Don't be surprised by the fact you can smile.

So, to probably the surprise of no one who knows me, I am basically incapable of moderation. After only catnapping on the plane, I crashed early Thursday, which meant I was able to wake up at 4:30 am on Friday and spend a whole day up near Newcastle Upon Tyne exploring Hadrian's Wall. I missed a bus (or it never showed or was actually on time unlike the other 2 trips) so I didn't have time for one of the sites, but I still got in two and... lots of photos of weathered stone-cut walls. Sorry, but once you hit about 200 years old (if not earlier) all weathered rock walls really look the same. And then I didn't get back until after midnight. Then I stayed up even later looking up stuff for the next day since my phone doesn't like roaming internationally, so the moral of the story is I'm on my way to Leicester with only four hours of sleep? Go me? Hopefully tomorrow will be not as bad, as I probably won't be gone as long today (I'd like to also hit York, but it probably won't happen) (ETA: nope - another missed connection, but that's OK, as it looks like the minster would have been closed anyway). Plus tomorrow I only have to go to Canterbury, and maybe Dover or Ramsgate if I have time to do that and drop my luggage off before going to the required class dinner.

And, uh, I should probably do more reading for the class? I need to look at the websites for the cathedral libraries again, and prep for whatever I'm supposed to be asking questions about.

That said, after class, other than maybe going to Cardiff, I'm pretty much planning to just hang around in London. So if anyone wants to meet up, the 4th-7th is when I should be free.