Birthday punting

It's my 19th birthday!

It's strange to be spending my first birthday away from home, and also away from my twin brother. However, it was a wonderful day.

It started with breakfast in college before Hattie went to her collection (yes, Saturday exams are a thing). Then I went to Kitty's room to open some cards that had been posted to me, and was presented with an array of cards and gifts that my mum had left with her when she'd brought my stuff on Monday. It was then punting time! With college we are able to pay £10 on our battels in Trinity Term to use the college punts. It works by us booking in a 2 hour slot at the porter's lodge and then we can go and take our punts! It was extremely enjoyable, with at one point Caragh's boyfriend seeing us (he was coming back from rowing) and jumping onto the punt! I took my turn at punting rather nervously but once I got the hang of it, I absolutely loved it! We had Pimm's and birthday cake too, and it was just lovely. The sun decided to come out too. 

It was a pretty chilled out day, I took my book and read on second quad and also rang some family. Nothing much was planned so I took some time out to relax and enjoy Oxford. I did go to Purple Turtle (PTs) for a little while but was feeling tired so left at about 12 for bed. 

A wonderful birthday and I feel very lucky to be surrounded by such lovely friends.