No Class and the Art of Showering

So today I didnt have any class.. Very weird since I am used to having class everyday for multiple hours. Usually I will have a tutorial on these days but those dont start till next week. The solution to not having class? Be very unproductive and lay in bed literally all day. I read my book I bought in the airport forever ago in Seattle, that one By Nicolas Sparks, Dear John. I want to see the movie but I figured I should read it and it doesn't come out here for much longer. Started getting really into it when i realized around 2 that i hadnt eaten anything. Got up for some toast (like 5 pieces actually) then came back and read more.

At 4:30pm I finally decided it was a good time to shower and get up for our Arcadia dinner at 6:30. I got in the shower like normal and did all showery things, but in the midst of it the little knob that decides the temperature fell off. Trying to put it back on kept making the water cold so i thought id wait until i was done. Here is the art i am referring to in my title. My shower is set up so that you cannot move the nozzle, it is also very small and leaves little room to turn around or hide from the water. The art is trying to perfect just how to turn the water off without freezing your arse off. Because its a round knob and the hot is whole circle around to the right, and the cold is always where you start and finish around to the left. Unfortunately, the knob does not spin very quickly and therefore ALWAYS and i mean ALWAYS gets stuck right on the coldest part before turning off. SO I have been trying to master a way to avoid the cold. Option 1: use the shower curtain as a shield- half works but you can still feel through it. Option 2: physically step out of the shower while the hot water is still going, turn it all the way off then step back in to dry off. As you can see neither are very good. But on this particular day i used option 1 so i could fix the knob. Water off, i began to force it back into place. Right before it clicked it suddenly spurted ice cold water out right on top my head making me scream and jump all at once and have to turn the knob again, almost breaking it. After i got over the shock ill admit i laughed at myself, but i was officially freezing until i was completely dry. Moral of the story? there isnt really one except Irish shower still gets the best of me, and hopefully in the 4 months of living here ill figure out a way to conquer it.

Nothing else exciting happened all day, Arcadia dinner was delicious at this Italian place called Villa Italia i think, i ordered this seafood linguine and two desserts because I couldnt decide and they were paying the bill. So yummy. Got to skype some of my favorite people and now I am heading to bed at almost 2! woo! Last first class tomorrow at noon :)