on the day that the new harry potter movie premiered we asked the dining hall if they would have a harry potter themed dinner, and they went for it.  it was normal food but with harry potter names provided by the dining hall staff, like "bertie botts green beans" and "hogwarts pie" and "cauldron cake."  we encouraged the kids to dress up, but only a couple of them did.  kids are lame.

as i was walking to dinner, though, three of our PAs (oxford undergraduates who work in the office with me) ran up to me in costume with an extra one for me!!  can you guess what we were?

dementors!!!  this is some dementors eating dinner...

and some dementors ransacking the city of oxford (aka going over to the other college to giggle a lot and show off our costumes / embarrass ourselves by wearing these costumes in public).

i love the PAs for including me in this...and i loved the chance to be silly and get excited about harry potter.  i didn't see the movie on opening night...i saw it on tuesday night with several members of the staff and really liked it (and the mini break from the kids).

it has been cool here - damp, and with highs only in the upper 60s.  today's mission may be to find a warmer sweater for the chilly nights...