Categories: random
Date: 12 January 2006 15:36:28
Note to self - 2 pints of beer = 5 weightwatchers points. In other words, a quarter of your daily allowance. Whoops.
It was good to give derf a send-off as she heads back down south though (I'm still very amused that I now refer to Durham as "south"), courtesy of a local pub which, a few years back, was CAMRA's UK Pub of the Year. It was a not too bad walk from my place, but the walk was definitely worth it, particularly as my local (at the end of the road) looks like a bit of a "local's local" and has evil karaoke. Conversation ranged from George Galloway (boo, hiss) to what churches I should Mystery Worship, via Canadian youth hostels (and hooray I got to drag out my bear story again - have dined out on that one for years!) and crap essays. Good stuff, and very good for me to get out and about and have a bit of a life. Though of course we will miss derf very much this side of the border.
Thanks for the good wishes - I'm still a bit knackered, but feeling a bit less crappy. I have supervision on Monday, so I think I'm going to try to see if we can set a few more concrete deadlines so that I feel a bit less aimless. I also went to the gym today for the first time since I moved to the Stately Pile (ie over a month), as I know that when I'm in better shape physically I have more energy and more motivation and am less mopey. So I'm feeling very self-righteous, even though all I was basically doing was working off the beer. Oh well.
Tonight I'm off to a seminar with my supervisor (something about concepts of care I think) and - hooray! - tickets have now been bought so on Sunday I am going to see the Michael McGoldrick Band with a couple of my fellow postgrads. Very excited indeed about that.