Guy Fawkes Night

Here is a little British history from Wikipedia "Guy Fawkes Night (also known as Bonfire Night, Cracker Night, Fireworks Night, Bommy Night) is an annual celebration on the evening of the 5th of November. It celebrates the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot of the 5 November, 1605 in which a number of Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, were alleged to be attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London, England."

Basically, on Nov. 5th (and sometimes before and after) towns with start a HUGE bonfire and light of tons of fireworks! Last year on this day, I was flunked my driving test (long story) and spent the whole night in my room depressed and crying. This year, I was really looking forward to the festivities, but it fell on a Wednesday night... basketball night. So instead of watching cool fireworks... I was stuck in traffic, driving to Glasgow, seeing the occasional firework from the road. Not my idea of a good Guy Fawkes Night. Alas, this story isn't all bad. We won our basketball game! (Yay!) But also, I found out about a local event held on the Saturday instead of Wednesday.

My friends bailed out on me before the event, but I didn't let that stop me. I went by myself. It was pretty amazing. Here are some pictures below and a movie (hopefully) of my favorite fireworks, you can see how close we were to the fire!! I didn't get to close, because I know what fire can do. These guys, because it is sooo wet over here, have no concept of forest fires! :)

The AU Ball

Every year, St Andrew's Athletic Union have a big fancy ball. This year, my basketball girls (and a few facebook friends) convinced me to go. As you can tell by the following pictures, we all had a great time! (and no, I do not drink! Haha!!)

Me and My Specs...

Rewinding to the beginning of Oct...

Randomly, I made an appointment to see an eye doctor. I have never had my eyes checked before, so I thought it would be a good idea. :) After wearing these funky glasses that he kept putting lenses in and out of and answering a million questions that basically sounded like... Can you see it now?... He told me that I had 25/20 vision in both eyes, meaning I have a hard time seeing distances clearly. He told me if I got glasses, I wouldn't need them all of the time, only for maybe driving or seminars/movies, etc. He told me that I didn't have to get glasses, he cracked open the door and told me to look at the outside world, then he put the funky glasses on and said, this is what the world could look like. He was quite the salesman, but I will still remember that feeling of clarity.

However, since, I am cheap, I didn't want to spend 100 pounds on occasional glasses. So my boss told me about a website to get cheap glasses.

On Monday, I received my first pair of glasses in the mail. They were wrapped in a plastic bag (envelope) and came from China... a little dodgy, but I opened them up. Here are the pictures of me in my new specs:




When I sent one of my friends the pictures, he told me I look like a librarian... that he saw in one of his adult movies. (Is that a compliment?, I hope so!)

So tonight was the first time I wore them when I drove home from work. I am really amazed at how things seem to be soo clear. I mean, they are just a little fuzzy, but with the glasses (the prescription lets me see 15/20) it is like all of the little details pop out at you. I don't know if that is because I am actually noticing all of the little detail, or if I am just seeing it better. Either way, it is amazing what our world is filled with. :)

My Town

Here is a picture of the town I live in. I am growing quite fond of it.