I have had a lot of mandatory outside of class assignments. This past week I attended a historical ballet, Giselle. It was quite interesting and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Earlier that evening we went to a quaint Italian restaurant and I enjoyed tortellini stuffed with spinach and ricotta, talk about some home cooking! I miss my mama and papas cooking! Boy, I am a spoiled child when it comes to food! On Friday, I attended a the Edinburgh’s Rugby Match. It was outside and reminded me of high school football games. I was quite happy I read about rugby prior to attending a match so I knew what was going on. And oh boy - the men were pretty good looking! :) Oh, and we won!
Rugby
16 MORE DAYS UNTIL SPRING HOLIDAY
I spent Saturday running errands, doing laundry, and being productive. We have numerous papers and assignments that need to be accompished sooner rather than later. I have been working tremendously hard on getting a lot of papers done during the week so I could enjoy my weekends.
This past week I finally got into a good rhythm and picked out the perfect study area in the palace - the ballroom. The ballroom is grand, but is not used for dancing any longer because the springs in the floor because the chandeliers below will shake. Nonetheless, nobody really utilizes that area so I have become fond of my quiet area to accomplish what’s on my daily to do list.
It’s time to incorporate my new friend, Mary - the “ghost.” Since we have been living in Dalkeith we have had many interesting encounters here, in room 103. And out of my four other roommates, Mary seems to like … ME! Here are a few examples of what we’ve encountered.
The second night I was at Dalkeith, I woke up in the middle of the night feeling like there was a face staring at me. I could not sleep the rest of the night.
A week later, our light started not to work. One night, after being fed up with only having our side lamps, I jokingly said, “Mary, will you please turn on our light?” Not even 5 seconds later, our light turned on!
During the end of our second week myself and one of my other roommates (Kate) were still awake, but had all the lights turned off. I was laying in my bed on my side and first we saw the overhead light flicker and then our side lights flickered on and off. It was brief, but we looked at each other freaked out and practically started crying.
During these past two weeks we have not had any encounters with Mary, but others have. Upstairs on the third floor, Amy was just washing her hands in the ladies bathroom. She heard a shower turn on and went to look, but nobody was there. All of a sudden the lights flickered on, then off and they would not turn back on.
Then Mary decided to visit the second floors mens bathroom. One of my friends Brady, was in the showers when the lights went off. He did not freak out at all! Jokingly he asked Mary to turn the lights back on and they came on!
This afternoon we have had two encounters with Mary. My roommate Jenna and I were studying in the ballroom when one of the lights above was making a loud, annoying sound. I simply started talking to Mary telling her we are not here to harm her or where she wanders. I asked her to leave the light alone and the sound subsided.
About an hour after dinner I returned to my room where I found Jenna sitting on her bed in the dark for at least ten minutes. I realized the light switch was in the on position, so I automatically had a feeling Mary had to be apart of it. Within five seconds of my presence in the room, I placed my hand near the light switch and the light came on. I yelled Thank You Mary!
