still in edinburgh for the first half of june:
friday 01 june
-ellipticaled 7km
-met with morag (the loan person) on campus. in person we had a lovely meeting. she told me she'd work on getting my disbursement paid in line with my unenrollment process
-worked at oscars even though it was friday. fridays are long days but we went to the park as a field trip so that was nice and not too bad.
saturday 02 june
-ellipticaled 8km
sunday 03 june
-ellipticaled 8km
-had dinner with brittany and jane-marie. we went to pizza express and then had frozen yogurt at the nw (kind of like snog but not the greek sour goodness) place. mmm. was a really nice dinner outing.
monday 04 june
-oscars work
tuesday 05 june
-skyped adrian in the morning
-oscars
wednesday 06 june
-hwu postgrad research conference
i presented my work (thought i was going to have 30 minutes but got there and realized it was only 20 so it was a bit rushed). i presented in the morning. brittany was able to just make it and jet out but it was nice that she made it. the guy who went after me did well and actually got an award. but most of them had no relation or real interest to me. got lunch though and sat with some of the marine biology folks. had a little wine&snacks reception at the end which was nice and then i went straight to the gym which was an interesting choice.
-ellipticaled 9km
thursday 07 june
-oscars work
friday 08 june
-skyped adrian at 9
-tried to get some work done on campus
-ellipticaled 8km
friday 01 june
-ellipticaled 7km
-met with morag (the loan person) on campus. in person we had a lovely meeting. she told me she'd work on getting my disbursement paid in line with my unenrollment process
-worked at oscars even though it was friday. fridays are long days but we went to the park as a field trip so that was nice and not too bad.
saturday 02 june
-ellipticaled 8km
sunday 03 june
-ellipticaled 8km
-had dinner with brittany and jane-marie. we went to pizza express and then had frozen yogurt at the nw (kind of like snog but not the greek sour goodness) place. mmm. was a really nice dinner outing.
monday 04 june
-oscars work
tuesday 05 june
-skyped adrian in the morning
-oscars
wednesday 06 june
-hwu postgrad research conference
i presented my work (thought i was going to have 30 minutes but got there and realized it was only 20 so it was a bit rushed). i presented in the morning. brittany was able to just make it and jet out but it was nice that she made it. the guy who went after me did well and actually got an award. but most of them had no relation or real interest to me. got lunch though and sat with some of the marine biology folks. had a little wine&snacks reception at the end which was nice and then i went straight to the gym which was an interesting choice.
-ellipticaled 9km
thursday 07 june
-oscars work
friday 08 june
-skyped adrian at 9
-tried to get some work done on campus
-ellipticaled 8km
saturday 09 june
-moved brittany into her new flat. helped put together her dresser and had some pizza
-went to campus and ellipticaled 8km
-moved brittany into her new flat. helped put together her dresser and had some pizza
-went to campus and ellipticaled 8km
sunday 10 june
-my twitter anniversary
-went to brunch and for a nice walk with brittany. we went to the place i had wanted to try down closer to holyrood park. it was a delicious full scottish breakfast. although i didn't actually get sausage....but i did get some haggis with it. and it was delicious and only 5 pounds with tea. mmm. the place is known for burgers which is too bad we never got there earlier.
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/brunch-walk.html
-my twitter anniversary
-went to brunch and for a nice walk with brittany. we went to the place i had wanted to try down closer to holyrood park. it was a delicious full scottish breakfast. although i didn't actually get sausage....but i did get some haggis with it. and it was delicious and only 5 pounds with tea. mmm. the place is known for burgers which is too bad we never got there earlier.
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/brunch-walk.html
monday 11 june
-spent all early morning dealing with my visa application. it all seemed very difficult to deal with but when i came home from work i had an email stating my application was approved. so that was all very strange.
-ellipticaled 7k
-oscars work: i spent my time building a working windmill for mini golf out of cardboard.
-hung out with brittany. we went to the world's end pub to have a drink and then we walked over to new town to have the burger and pint deal at wetherspoons. it was a super fun evening.
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/end-of-world.html
-spent all early morning dealing with my visa application. it all seemed very difficult to deal with but when i came home from work i had an email stating my application was approved. so that was all very strange.
-ellipticaled 7k
-oscars work: i spent my time building a working windmill for mini golf out of cardboard.
-hung out with brittany. we went to the world's end pub to have a drink and then we walked over to new town to have the burger and pint deal at wetherspoons. it was a super fun evening.
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/end-of-world.html
tuesday 12 june
-ellipticaled 8km
-tried to do a bit of work on campus, but really just got to borrow jane-marie's scale to weigh my luggage.
-oscars work: i built a couple other things for my mini golf and a sign with some kids.
-got a ride with folks back to town although we ended up on the other side of town by the train station. so sandi, bernie, and i walked through the train station (saw the m&s where bernie also works) and then i walked down princes street home.
-tried to do a bit of work on campus, but really just got to borrow jane-marie's scale to weigh my luggage.
-oscars work: i built a couple other things for my mini golf and a sign with some kids.
-got a ride with folks back to town although we ended up on the other side of town by the train station. so sandi, bernie, and i walked through the train station (saw the m&s where bernie also works) and then i walked down princes street home.
wednesday 13 june
-ellipticaled 8k
-last day at heriot watt
PHOTOS:http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/leaving-hwu.html
-oscars work: my amazing mini golf. which the kids enjoyed playing as it was awesome.
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/bus-to-pentlands.html
-went to the pub after work with sandi and met bernie there as a goodbye drinks outing which was nice.
we almost saw the torch on our bus ride through town but we were just slightly ahead of it.
- met jane-marie to do one of the underground tours since i hadn't done it and it was a two-for-one deal.
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/underground-tour.html
-last day at heriot watt
PHOTOS:http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/leaving-hwu.html
-oscars work: my amazing mini golf. which the kids enjoyed playing as it was awesome.
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/bus-to-pentlands.html
-went to the pub after work with sandi and met bernie there as a goodbye drinks outing which was nice.
we almost saw the torch on our bus ride through town but we were just slightly ahead of it.
- met jane-marie to do one of the underground tours since i hadn't done it and it was a two-for-one deal.
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/underground-tour.html
thursday 14 june
-brittany and i got up super early to go see the torch start its relay. she met me at our flat and then we walked over to the little plaza to see the torch. i got to touch the torch and i was glad that we got up (even though it was early) to do something olympics related.
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/olympic-torch.html
-we then spent the next 3ish hours cleaning our flat. i spent basically the entire time in the kitchen while brittany did the living room and bathrooms and her room. we got to lunch time and it was basically finished (other than my room and mopping the floors). so that was an accomplishment.
-last day at oscars. we had a special snack. they gave me a rasta mouse stuffed animal. i hit a kid in the forehead playing cricket. it was a nice last day.
-went to brittany's new flat to have a little bbq with brittany and janemarie. we bbqed in her back yard and had some cava (bought for my leaving). it was a nice evening.
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/bbq.html
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/olympic-torch.html
-we then spent the next 3ish hours cleaning our flat. i spent basically the entire time in the kitchen while brittany did the living room and bathrooms and her room. we got to lunch time and it was basically finished (other than my room and mopping the floors). so that was an accomplishment.
-last day at oscars. we had a special snack. they gave me a rasta mouse stuffed animal. i hit a kid in the forehead playing cricket. it was a nice last day.
-went to brittany's new flat to have a little bbq with brittany and janemarie. we bbqed in her back yard and had some cava (bought for my leaving). it was a nice evening.
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/bbq.html
friday 15 june
-spent the morning cleaning my room while waiting for the internet box to be picked up.
-finished cleaning and since i no longer had internet, i went to starbucks to use the internet and wait for brittany to finish her shift to then hang out in the afternoon. marek also came into starbucks so we sat an chatted for awhile.
-of course it was a gray, rainy, scottish day outside so brittany and i rode the bus over to the museum and then decided to eat at biblios (since we had never been there). i had a super delicious haggis appetizer and she had a burger (i had already had 2 burgers earlier in the week so i didnt want a burger). we then went to new town and ended up going to m&s to have tea and cakes. i had a victoria sponge cake (even though i was full enough without it). then we walked to where she was taking the bus to go tutor and where i was meeting mrs shea. it was a great final afternoon in edinburgh. wouldn't have known it was right as i was leaving other than that was the case.
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/edinburgh-farewell.html
-had a drink at mrs shea's hotel and then went to my flat to wait for alison. finished the last cleaning bits and then alison arrived. managed to get all of our luggage in the car and went to the big sainsburys on our way out of town.
-finished cleaning and since i no longer had internet, i went to starbucks to use the internet and wait for brittany to finish her shift to then hang out in the afternoon. marek also came into starbucks so we sat an chatted for awhile.
-of course it was a gray, rainy, scottish day outside so brittany and i rode the bus over to the museum and then decided to eat at biblios (since we had never been there). i had a super delicious haggis appetizer and she had a burger (i had already had 2 burgers earlier in the week so i didnt want a burger). we then went to new town and ended up going to m&s to have tea and cakes. i had a victoria sponge cake (even though i was full enough without it). then we walked to where she was taking the bus to go tutor and where i was meeting mrs shea. it was a great final afternoon in edinburgh. wouldn't have known it was right as i was leaving other than that was the case.
PHOTOS: http://blogographannex.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/edinburgh-farewell.html
-had a drink at mrs shea's hotel and then went to my flat to wait for alison. finished the last cleaning bits and then alison arrived. managed to get all of our luggage in the car and went to the big sainsburys on our way out of town.
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