hello internet!
I am cosied up in a very lovely hostel in Philadelphia right now, eating the baguette my mother sent me off with. THINGS I HAVE DONE RECENTLY INCLUDE:
- Discovered a new favourite band with a musical saw.
- Had my socks rocked off by Robert Plant & the Band of Joy (and fifteen or so other acts but as they were the final act they sort of got top socks-rocking).
- (Also incredible: the Wailin' Jennys, Sarah Jarosz, Lyle Lovett, Crooked Still (OF COURSE), Alison Brown Quartet -- too many good people; canna name them all!)
- Was home for all of five hours, during which I packed up a storm and napped for an hour with my cat curled up against my chest.
- Traded face-making with my mother on either side of the bus window, because we are mature adults.
- Rode on three buses: slept on two of them.
- Hugged Anna! (Who brought tea.)
- Had lovely lovely Japanese food with Anna and her friends Laura and Stefan (not a vampire). EVERYTHING WAS SO DELICIOUS I NEARLY DIED. (Anna's friends were pretty fab also.)
- Watched Doctor Who. (Of course.)
- Slept with extreme soundness.
- And here I am! *waves* Miss you lot. Adventures ahead!