Time's war over our hearts

Give someone a smile today, all my lovely readers, and hug those you love!  A special prayer goes out to the Anderson family who lost someone they loved; I know we aren't that close, but I felt the need to keep you in my thoughts today.  Worlds apart, know that that you are loved and supported in this time of grieving.



On a different note, I felt the want to blog today and I consider that a good thing so here you go!


Things I saw today that I never expected to see:

1.  (The most shocking)  A drug deal...in front of a tube station...by two white guys in business suits!  It totally caught me off guard and I was in so much shock I couldn't think to report it to the police man not 20ft away!

2.  ...^ that was pretty much all I expected never to see but let me tell ya what else went on today!

3.  Brand new, state of the art, shiny, expensive, wonderful kitchen equipment that I could never afford in my wildest dreams!  And I get to be one of the first to use it!! 

4.  This one's x-rated so watch out!!  Two men kissing on the street in front of a police station...not that I'm bothered by it, just the fact that it happened outside a police station.

5.  hmm...I think that's it for today!  Pretty exciting if I do say so myself!

So today was orientation at the new location for my school.  The area and new building is amazing and literally right around the corner from the British Museum!  I couldn't ask for more from a London school location!  Classes are going to be challenging this term, but I have most of the same people from last term in my group so I'm confident things will be alright!  New appliances and old friends-what could go wrong?!?!

I didn't realize how much I missed the school till I took the tour with the chef and got to see the faces I enjoyed being around so much last term!  Again I remind myself, this is where I'm supposed to be; no matter how challenging things in class may get, or how frustrating my personal and living situations might be it is all worth it.  I'm on the coach back to Mildenhall this weekend and I can't wait!  I have great things planned and sleep is #1 on that list!

I do realize that I haven't yet posted about my trip home (which was so thoughtfully requested by Ms. Olmos via Facebook) and I promise I will put it up!  I am making it super special just for you in a message on FB as a thank you for being the only person to vote.  I will be posting the super plain version here.  Mom, I know you wrote I could put anything and you'd be happy, and your thanks is that I Skype with you all the time!

I know it's a bit late to make a new year's resolution, but it took me a while to come up with a few of mine!  Enjoy this last piece of me for a while, but I'll be back soon!

- Take the time to smile at someone with an invisible job.

- Slowly crack open the shell I've created to let people see the beautiful person that lays hiding inside.

- Get over the small fear of public water fountains...you're gonna need it at the new school!

- Find something outside every day that makes you remember how beautiful the world we live in really is!

-  Remember rule #6...and don't take yourself so damn serious all the time!



Love from London  <3

New game; do you wanna play?

Wow...it's almost been a month since my last post.  I can't explain the slight disappointment and excitement I feel at making that statement!  I have a terrible guilt complex that means I feel awful for leaving most of you in the dark about what's been happening in my life.  I also feel rather naughty for rebelling against myself-it's rather strange, I know, but if you haven't realized that I'm strange by now you've not been really paying attention!

Let's see...since last time I wrote to you I have:

• Graduated from Basic Patissiere!  (Which means I passed all my finals! Yay! Go Me!)
• Enjoyed a week off between finals and graduation in Birmingham with a good friend-to be named at a later date.
• I was able to head home for the Christmas holiday and it was a truly wonderful 10 days surprising friends and family!
• Experienced some life lessons that, while painful on my bank account and self, have hopefully made me stronger.

Now I'm sure most of you are on the edge of your seats wondering when I'm going to jump into those long novels I can write about the adventures I've had...but I'm going to disappoint!  You know I'll tell you eventually, but I'm going to try something new here.  This may end up blowing up in my face, but we'll call this another adventure and this time you get to be part of it!

Here's the deal:  You get to vote on which adventure I tell first, this way I can find out what interests my audience.  All you have to do is go to the comments page here or write on my facebook page in the next few days and 'cast your vote.'  I'll tally them and my next post will be chosen by you, my adoring fans! ;)  How about I give you till Tuesday night and I'll post the next story Wednesday?! 

Ready?  Go for it and show me some love!

Love from London <3