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Today got off to a very, very slow start. The morning was horrendously boring at work. I was also exhausted, but that's my own fault. Just as I was getting into bed last night Osgoode sent an email saying the courses for next year had been released, so I proceeded to spend an hour looking at those. My short list currently has more credits than I'll need to take in my entire time at Osgoode...I've got some decision-making to do! ...

Brace yourselves, it's going to be another food post. But first, let me catch you up on work. Today was much like yesterday, sitting in the boardroom, staring off into the distance and wondering if I'd ever see the contents of this or that webpage. (I put the odds at around 50/50.) More interesting was the latter part of the afternoon, when we met with our supervisor to discuss our findings from the Sexual Offences Bill yesterday. ...

It may be Monday, but work today wasn't so bad. We started in the library, as we always do—it's become our de facto office, since there are usually too many people for us to work upstairs—but we were forced to relocate before long. With no room upstairs and kicked out of the library (for a meeting), we found ourselves in the boardroom for a change. Why they wouldn't hold the meeting in the boardroom remains unclear, but it was actually nice to have a change of scenery. ...

Instead of my usual routine—by which I mean La Patisserie down the road—I thought I'd make my way to their flagship location in the morning and spend some time around the mall. Despite having become a veritable regular at the Ggaba Road branch by my place, I'd never been to the original location, except to buy a marble cake one time. If I didn't know any better, I would have guessed the one near me was unaffiliated and merely trying to capitalize on the brand by stealing it. ...