Time.
I've just spent the last half hour or so reading my past livejournal entries over the last 4 years.
It's really interesting and it makes me glad that I've had it to look back on. It's weird to realise how different things are now and how some things are still the same.
Life in England is going really well. Today I took a group of foreign journalists to Dickens World in Kent. It was the first trip that I've organised at the FPA, and it went really well. The journalists enjoyed it, and it was nice to get prefferential treatment while we were there. It's really aimed towards children, but it's still done really well. It's all re-created to look like how London would have in Dicken's time. There's a boat ride, Victorian schoolhouse, haunted house, etc. So while we were going into places, the children waited outside. I would have wanted it no other way. The best part was I didn't have to go to work! Although it did involve quite a bit of traveling on the train.
On Saturday I did pilates for the first time!! I went with my friend from work, Francesca, to her gym in East Dulwich (South London). It was so incredibly relaxing. It was more of a spoken stretching meditation than actual pilates, but it was great. Then Francesca made lunch and I met her boyfriend, who is an editor for The Front magazine. Talking to him made me think about how much I really do want to go get into the magazine industry and that it really is possible. So East Dulwich was really cool and it all just made me fall in love with London all over again.
I really do love it here. I love my boyfriend. I love my job (sometimes). And, I finally got paid today so I can pay for things in pounds!! So I don't have to get raped by the exchange rate anymore.
I'll most likely be back in November for a few weeks or so to sort things out and get a proper Visa to come back on. But I really know that I'm done with Chicago and everything that came along with it. I'm happy with my new life and I'm so glad that I can leave everything behind and finally be okay with it.
There is this Stars song called "Your ex-lover is Dead", and there are a few lines in it that I find pertinent to my life currently....
"I'm not sorry I met you
I'm not sorry it's over
I'm not sorry that there is nothing more to say"
Well I have a full tummy and I'm ready to get more wine. xx
It's really interesting and it makes me glad that I've had it to look back on. It's weird to realise how different things are now and how some things are still the same.
Life in England is going really well. Today I took a group of foreign journalists to Dickens World in Kent. It was the first trip that I've organised at the FPA, and it went really well. The journalists enjoyed it, and it was nice to get prefferential treatment while we were there. It's really aimed towards children, but it's still done really well. It's all re-created to look like how London would have in Dicken's time. There's a boat ride, Victorian schoolhouse, haunted house, etc. So while we were going into places, the children waited outside. I would have wanted it no other way. The best part was I didn't have to go to work! Although it did involve quite a bit of traveling on the train.
On Saturday I did pilates for the first time!! I went with my friend from work, Francesca, to her gym in East Dulwich (South London). It was so incredibly relaxing. It was more of a spoken stretching meditation than actual pilates, but it was great. Then Francesca made lunch and I met her boyfriend, who is an editor for The Front magazine. Talking to him made me think about how much I really do want to go get into the magazine industry and that it really is possible. So East Dulwich was really cool and it all just made me fall in love with London all over again.
I really do love it here. I love my boyfriend. I love my job (sometimes). And, I finally got paid today so I can pay for things in pounds!! So I don't have to get raped by the exchange rate anymore.
I'll most likely be back in November for a few weeks or so to sort things out and get a proper Visa to come back on. But I really know that I'm done with Chicago and everything that came along with it. I'm happy with my new life and I'm so glad that I can leave everything behind and finally be okay with it.
There is this Stars song called "Your ex-lover is Dead", and there are a few lines in it that I find pertinent to my life currently....
"I'm not sorry I met you
I'm not sorry it's over
I'm not sorry that there is nothing more to say"
Well I have a full tummy and I'm ready to get more wine. xx