Ah, Monday, a great day to...run? That is exactly what I did this morning. I ran, not that far, though. I walked to St. James Park, where I started to run. I am going to say that I ran maybe one lap, I stopped and went around the corner of the lake and jogged a little bit more, that didn't last long either. I ended up walking the rest of the way back. Running wore me out, also the fact I haven't run in a very, very, very long time. I was outside for about a total of 25 minutes, since it was early in the morning it was a bit chilly. I only have leather gloves with me and I didn't want to run in those, so my hands got cold. I got back and didn't feel like eating a whole lot so I drank some water and made one piece of toast.
I went back to my room, showered and got ready for my day. I went to a new grocery story today. I heard that Iceland was cheaper than Sainsburys. I headed out, I needed to top up my oyster card. I tried to top it up for 50 pounds, the machines decided against taking either my credit or debit card. I still had 5 pounds from the time I topped it up for the game, so I was on my way. The location of the grocery store seemed like an interesting part of the city. It was on a street called Lower Marsh, I think I may have to go back and do some exploring later. I got my groceries, I think some were better deals and then I headed back. For lunch I made myself a ham sandwich, chips and an apple juice juicebox. I came back up to my room, to find an email from our art professor finally giving us our assignments for the people who will speak on Wednesday. I am one of those people. So, after relaxing and eating my delicious lunch I headed out to the National Portrait Gallery. I decided to walk since it was such a lovely day outside. The sun was shining!
The painting I will be talking about is Catherine Parr, Henry VIII sixth and last wife. She was forced to marry him, but she still took great care of his children from the previous marriages. I wrote all I could from looking at her, plus my back was starting to hurt, so I went to a different part of the museum I hadn't been to before. I saw some paintings of Queen Victoria done during the Victorian era. I saw a picture of Diana and Prince Charles as well, another area I hadn't been to before. I then headed out to walk back. I decided to walk down a different street and around, and I came upon a store called "next", I decided to go in and found three pairs of tights for six pounds so I made an investment. Pretty cheap, as some places have one pair for 8 pounds, or two pairs for 8 pounds. I then headed back. I stopped off at St. James Station to go to the assistant ticket booth, there I got 50 pounds put on my oyster card. I decided that if the fruit stands were still up in Strutton Ground I would buy some, they weren't.
For the rest of the night, our internet was down for most of it, I was productive and finished Man in the Dark, it has a good ending, then I read some in the art book, and even read one of the short stories for next week, since I won't be here. The short story was horrible. The dialogue is literally all over the place, I won't explain further. Finally the internet got back up to working, thankfully after I was done with some of my homework and I talked to people online for a bit. Finally it was time for bed, and what a great nights sleep that was! Cheers
...I leave so soon :o) It is coming very fast. I'm also a little nervous for Scotland, traveling there by myself, I know it will be fine because for three days I will be with people. Hopefully it all works out. I did find a day trip to the Rosslyn Chapel, it is 7 hours though and I leave at 4 on Monday, that's sad, I really wanted to go too. Maybe the next time I am in Scotland!
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