a{meri}can 'Dead week'

It's 'Dead Week' - aka the week before exams

In Edinburgh, the library is a bleak setting. The blistering cold walk doesn't exactly set you off in good revision mode. 

Here, however, with 'Finals' looming, and with average 20 degree weather check, there are worse places to be.

In fact UNC offers a host of activities that are on offer to relive stress..

1. Massages by the canteen (but seriously, do I want a massage right where everyone is queuing for food?)

2. Petting puppies in the Student Union

3. Build your own gingerbread house

4. Free bagels and hot chocolate in the library
5. Craft sessions with a projection of a documentary on cats (that part was a bit odd)

There is a whole calendar of events to get you through exam stress.

spotted: caffeine addict roaming the UL. I have too many photos of this girl.

On a weirder note - there is a naked streak. On the day after LDOC (Last Day Of Classes) there is a tradition of people to get naked and run through the library at midnight. Seriously. I thought everyone was joking so bailed on the library at 10pm...is it weird to say I wish I had stayed until midnight?!! Perhaps. I will be leaded the masses come Spring LDOC! Watch this space!!!  (Totally joking Granny, don't panic, your granddaughter has  not become a naturist.) 

I couldn't include video footage unfortunately as it was too explicit and this blog is strictly PG rating.

And basketball season is on the horizon! Quite looking forward to it because I will actually understand what's going on. Basketball is a huge deal at UNC, it's our best sport. Lots of the players are actually famous as they will go on to play in the MBA when they graduate. You can spot a basketball player from a mile off. They are inhumanly tall. It is a bit awkward actually standing behind them at a bar because it's like standing behind a huge wall. I'm talking 7ft tall or something. Anyway, should be fun, can't wait for the game season to officially start!

One week to go at UNC Fall semester, let the count down begin..

xoxoxoxox