...for another post! I've been in England for 10 days and I decided it was time for a real post. I've tried to write several since I've gotten here, but I'm easily distracted and never finished any of them. I will get around to posting them eventually but for now, here is a short summary of what has been going on:
Walked all around the area where my school is to get my bearings, and find the necessities! I got an English phone and am attached at the hip to it...with all 3 of my contacts so I'm expecting calls all the time! haha no not really but it stays with me none-the-less just in case. I haven't found a place to stay yet, but am hoping the person I'm talking to right now works out.
I met some great girls and have thoroughly enjoyed spending time with the both of them and their kids. Strange, I know, because I'm not a fan of kids but I put on my 'big-girl panties' and live in the moment. Obviously I'm still hanging out with them so I've not been deterred by the kids and I hope it stays that way.
I have been baking a bit, made banana muffins and banana chocolate chip muffins and shared with my new friends! I am looking forward to this week and being even more productive....maybe even moving into a flat by this weekend...we shall see.
Now for the thought of the night, and maybe a few song lyrics along the way just because that's the mood I'm in tonight!
Standing alone looking in the mirror, we see only what we want to see; Standing with someone else beside ya, we see a shared potential we never thought possible.
And now some points of mention-I have realized I thoroughly enjoy the song Jump (For my love) just because of the movie Love Actually....and I'm doubting the need to get back into shape because fat keeps you warmer than muscle and winter might be kind of cold if I have nothing to keep me warm!!
"Now in the whirl wind of my life is where you presently reside. Can I pretend you don't exist maybe just for 10 more minutes. My heart's been broken into two, and rusted from years of disuse. So will you place upon it your hand and will you help it beat again?" -RA, been stuck in my head all day!
Will post again soon in keeping up with my productive week schedule! Much love from across the pond and please comment if you have something specific you want to know about!
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Monday, September 5, 2011
You say Good bye, and I'll say....Good Bye!
Today begins the first leg of my journey to the UK. I am full of conflicting emotions right now and can't wrap my head around everything I'm going to be doing, and everyone who has been so supportive of my quest thus far. I realized the past few weeks how truly blessed I really am to have such wonderful friends and family in my life that can help me achieve such a dream!
I am sitting in the room I always stay in at my grandparents house and I can feel the reality bubble hovering above me just waiting to pop and pour down on me that my dream is actually coming true! Until that happen, I will just continue on in a state of bliss that I'm traveling....even if my suitcase is a few pounds over the limit! I know when that bubble pops, stress will follow (no matter how many deep breaths I take), and life as I knew it will be over...
What happens from here on out will be documented in my blog. I will be on Facebook, but I think I can put more of me here than I can on a social media site where people would feel obligated to read about me when they sometimes don't want to! I can't promise to update as often as I would like, nor will I make that promise and live with the guilt of not being able to keep it!!! I may not always have funny stories, or be able to tell the stories to their full funny potential but I will record them hopefully for others to enjoy. I will post pictures of things and sometimes myself...but mostly of things and other people! I will try to recognize the people who have made this trip possible and show them some internet love in ways only words will be able to describe.
Tonight's 'London Person of Love' is more than one person! Tonight it is my grandparents in Weatherford, OK. Tonight it is some of my favorite people who always look at me with love, grace, joy and never with any judgment.
Tonight is my Grandmother who will always have "That smell" and any other person who wears her perfume will get a dirty look because they've made me think my Grandma is surprising me with a visit when they were just unknowingly breaking my heart because it wasn't true! Tonight is the homemade apricot pie she made for dinner and for all the wonderful smells she can make come from a kitchen with a loving heart and a pallet that no one can compare to. Tonight is her laugh-because if you can tell a story that makes Grandma laugh, everyone will laugh with her and the world will seem a little brighter.
Tonight is my Punkin with his tighter-than-a-bear hugs and when he holds you, there's no better place you could be in the world. Tonight is the humbleness he has for the world and what kind of an influence he makes on everyone he meets. Tonight is his smile that is full of true genuine love that is so rare anymore and that will be forever burned into my memory long after other memories have faded away. Tonight is the adventures we have had, big and small, and it doesn't matter what we are doing I know I'll love being with you both every minute.
Thank you, thank you, thank you to my Grandma and Punkin, without whom life would be harder, dreams would seem farther away, love wouldn't be as real and ice cream from Braum's would hold no sense of joy in my heart!
Till next time!
I am sitting in the room I always stay in at my grandparents house and I can feel the reality bubble hovering above me just waiting to pop and pour down on me that my dream is actually coming true! Until that happen, I will just continue on in a state of bliss that I'm traveling....even if my suitcase is a few pounds over the limit! I know when that bubble pops, stress will follow (no matter how many deep breaths I take), and life as I knew it will be over...
What happens from here on out will be documented in my blog. I will be on Facebook, but I think I can put more of me here than I can on a social media site where people would feel obligated to read about me when they sometimes don't want to! I can't promise to update as often as I would like, nor will I make that promise and live with the guilt of not being able to keep it!!! I may not always have funny stories, or be able to tell the stories to their full funny potential but I will record them hopefully for others to enjoy. I will post pictures of things and sometimes myself...but mostly of things and other people! I will try to recognize the people who have made this trip possible and show them some internet love in ways only words will be able to describe.
Tonight's 'London Person of Love' is more than one person! Tonight it is my grandparents in Weatherford, OK. Tonight it is some of my favorite people who always look at me with love, grace, joy and never with any judgment.
Tonight is my Grandmother who will always have "That smell" and any other person who wears her perfume will get a dirty look because they've made me think my Grandma is surprising me with a visit when they were just unknowingly breaking my heart because it wasn't true! Tonight is the homemade apricot pie she made for dinner and for all the wonderful smells she can make come from a kitchen with a loving heart and a pallet that no one can compare to. Tonight is her laugh-because if you can tell a story that makes Grandma laugh, everyone will laugh with her and the world will seem a little brighter.
Tonight is my Punkin with his tighter-than-a-bear hugs and when he holds you, there's no better place you could be in the world. Tonight is the humbleness he has for the world and what kind of an influence he makes on everyone he meets. Tonight is his smile that is full of true genuine love that is so rare anymore and that will be forever burned into my memory long after other memories have faded away. Tonight is the adventures we have had, big and small, and it doesn't matter what we are doing I know I'll love being with you both every minute.
Thank you, thank you, thank you to my Grandma and Punkin, without whom life would be harder, dreams would seem farther away, love wouldn't be as real and ice cream from Braum's would hold no sense of joy in my heart!
Till next time!
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