As my dad likes to say, Happy Quatro de Julio! :D I didn't bring any red, white and blue, but I got a shirt this weekend that had red flowers on a blueish-blackish and white striped background, so I wore that.
We went to the Guildhall Library again today in Living and Dying. Their internet was down, but they had the book copies of everything on the Old Bailey website that I've been using, so I got to look through those. I was afraid to toush the pages, they looked so fragile. Unfortunately, I had to look through everything to find a case that I could use but it was interesting to see some of the different cases too. I'm curious what the difference is between stealing, privately stealing and feloniously stealing - there were cases of each. It was also interesting to see how many death sentences were handed out for stealing - I'm guessing those ones stole a lot, including the wife/husband, family jewels and/or the curtains (seriously, some of the cases involved people stealing curtains, of all the things to steal).
Nicole and I were still tired after last weekend, so we both had a really lazy afternoon. I curled up in my bed with Me and Mr Darcy. Nicole was on her computer for a bit before she crawled into her bed as well (our desk chairs are rather uncomfortable, we both like our beds better). I didn't fall asleep, but when I got up to get some Pringles I saw that she was passed out :]
I finished the book this afternoon. It was cute, it was cheesy, it was predictable. However, I'm a complete sucker for romance in any and all forms so I enjoyed every word of it :D
Nicole and I decided to celebrate the Fourth by going to The Big Easy, a resturaunt down the street from where we live. They had piña coladas there! Oh my goodness, it was so delicious. It's been way too long since I've had one.
The resturaunt was decorated for the 4th, and a bunch of people were wearing USA shirts. We were laughing about it and compared it to the US celebrating Cinco de Mayo - it's another reason to drink and party :D
After dinner, Nicole and I wanted to bake a cake. We got the cake mix and ingredients, and then the fun began.
First, there are no measuring cups in our kitchen. We looked up a conversion that said 1/3 cup is 16 teaspoons and 1 cup is 48, but we only had a spoon the size of a tablespoon (ish). That was fun, to measure out 21 1/3 spoonfuls of water and 5 1/3 of oil. Thankfully, the eggs were easy enough to measure, even if the shells cracked weirdly and so pieces may or may not have gotten into the batter.
Then the packaging told us the temperature in degrees F, and our oven is measured in Celcius. We had to look up that conversion too. Good thing our room is next door to the kitchen.
Once we got that all figured out, we couldn't tell how big the pan was. I kinda guessed and threw it in the oven for about a half hour. We both agreed that it was going to be an interesting cake :] It would up being pretty good too. Go team! :D
We've been talking about things we're doing this week - it's a busy one for us. She's going to the Globe tomorrow with her Shakespeare class and then to Stratford-upon-Avon on Saturday. I'm going to see a show with theatre class on Wednesday and then to Dover on Thursday and Friday. We agreed to sleep in till about noon on Sunday ;D
And now it's time for Carly to sleep, she's got class tomorrow morning.
Till then,
-The Force
(I'm trying to think of new ways to sign these posts, I'm running out of nicknames...)
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