Otters

Long day today. Finally finished the proofreading of my chapter on manuscript illuminations. About time, since I need to send it to a friendly art historian to read through before publishing. Just have to find someone who has the time to spare...

Then read through the comments on my paleography chapter that I received this morning by mail. Not much to change, but still depressing reading. That surely is a chapter I never want to work on again! Finally on with the writing. Totally uninspired, but hopefully that will change soon. The first ice cream of the year was quite inspiring though. I enjoyed a popsicle outside the library in a desperate attempt to get a tan. All of a sudden summer is here! (Which, however, is not good for my thesis-writing spirit!)

And today Tim finally sent in the texts for the next catalogue!!! Happy, happy, but very tired. The poor man hasn't had any time off for almost a month, and barely any sleep the last week. Tomorrow is cut and past day (think photo album or scrap book), when they glue all the photos in where they should be. I like that part of Tim's job!

So, we celebrated the catalogue by going to the Two Brewers. It's a place that Sophia, Dario and I discovered when we were walking through town last Sunday. I brought an ad home with me, encouraging people to come and vote for the best real ale of the week. Tim almost started crying last night when he discovered that 'Otter ale' was last week's guest ale. Apparently an old favourite of his. Anyway, we managed to find our way back to the place (not too far away from Leicester Square), and luckily they still had some Otter on tap!

Two Otters later we were on our way home, both of us a step closer to the well deserved summer holiday!