Culture, climbing, and migraines.

*Visit the National Museum of Scotland* - accomplished 17 October, 2012

The National Museum of Scotland reminded me of the British Museum, in miniature.  Not to say it's a small museum, because it's not.  There are three floors' worth of exhibits about various cultures, artifacts, etc from around the world, and about the earth itself.  I especially liked the rooms dealing with Pacific Island culture, and the earth's shifting geology.  All in all, a rainy afternoon made enjoyable, and for free!

Yesterday I climbed Arthur's Seat, for the first time since March.  It was a gorgeous day, and being a Sunday afternoon, there were about a million people with the same idea.  I could clearly the Forth Bridges looking west, and all the way to the Lomond Hills in Fife looking north.

Then yesterday evening, what I thought was a low-level heat headache brought on by exertion on the hill, blossomed into a full-blown migraine.  Not fun.  Not fun at all.  Luckily my flatmate Sam, bless him, gave me some paracetamol and turned out all the lights in the flat remotely near my room when he found out.  Once again, I'm so grateful to be living where I am now, and not where I was before.

The graduation gifts are beginning to trickle in, and I've got some last trips around the UK on deck for the coming weeks.  Stay tuned...

Cheers, y'all.

Master of Science!

My dissertation passed!  I am now officially an MSc.  Furthermore, I got a 65 on it, which means I met my goal of getting all 60s or better.

Life is good.  :)

Cheers, y'all.

Autumn!

The weather in Edinburgh has been beautiful for the last several days - sunny and in the low 50s.  The blue sky and the crisp air remind me of autumn in North Carolina.  It's definitely a vast improvement over October last year, when it rained and rained and rained.

I'm biding my time, waiting for my dissertation mark.  A couple days ago, I went to the grassy area between the Scottish Parliament and Arthur's Seat and read a book, and nearly had my bag of crisps stolen by a cheeky 3-year-old.  Kids these days.  Today, I had a job interview - fingers crossed!

Cheers, y'all.

American food cravings.

I have the worst craving for tacos right now.  And there aren't that many decent Mexican places in Edinburgh, and none at all that are cheap.  Nevertheless, I think a visit to one of them is in order for the very near future.

I also miss sweet tea and biscuits from Bojangles, and milkshakes from Cook-Out.  And my mother's cooking in general.

I'm so hungry.

Cheers, y'all.