London, baby!
So I'm planning on going back to London this December (4-13). 1. because one of my ultimate goals is to go back once every year and 2. because I really want to see Colin Morgan in his new play, Mojo (with Rupert Grint and Ben Whishaw among others).
I was hoping to go with the friend I went with last time to see The Mighty Boosh but she can't go. I've already requested the time off from work so I guess for the first time, I'm traveling by myself. I won't lie, I'm terrified. I know for some people traveling on their own is nothing. And I'm going to England for crying out loud. I speak English and I've been there before. I'm a mix of excited, disbelief, and anxious. I'm scared my anxiety will overpower everything though and I really don't want that. I know that I don't do a lot. I also know there is a lot I would not enjoy doing. But I do want to try a bit more. Get out. Do things I guess. Be just a bit less of a hermit.
I'm also feeling stupidly guilty because when I told my mom about my plans, the first thing she said was 'you're going without me?' And that pisses me off so much. I would love for my mom to be able to travel. She's never gone anywhere. BUT we cannot travel together. She doesn't have anyone else to go with but we only piss each other off. We would not have a good time. I would also have to pay for everything. Yes, I've been saving some money but she acts like I have so much. The problem is, she's depressed. She drinks. She's unhappy with her life. I try to get her to do stuff sometimes like go to Nightlife at the Academy of Sciences or to the live WTNV show. And she usually has a good time. But then it's right back to being miserable. And I don't want to be her crutch. We are so fucking co-dependent and it's not even funny. (For the record though, it's not always that bad. This is just where I come to vent so you'll always be hearing the worst of it. My day to day life isn't that bad. I'm just very much stuck in a rut.)
Anyway, I don't want to focus on that since that was from a few days ago anyway and I've mostly moved on from it ;) So... London! I already bought tix to the play (still debating about seeing it more than once) and my plane tix. I need to pay off my credit card this week and then I can book a hotel. I know I'm going to the play. I really want to go to Warwick Castle to see the Merlin tower. I most likely will, I just don't know how that'll work since I don't drive. I probably want to do Camden again. I want to finally go on the London Eye. But I don't have that many specific things I want to do I guess. I contacted a friend of a friend on FB and we're going to try meeting up at some point. (She was my friend's roommate at UCSC and now lives in London. She's cool.) But other than that, I have no idea. Any recommendations? Assuming anyone made it this far ;)
I was hoping to go with the friend I went with last time to see The Mighty Boosh but she can't go. I've already requested the time off from work so I guess for the first time, I'm traveling by myself. I won't lie, I'm terrified. I know for some people traveling on their own is nothing. And I'm going to England for crying out loud. I speak English and I've been there before. I'm a mix of excited, disbelief, and anxious. I'm scared my anxiety will overpower everything though and I really don't want that. I know that I don't do a lot. I also know there is a lot I would not enjoy doing. But I do want to try a bit more. Get out. Do things I guess. Be just a bit less of a hermit.
I'm also feeling stupidly guilty because when I told my mom about my plans, the first thing she said was 'you're going without me?' And that pisses me off so much. I would love for my mom to be able to travel. She's never gone anywhere. BUT we cannot travel together. She doesn't have anyone else to go with but we only piss each other off. We would not have a good time. I would also have to pay for everything. Yes, I've been saving some money but she acts like I have so much. The problem is, she's depressed. She drinks. She's unhappy with her life. I try to get her to do stuff sometimes like go to Nightlife at the Academy of Sciences or to the live WTNV show. And she usually has a good time. But then it's right back to being miserable. And I don't want to be her crutch. We are so fucking co-dependent and it's not even funny. (For the record though, it's not always that bad. This is just where I come to vent so you'll always be hearing the worst of it. My day to day life isn't that bad. I'm just very much stuck in a rut.)
Anyway, I don't want to focus on that since that was from a few days ago anyway and I've mostly moved on from it ;) So... London! I already bought tix to the play (still debating about seeing it more than once) and my plane tix. I need to pay off my credit card this week and then I can book a hotel. I know I'm going to the play. I really want to go to Warwick Castle to see the Merlin tower. I most likely will, I just don't know how that'll work since I don't drive. I probably want to do Camden again. I want to finally go on the London Eye. But I don't have that many specific things I want to do I guess. I contacted a friend of a friend on FB and we're going to try meeting up at some point. (She was my friend's roommate at UCSC and now lives in London. She's cool.) But other than that, I have no idea. Any recommendations? Assuming anyone made it this far ;)