Another Punt Ride

Last night was a lot of fun. The original plan was to get a punt and hang out on the Backs (the part of the river where you can see the backs of the colleges) for the evening until the fireworks. This whole week there are May Balls--each college holds their own and it's basically a huge party for the students. You have to pay quite a lot of money to attend, but it seems amazing. Food, drinks, and all sorts of entertainment--one such form is the fireworks. (By the way, I'm lobbying for a May Ball at ISU upon my return.) So the plan was to make an evening of it.

But... all of the punts for last night were booked out two weeks ago! We decided to get a punt for the other way, which took us up to Grantchester (the small town that I visited on my bike a few days ago). The river is so beautiful and you can only imagine that people spent their leisure time doing this same activity hundreds of years ago. We "parked" in the sunlight and ate some sandwiches, then headed back. The whole little excursion took a few hours. Lovely.

Me and house mum

We weren't sure where to stand to see the fireworks, but we chose a bridge and ended up waiting for about 45 minutes until we decided to go because nothing was happening. Sure enough--a few minutes after we pedaled away, the fireworks began. We were right near Jesus Green (a big park) when it happened, which turned out to be okay because we had a good view there too. I just love fireworks. None of my pictures turned out, though.

Today I met with John for two hours and we really got into the nitty gritty of my project. I have a lot to do and I feel confused about quite a bit of it because it's all of these little intricacies that are very specific to the issue. I'm asking so many questions and I feel like I'm missing a lot of what he wants me to include. This leaves me feeling like he's helping me too much. I voiced this to him and he said that he feels like he's not doing enough to help me, so I guess that's sort of a good thing... we can meet in the middle. I can really tell that he's mapped out the final product in his mind and that's why I continue to be apprehensive about my abilities. I can't believe I'm in week 5.

I feel so tired today, but I have so much homework to work on. I'm behind and I hate that feeling. So I'm going to work on it this afternoon and try to get a lot done. Here's hoping.