[new university office]

Today was such a great day at uni. Besides doing "work" (most important of all...hi Sue....hi mum...) I got the beautiful shiny freshly cut key to my shared new office. Yay! There are four of us in there but there is plenty of space and a bright blue wall for us to marvel at. When our interest in the nouveau art representation of Microsoft's hateful signal of a major system crash (blue screen!!) subsides, we can content ourselves with watching the busy road. As I stared out the window today (practising, you know how it is) I found the rush of the cars past the old buildings strangely invigorating, I felt compelled to write. Hrm. Very different from the relaxing Dartington countryside in Devon but similarly stimulating. But, let me get to the best bit of the day: I met Chris Jospeh (babel). How amazing is that. He's going to wish I don't share an office with him as I'm sure I'll bug the heck out of him with my million questions...better ask him before that chilled Canadian spirit he developed might begin to quell....