the bells
Sunday 9 March 2008

On Sunday mornings the bells of the Metropolitan Cathedral next door clang clang clang waking me up - 10 mins before 11 am. They are a nice alarm clock and 10:50 am is a good time to get up whether you crawled in at 3 in the morning from a night of dancing or you just needed to sleep in. Of course if you're still in bed when the bells ring again 10 mins before 2 pm then you're probably a lazy bum, and certainly if you're still there when they're ringing 10 mins before 4 pm you might as well give up on Sunday.

I luckily got up during the first set up bells, got around and made my way to the library and the chemist to pick up a prescription that WILL rid me of this enemy of the sinuses. After a lot of searching I managed to locate a copy of Maus: A Survivor's Tale vol. 1: My Father Bleeds History and vol. 2: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spigelman, the holocaust survival story of his father as told through the medium of a graphic novel. I keep seeing people talking about them on their blogs so I wanted to read them too. I also picked up a copy of George Eliot's Middlemarch. All the books have been renewed so they have the same due date which makes me happy because I've been wanting to read some of the books that were on the bottom of the pile.

One more week of school, next weekend is the 2nd British Egyptology Conference being hosted here in Liverpool and then I have 3 weeks "off" (technically should still be working but don't have to full time) to read and relax!

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    ashleigh (ash'lė) n.
    1: egyptologist; currently living in the uk attempting to obtain a phd in egyptology, hoping in the end there will be a job.
    2: literary; reading to escape reality, to improve conversation, for inspiration.
    3: crafter; crocheting and needlework, creating heirlooms, keeping the world warm.
    4: dreamer; head in the clouds, full of fantasies, wishing to be someone else, somewhere else.
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