

This week, bible study was cancelled because it was Events week. Events week is when all the Christian Unions (CUs) from the various Glasgow university campuses put on events all week to reach out to their fellow students. This evening was an artist talk put on by GSA's own CU, in the Student Union. I had been invited by my friend Cat so I went down and figured maybe I'd bump into her there. I was very punctual so they're weren't many people there. I grabbed a table and waited for the talk to begin. I thought I heard some familiar voices behind me and sure enough it was Kennedy, Adrienne and Lilli! It was an awesome surprise! They moved my table and we talked a bit before the actual talk began. The speaker was Stuart Duffin of Glasgow Print Studio. He showed a lot of his own work and talked about some of the symbolism that occurs in his work, particularly his series "Reason or Revelation". It was pretty interesting and I think we all enjoyed it. Much MUCH better than FoCI!

Booking Spring Break Tickets

Tonight I also met up with Kennedy & Adrienne to book our flights to and from Italy for Spring Break! We will be flying out of London to Bologna. The key cities we plan to visit are Florence and Venice, so we're focusing on Northern Italy, specifically Tuscany. Then we are flying out of Pisa to Edinburgh. I had been a little worried about the prices going up as we talked about it the past couple weeks but ultimately it is MUCH cheaper to travel here! We got some good deals and we are beyond excited!