0th week - and the first of the freshers.

Since the weeks are all numbered here, starting on a Sunday, it's now 0th week. And this term that means fresher's week. However, Brasenose has decided to shorten freshers week this year so it officially starts tomorrow. Nearly half of the freshers came today though (just because they couldn't get here on a Monday) so after going to church with my friends this morning I have spent the rest of the day giving out lots of bits of paper to them and helping them move in. Amoungst the new arrivals were three medics so we've invited them over to meet each other and the second year medics tonight. Most of my year and the years above who weren't already here came back today so the college (and the rest of Oxford) has been full of people moving in and comparing rooms. The third year medics have been back for a while working on their dissertations and are full of horror stories about how hard they've been working.

My room is now suitably decorated with photos and my cooking is becoming slightly more adventurous, although looking at my timetable for this term I don't think I'll have time to cook anything much beyond beans on toast. We have some specifically clinical lectures this term (which are given at the hospital) and a lot more practicals than last year. The topics look really interesting but time pressure is going to be even greater than last year. For the rest of this week, though, there's no work to do and lots of other activities planned. So I'd better go and meet these new medics!