I have a life again!

For the past 3 weeks I have been studying (fairly relentlessly) for my animal body 2 exams.  But as of last Thursday they were finished and so I am free!

I have made the most of my three day weekend.  Friday morning I went down to Princes Street to see the Christmas market.  I love it down there.  It feels so festive.  I mostly just wandered and perused the craft stalls for future purchases.

One of the rows of stalls

View of the market and wheel

Friday night I had field hockey.  We had both a game and a practice.  And we actually won the game!  Prior to Friday we had only scored one goal all year so it was very refreshing to win. Since it was our last practice before Christmas break they decided to make it fun and hold a couple of mini competitions.  The first was a game of keep away.  You are in a circle with two defenders who try and knock your ball out of the circle.  And I won which was exciting.  The next one was a penalty shot competition.  After a bunch of people going and not scoring I decided to go and give it a try.  And somehow I managed to score.  But my competitive edge got the better of me because in my attempt to score I dove and as I fell managed to get turf burn across the back of my hand.  For anyone who hasn't experienced turf burn, it is like carpet burn but way way worse.  But on the bright side I won the penalty shot competition too!

Saturday a bunch of us tried to go to the Christmas market.  We went for a bit and got crepes but it was just so packed we decided to leave.  We went out to a restaurant for drinks and snacks instead which was lovely.

Very festive building

Sunday was mainly about relaxing.  In the afternoon a few of us went up Salisbury Crags to watch the sunset (we actually had sun for a change!).  But what was depressing is the sunset was 3:45pm... that is just too early in my opinion.  Sunday night we had a family dinner and made fajitas.  It was good food and great company.

Sunset looking toward the city

Sunset looking at the Pentland Hills

The moon and Arthur's Seat

And today we were back to school.  But it was a nice short day, only 3 lectures and none are examinable.  And they were all putting what we have learned so far into a clinical context so they were super interesting.  In the afternoon I went back to the market to do some shopping and I also wanted to see the market in the dark with all the lights.

Same view as the one above in the daylight

The Christmas Tree Maze

What is most exciting of all is it is less than 2 weeks until I fly home.  I am having a blast here but I really want a cuddle with my goldens :)