Sunshine, We All See The Same Sky

Hey, a good day today: lots of sunshine and studying. I sat on the lawn and then in the Loebeteria. Katherine and then Jesse joined me for political economy studying fun, and it was ever so much more entertaining than studying alone. Plus, Jesse and I got to make fun of Katherine for, uh, being from Toronto and caring about real estate. And she got to make fun of us for thinking about oil price shocks all the time. Mike and I went for a run in the afternoon, but I have so thoroughly lost my hot-weather running skillz that I only made it about 5km. It was 23C, people! In April! But to be fair, I did do the round trip from school twice today, once at a run and once at a walk. Katherine and I went for ice cream before she headed off to her French exam, like ya do in summer. The nadir of the day was sitting on an anthill by accident, then moving to another tree with another anthill at its base. Apparently anthills come standard with the trees at school now.

Today I picked up my last public affairs short essay, and it seems that I can cross off "write a paper I actually like" on my Big List, entitled "Things To Do This Year Or By The End Of 2006 Anyway". Not only was it a fun paper (hooray for abstract essay topics!) but it was also one I actually felt I'd executed pretty well. And, as a bonus, Rob the Awesome TA of Awesomeness, attached a ream of his recipes to my essay: mint-cured salmon, lobster and red pepper bisque, cardamom ice cream, and banana spice cake, as well as the recipe for the walnut and fennel seed biscotti he brought into class. Apparently Rob used to be a professional chef, and still cooks part-time for various families. As I was picking up my essay, I also found out that one of our admins, Rose, has a catering service on the side, called Rose To The Occasion. Hee.