Last night it occurred to me that I should have a look at when the colleges who I wish to apply to next year are having open days. It seems October is a popular month for this, as that's when they all are. By great luck,
Glasgow's is on the Thursday of half term, and
Edinburgh's is on the Friday. So I'm going to travel up on the Wednesday, stay with Stuart for a night, go round Glasgow, stay with someone in Edinburgh (gullible person still to be found), go round Edinburgh, then stay for another night or two, allowing me to look round the museums and galleries and shops, and have a mini-bash with some B3tans.
Also by luck,
Kent's open day is on October 13, and
Norwich's the day after. I need to find someone to inflict myself onto who lives on the outskirts of London or somewhere in Kent, who I can stay with on the 12th, then go to the open day, travel to Norwich, stay with people there (luckily I've already found a willing victim), do the second open day, then come back to Leeds in the evening.
It's all going to cost quite a bit in train fares though. I'm very lucky that my mum said she and my dad would finance my education, so they're going to pay for it. It's going to be around £250, and then I'll have to do it all again if I get offered an interview! I did get a
Rail Card today however, which will make all journeys much cheaper for a year.
Whilst I was in town, I also went round the charity shops in search of something I can use for this stupid Still Life project. Nothing turned up, but I did come back with 3 more books. I'm hopeless. There are three things I have no need to obtain more of: dust, knickers and books. I still want them and buy them, well, the knickers and books anyway. Am I a librophile? The books I got though were
Miss Garnet's Angel, as I really enjoyed
Instances of the Number Three;
Notes On A Scandal and
That Summer. I love my books.
This evening I cooked a gorgeous curry. Peppers, mushrooms, red pepper and onions with marinated tofu in a tikka massala sauce. Divine. And there's enough left for lunch tomorrow. Tomorrow is also my first day of college. I'm not too nervous yet. We'll see how things go though. I'm going to have to leave early too, as I have a psychologist appointment.
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