Weekend over!!! A Meditation on Expeditions!

Well Kids, there we are; the wonders of the first weekend of freshers fortnight done and dusted for another year! How does everyone feel!? I've just hopped out of the shower; been trying to wash away that dirty feeling after a particularly heavy evening and weekend of ups and downs! Just be thankful that my housemate Matt didn't get his way tonight! I would have been singing Meatloaf very loudly at the Stannery crowds to the pleasure of only him I feel! I think I've missed a chance to shine, but equally a chance to be shot down in flames!
This weekend started with a persuasion to attend the seventies disco night... Not such a bad idea, but one that had bittersweet written all over it!! Sure enough, by the start of Saturday morning I'd had phone calls from Glasgow and a bit of a throbbing headache! The two weren't related in any way, just happened to occur at the same time, but I wasn't to be believed!
Saturday was more an afternoon than anything else! We had all hit the sack pretty early in the morning, but I think mine was pretty impressive standing as it did at four o'clock. Rugby was a bust; I finally managed to kick myself out of bed at about twenty-five to twelve. If I had thrown my kit on at that moment, I could have made it down to the ground, but it just wasn't to be! My ex-girlfriend Kimberly called at the moment that hasty exits crackled across my synapse'. After a hour and a half filled with frustrations on both sides, evacuation, toothbrushing and an unknown mealtime lay in front of me; Is it still Brunch if it's after midday?
My famous barbecue beans, garlic mushrooms, bacon, fried egg and toast, washed down with a nice cup'o'tea was the perfect start to the rescue of Saturday and all its occupants! Sure enough, the design of the accommodation down here comes to my aid once again... ...Enough shared, enough separate... Katey was planning on joining the Expedition society and Lucy and Gemma wanted to go along for the introductory amble along the coast to the South of Falmouth beach. Whilst an Englishman enjoys his first cup'o'tea of the day he is instilled with feelings of power, conquest and an undeniable need to get on (once said cup is finished). I thought a mild walk along the shore in the afternoon would put feelings of a wasted day behind me so plans were made to that effect.
Whilst waiting for the bus outside the Media centre the four of us found ourselves not alone on this first part of our evening's excursion. Twelve students waiting for a bus that didn't arrive, joining the two previous buses that had done the same! With the impossible task of reaching the Moor in fifteen minutes looming large a white knight appeared in the form of a man with a van!!
The twelve of us wanting to go down to town were offered a lift and... Well... Needs must!
The walk ended up being a total washout! We set off from the Moor half an hour late just in time for the heavens to open and Thor to knock out a tune! We arrived at the Maritime Museum and the weaker members of our number were given the option to turn back (which they duly did). Katey (being an absolute trooper) wanted to carry on and none of us had any reason to turn back! By the time we got to the Beach the wind and rain had convinced even the leaders of the society! We held up in the cafe and scoffed down cake and hot chocolate before heading back to initiate the new plan of all cooking together back at the flat.
Spag Bol was the choice, I was the cook and the company was great! We all sat at the table in the kitchen (NO TV ON!) bottle of my favorite red was polished off before deciding what movie we should all watch. We decided that we could do a good deed by helping our friend Harriet overcome her fear of Jurassic Park and watch a great movie all at the same time! We managed to squeeze both the original and The Lost World all before expiring at around two o'clock!
The Freshers Fair was always one of my favorite events during my two previous freshers weeks and this was no exception! You can feel the enthusiasm coursing through every participant and likely signature holders! I signed up for Rowing, Rugby, Film and surf societies, Zen Meditation and a surf lesson on Wednesday.
The headache is gone now and my bed looks very inviting (no matter how un-made-up it is!)...
As an endnote, I heard from my sister Hannah this morning. She has arrived in Normandy already having a great time and being weirded out all at the same time! I miss her as I think she is the only thing that could make this experience better! She is on her own expedition into territories unknown and I'm thinking about you frequently H!
Pyjamas Pyjamas!