Friday 18 November 2011
Dian and Charles's day:
We awoke at 11 AM. How could that be when the gardener with the leaf blower started his chores at precisely 8 AM each weekday morning? We guessed we were tired, and also Charles had been in the library till nearly midnight the night before. An R.A. had passed along the complaint that some students weren't comfortable with a man they didn't know being in the library at that hour. So even though invited to use the facilities by the dean, and having asked the okay of the desk staff there at the library, Charles left the warmth and late hours of that sanctuary to come back to our COLD van. But we understood and as Dean Guggiari put it in an email, we all wanted the students to feel comfortable.
While Charles stayed around campus to catch up on emails and blogs, Dian walked into downtown Lugano again. The trek was made in about 25 minutes since no wrong turns were made on her fourth trip into town. She bought some groceries and poked around in shops, including the many bead and jewelry stores, then visited a library and headed home.
At around 4:30 Dian got back to the van and Charles was there surrounded by clean, folded laundry. Nicole had come by with it and left a note. Dinner was bowtie pasta with tomato and bell pepper sauce, fresh bread and Parmesan cheese. Despite the free theater performance of The Odd Couple right across the parking lot, Dian and Charles opted to keep a low profile and retired early.
Nicole's day: Another easy and rather uneventful day except for the fact that, upon walking down to the Franklin College post pick-up with Lisa and her friend Ashley, I got to accept my birthday present from Lisa! A beautiful Moleskine travel journal, complete with pages for short trips, long trips, itineraries, and more. It was a perfect gift for the trip. Not only that, but Lisa received a telegram from her friend back home! Who knew you could even send those still?
Dian and Charles's day:
We awoke at 11 AM. How could that be when the gardener with the leaf blower started his chores at precisely 8 AM each weekday morning? We guessed we were tired, and also Charles had been in the library till nearly midnight the night before. An R.A. had passed along the complaint that some students weren't comfortable with a man they didn't know being in the library at that hour. So even though invited to use the facilities by the dean, and having asked the okay of the desk staff there at the library, Charles left the warmth and late hours of that sanctuary to come back to our COLD van. But we understood and as Dean Guggiari put it in an email, we all wanted the students to feel comfortable.
While Charles stayed around campus to catch up on emails and blogs, Dian walked into downtown Lugano again. The trek was made in about 25 minutes since no wrong turns were made on her fourth trip into town. She bought some groceries and poked around in shops, including the many bead and jewelry stores, then visited a library and headed home.
At around 4:30 Dian got back to the van and Charles was there surrounded by clean, folded laundry. Nicole had come by with it and left a note. Dinner was bowtie pasta with tomato and bell pepper sauce, fresh bread and Parmesan cheese. Despite the free theater performance of The Odd Couple right across the parking lot, Dian and Charles opted to keep a low profile and retired early.
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