Jun 09, 2008 00:33
I'm staying with Alex, my academic dad, right now in London.
Rather, he lives in Ilford. When we got off the train the first thing he said was "This is an interesting neighbourhood at night." The random man who very nicely helped me carry my suitcase up the station's stairs at 5 pm on a Sunday was drunk. Today I saw a woman soliciting at the train station. She wore a pink cut-off top which was probably a bra, capri pants and dark high heeled boots. A bruise was visible in the centimeter between her pants and boots.
It's really not that bad.
I was here for a night and then I flew off to Holland for a few days, and now I'm back. Holland was wonderful. Derk's family surprised me by singing Happy Birthday at dinner.
Today I took the Tube over to Camden to wander around, but I did not buy some funky records with that old motown sound.
Tonight I saw the opening of The Merry Wives of Windsor at The Globe with Alex and Charlotte. It was phenomenal.
In anticipation of Frightening Things To Come (AKA graduation) I've started the online bookmark folder "What am I doing with my life? (AHH)." It's comforting that the first thing in the folder is www.marathonguide.com.
It will probably be either Frederickton Marathon in Maryland or the Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon on the May 3 weekend. At Frederickton I've got a chance of winning cash if I run well. Last year's 5th woman ran 3.16. Either way it'll be nice to race with Amber again.
Maybe my running will start paying for itself. That would be great.