Oxford Day 17

So today we finally finished with our second project. The last three days have seemed like over a week in themselves. We have worked our tails off, and as it turns out we didn’t actually do enough. My team wasn’t one of the two teams selected to present to Oxford Analytica. I suppose I should be bummed about that, but I’m definitely not. I’m done with that challenge, whereas the two top teams now have to work on perfecting their presentations before they do them again.

As soon as we found out the results of our presentations, a few of us went downtown to a neat Lebanese restaurant. I had some of the best lamb steaks I’ve ever had and some really good spiced potatoes, as well as the best sweet mint hot tea ever. Then we ate some baklava and finished it off with a bit of hooka. It was fun.

I really don’t remember what I did the rest of the day. I took a nap for a while, then I went outside and played guitar with Cody for a bit. Then a bunch of us cooked some salmon and chicken and potatoes and corn on the grill. It was really good. We just chilled outside eating and playing guitar and loving the weather for a few hours. It was quite nice after freaking out all week.

Later on last night about five of us ended up playing Monopoly: Oxford Edition. It had been a long time since I’d played Monopoly, but it was a blast. Some stupid deals were made, so I was scared for a while, but I ended up pulling ahead by the end. I love that game. I think we’re going to play Risk Saturday night. I'm pumped.