Sunny Friday Afternoon

        Yesterday turned into a spontaneous change of plan. The original plan was meet up with Katie for lunch and then head back to the lab and run some abalone samples in a very complicated machine, with Bri. Lunch started off as planned, then Bri text and said she wouldn't be in the lab so that meant our lunch was super extended for the whole afternoon - not a bad thing on a gorgeous sunny day!

        We decided on the Harvest Moon Deli, in Orono (I'd highly recommend), and luckily for me they offered gluten free bread for their yummy sandwiches - although it was a little more expensive (but everything gluten free seems to be!). I decided on a tuna salad sandwich, and it was massive, but not quite as massive as what Katie (another one) ordered for her boyfriend - a turkey club sandwich, which had three layers of bread, turkey, bacon and a whole variety of salad in it!

        After lunch, me and Katie decided to head for the bog walk, as the weather was perfect and we had nothing to do back at the lab; it was nice just to get away from the university and the norm for a little while. I've been to the bog walk once before, the first year that I came with my family, and it was really nice to see it in a different season with the colours beginning to change.

A few snaps!

         Next we ventured to the mall, as Katie wanted to look for a few bits, and I wanted to look around as well. I didn't end up getting anything, but was so close to buying a hoodie from Aeropostale for $7.99, which I sort of regret not buying now, darn! I wasn't 100% in the store so I didn't go for it, maybe I should have took a gamble.
        Katie found some absolute crackers of a bargain in Aeropostale that she is putting in a little package for her friend. In total she saved around $40 (woah!), as things were reduced to 99p - they were pretty expensive to start though, well in my opinion, and I do think anything over 99p is expensive!

        To treat ourselves after walking what seemed a blummin marathon (the only downside of the day) we went to Katie's apartment and had some apple cider, it's non-alcoholic and to me just tasted like super strong apple juice, but it was really nice and I've been told they do a hot version in the Bear's Den which I might consider trying one chilly day soon.
        After this we headed back to the Union to meet up with one of Katie's friends at the International Coffee Hour, which is a get together for all international students on campus. It was pretty much just a jumble of students from around the world all eating free pizza (which nearly tempted me), watermelon, crisps and drinks. Everyone was in their friendship groups so I didn't get to meet many people, apart from the two we sat with who Katie knew.

        To finish off the busy day, my Uncle, Aunt and I went out for Sushi with two of their friends. I have never had sushi before and got quite anxious when the menu made no sense to me - it is so difficult having so many allergies, as you never know what could be hidden in the food. For starters my Uncle ordered me the 'sushi appetizer' which consisted of 4 little piles of rice with a different fish on each. These were definitely not to my palette; it was weird having the fish raw, and the taste was very different, and also each one had wasabi sauce on which was so hot. For my main dish I stuck to something safe, and went for Yoki Noodles (I had buckwheat) which were stir fried with chicken and mixed vegetables. This was definitely the best thing I tried all night!

My Uncle's Boat Load of Sushi

        Coming back to reality, the whole of yesterday has completely taken its toll on me, and I am struggling greatly today. This was so unfortunate, as I was hoping to go to the Common Ground Country Fair today, but I knew that there would only be a slim chance and it didn't pan out that way. So today has consisted of resting, reading and napping to build my energy to get into university next week!