Day 7: Going All Out

My 8-hour work day schedule failed today. Because of that, I decided to relax and just take the day as it is. I was kind of mellow. I had my breakfast and lunch at the flat. I do cook so I cooked myself some stir-fried noodles for lunch. I spent the morning reading. I was basically glued to our living area from 9:00 to 12:45. Suzanna and I headed into town at 1:00, got there at around 1:15-ish and ran our errands. We met up at Greens at around 2:00 (I was there by 1:45) and worked. I left at around 5:30 and ran errands, once again. I bought a few things at the grocery and a box of band-aids because I got myself a small wound, no biggie. I went to Boots and I wasn't very pleased with its arrangement. It reminded me of the perfume section of a department store and I was so confused. I found my band-aids, nonetheless.

I headed home and waited for Suzanna. She and I were supposed to meet up with Lieren to go to the St. Giles Festival in St. Giles that night. She got back at around 7, had dinner and we headed out at around 8:30. Yes, it was dark out but we found out that our side of town is a safe walk. It was quiet and well lit. Lieren ended up staying in because of her paper, which is totally understandable. I was personally exhausted from all the reading and I just wanted to be out after the whole day of going all out reading. I'm glad Suzanna went with even if she wasn't exactly feeling it.

We got to the St. Giles festival and it was AWESOME! Whoever set the festival out went all out! The whole feel of it was amazing. I love the feel of festivals in general. This one, however, was just…WOW! I felt like I was in Disneyland. I can't believe I was still in Oxford and that I just passed this street 7 days ago, in a taxi cab, and it didn't look like that. There were rides, food booths and games everywhere! There were multiple fun houses, bumper cars, twirling thingamabbobbers, etc. The picture above, as hazy as it is (which I love), describes the whole festival. I felt like I was transported into a different world. I was undeniably in complete amazement.

Suzanna and I ended up just walking through the whole festival, which was enough for me. I didn't want to partake in the rides nor spend money on the food and the games (I was full from dinner and I was content with people watching those who did play the games and ended up bringing around big stuffed toys). We got back to the flat at around 9:50, ready to do some more reading in order to crank up my paper tomorrow.