Chinese Firewater

Friday night was the Year Team dinner. The plan was to meet at the pub at 7 for drinks, then Dinner at the Peking at 8. I had a couple of errands to run after school, so I got dressed for dinner in the girl's loo (it was fun trying to touch up my makeup in a wavy plastic reflective thing that they hang in school bathrooms! I refuse to call it a mirror - I felt like I was at a fun house!) before heading into town. One of my errands was to get my hair cut. I had been meaning to for quite a while and it always feels nice to go somewhere after you've had your hair professionally done... God knows I can never make it look that good! This girl went a little crazy with the scissors and it took her an hour and a half to trim my hair and straighten it. I'm really not sure WHY it took so long, there's not a whole lot of hair to cut!? But, it looked good, so I was happy. Met up with the Year Team gang for a few minutes at the pub, then we made our way to the Chinese Restaurant. Dinner was nice and our table closed down the joint. I'll just hit the highlights: 1) The Year Head ordered a round of shots of "something stronger than sake," 2) One of my students was serving us, 3) Head of Year ordered another round of the firewater, then a round of (ugh!) brandy, and 4) I slept at my Head of Department's house.

The Science Department Do is tomorrow night. This is not a firewater kind of crowd, thank goodness. Although, they sure do like to have a good time with wine and beer. I'd better rest-up.