I would like a social life please

Not lots to report since the last time...autumn is looking beautiful, the workload is bordering on ridiculous, McGill is insane. Unfortunately I seem to have lost my storming motivation in favour of regaining my naming 185-out-of-195-countries-of-the-world status on sporcle.com. Nightmare. I have 2 more exam-paper-labreport-essayful weeks and then it should slow down a wee bit before finals...humph.

Collar bone is getting better: after a four and a half hour hospital check up they decided to do leave it to do it's own thang. The fact that the long experience ending in a nothing could potentially have cost me over $200 but didn't, did make me feel a bit better. Alas, without the sling I am no longer given a seat on the metro, but I can now wear T-shirts and wash my hair using both arms; a win overall I feel.

Despite the insane amount of work, McGill isn't as cut-throat as some people had made out to be, which is a massive relief. Someone from my genetics class started a study group to prepare for our midterm on Thursday, and I was pretty scared that it was going to be horrific and everyone would know twice more than me but pretend not to and just give me scathing looks everytime I opened my english mouth to say something simple...but actually it's great! A really lovely bunch of people, all helping each other out and having a laugh at the same time, jolly hockey sticks. The Keen Team (what else would we call ourselves, really) has been a lush way to meet more people too. I now don't know why I was so apprehensive as absolutely everyone I've met so far has been a nice bean... I guess it's just the classic misjudgement of a group, and as soon as you look at the group as individuals you realise you're all in the same boat :) or same gene pool! No. Ok.

The odd glimpses of a social life have been delightful. Canadian thanksgiving weekend involved learning differentiation on the mountain by a lake in the sun with a picnic and nice people, as well as a proper bo thanksgiving dinner. Thanks to the wonderful Freya and Jenny, we had a full roast dinner including home-made cranberry sauce, cauliflower cheese, roast veggies and yorkshire pudding (we wanted to show the non-englishes a bit of Yorksire action, they were very well received), followed by brownies, apple and raspberry crumble, custard, cream and Rachel's incredible pumpkin pie. Nom indeed.
I also accidently had a social life the night of Max's birthday party...we still have paint on the walls.

Humungous love to all you beautiful people, keep sending me your news, I miss you.