Terribly Lazy Day Yesterday

Had a most luxuriously lazy day yesterday. Spent much of it lying in bed and getting far more sleep than was strictly necessary, including a afternoon nap borne out of sheer laziness. I finished the Wodehouse book Leave It To Psmith which was extremely funny and very enjoyable indeed. I do love the dry english humour and I love Wodehouse's wonderful contruction of coincidences in his plot and how everything builds up so nicely. I started Robert Harris' Fatherland in the evening, just before dinner and got hooked on it. It is a fantastic thriller - a real page turner if there every was one set in an alternate world in which World War II turned out rather differently. Quite delightful in keeping one at the edge of his toes, and really unputdownable. All this sounds like cliched hype, but is true in this case. This is far better than Dan Brown - the writing is of a far higher quality, and there is a much greater sense of atmosphere.

Had dinner with Peter Ho, and a couple of his Brasenose friends which was nice enough. It was rice with a kinda of spicy dish of potatoes and meat cooked up by Peter's friend. It was amazing how he managed to just get the dish going in no time at all and makes me resolved to learn how to do some basic cooking.

Going to be a very busy day tomorrow: moving out of the Lodge Annexe, starting revision, shelving books in the library. But its time to knuckle down to stuff.