Guess what? I PASSED MY SWIM TEST!
I guess that makes me an official member of the Hertford College Boat Club. Exciting!
Of course, I took the test in typical Laura fashion. I showed up a half hour late because I got lost. Luckily, when I was wandering around the Magdalen meadows, I asked a cute Magdalen Man doing post-grad work in bio-chem where the pool was and he happened to be going the same way. He was super nice even though I looked like an idiot wearing shorts and a pea coat in 45 degree weather. (ran out of sweatpants, gotta do laundry.) I met all kinds of nice people at the swim test too. I can't get over how easy it is to make casual, interesting conversation with everybody around here. The girl I stood next to in line was half Egyptian, half Czech, but she was born in New York, and now she's studying English here. These people are from all over the place!
I'm so glad to be able to continue rowing, but I'm getting really sick of rowing in the rain. On the plus side though, I'm getting a lot of muscle definition. I haven't felt so strong since I was on the tennis team. I forgot how good this felt. Too bad I'll have to quit rowing when I go home. I'll have to find something to do instead.
-If I go home after this. Which I probably well. But who knows? I want to go home for a bunch of reasons and I want to stay here for a bunch of reasons.
I'll probably go home though. I like it here a lot. =(
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