blue period

got up, stripped the bed, collected the laundry, made and drank two cups of tea, put another hundred or so words in the diss proposal doc, cleaned out the sink + wiped down the counters, sorted some of the floordrobe, got dressed, walked to campus, moved my departing friend's bookshelf into my carrel, had a meeting with my advisor and the ombudsman to file a complaint against my dgs, hugged my advisor, called my mama whilst i walked home.

after a pretty harrowing travel day (that included a quick stop through munich on my way back to england from paris) i finally made it to exeter (very) late last night. this morning breakfasted in the shadow of the cathedral before a very pleasant session at the cathedral library looking at what i think will be my last new manuscript of the trip, followed in the afternoon by the absolute loveliest coffee with a senior scholar my advisor introduced me to. and now i am curled up at the flat with m&s peach iced tea, my knitting, and an itv boxset~~ bliss~~

this morning i woke up in paris; had a cigarette, an iced latte, and a very creditable avocado toast, in that order; and strolled over to the bnf in lightly breezy sunny weather. it'll hot up again a bit this weekend but i missed the worst of the heat wave here, and if italy and croatia weren't half miserable at least there we were fairly near the water and i was able to take a fair few swims to cope.

the hotel where we are staying for my cousin's wedding is so appalling—it's not the worst hotel i've ever stayed in but it is almost certainly the second worst!—and the breakfast is so poor that i never thought they would be able to give us a decent dinner but following some truly heart-shattering news from back home last night we had to cancel our dinner reservations and eat instead in the hotel restaurant and they did so much more than give us a decent dinner, it was actually probably the best meal i've had since i got to italy on tuesday.