I Like the Brittish

It is the morning of day two in England and I am enjoying my trip a lot. I am realizing that the time here is going very fast! I must enjoy every moment.

The driving on the left side of the road will never seem normal. I am very glad that each intersection actually has paint on the ground telling you which way to look for traffic; it is very helpful for this Yankee.

Yesterday, I saw the change of the guard at Buckingham Palace. It is quite the experience. It is hard to imagine that this ceremony happens each day! I keep having to pinch myself to make sure I am really here. Being here has been a life dream and it is hard to believe that I am actually here!

I also got to walk along the Thames River and saw Big Ben up close. It was a great moment! On the way back to the hotel, I was able to ride the tube for the first time and enjoyed the announcement to "mind the gap!"

It is amazing to be here and even though the native speak English, it is very much a foreign place! The culture is fun and The English are very serious and they love their soccer. It is fun to be here during the World Cup! It will be fun to see how the place shuts down during the match today against the US.

Well, off to get ready for the day. It is nice to have Internet access at my hotel. I think it was worth the forty dollars! Cheers!

The weekend!

Have you missed me? I tried to post yesterday but blogger was down. Silly blogger.

Home is beautiful and good. I got to eat pasties with my dad on Friday. That picture is a pic of a greek pasty. It was fabulous! I felt Greek.

Saturday was a pretty low key day with a run in the middle of it. I am enjoying the nice weather and the scenery.

I went to church on Sunday. That is just what I do. It was nice to reconnect with some old friends. I also wore that cool dress that my mom had for me in the closet. I think I look great in it! I have to admit, skinny feels good!

I watched four episodes of Bones and I am loving it. I think when I get home from the UK I am going to have to do netflicks so I can actually finish the series. It will be fun.

I was pretty excited about the new iPhone as well. It will be released the day I get back from Europe. Guess who will buy one the day after she flies in? Yep, me. I am excited.

I think my life is pretty boring these days. I am actually thankful for it. I like it. Being a slug suits me. I don't have much else so that is the end. Enjoy the pics!

Ah Summertime!

I had a blast with Jenette at a Wisconsin Woodchucks game tonight in Wausau. I remember when those college boys were so old. Now they are babies. We also had dinner at Culver's. It was yummy. I am a fan.

Slept for ten hours last night. It was awesome! I needed it! Not much else. Good day!

Ah. A Week Later...

Here are some pics from graduation. I was so glad my students graduated. I was worried about a few of them and it touched my heart that one of them came up to hug me afterword and said: "I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you!" That is why I do my job.

It was crazy busy getting ready to check-out at work and then get my apartment ready for my friend to sublet it. I was a little scatterbrained by the end of the week. I flew out at 7 on Saturday and my brother-in-law picked me up in Milwaukee. I had a great layover in Phoenix because I was surprised by my friend, Erin, who called and told me that her and her husband wanted to take me to breakfast during my layover. It was nice to catch up with them!

I then stayed with my sister and her family on Saturday night. It was nice to have S'mores with her family out on her patio. Wisconsin is sure beautiful right now.

We met up with my parents in Green Bay on Saturday and it was fun to catch up with my family there. I love to see my grandma. She is cute. I also saw my cousin and her kids and a few aunts and uncles. It is good to be home, even if I was a little torn to leave.

Tonight I play softball for the first time with my fun team here. It will be a blast. Let's hope the rain holds out for us.

Dates, aren't those little fruit?

This weekend has been pretty darn relaxing. Friday I went on another date. I am keeping him anonymous. I think it is always better this way when in the early dating stages. Really, two dates is not very many. I am trying to just stay cool and collected and not seem clingy. I am also trying to be better at dating in general. I am horrible at it. I have absolutely no dating skills. I am not a flirt nor am I a great conversationalist. I think I just get nervous which makes me quiet. But we have had two great dates and may have another one this next week and then I will just up and leave having a great escape and making me worried that it will just fizzle. We went disc golfing and then to dinner. We talked about lots of stuff, including cheese, which totally got me excited. I really didn't think cheese could get me so excited but having a conversation with a man who is also passionate about cheese just did it for me. We also talked about my novel and how it is random as well as Catholicism. He was called away from out date and into work about nine o'clock so the date was cut a bit short. I was kinda disappointed but stuff happens, right?

I then headed over to a co-worker's house. He just bought a house a few months ago and was having a hours warming. It was nice to just hang out with a few co-workers and chat. Of course, they drilled me about my date and that wasn't my favorite but I guess people get excited.

Yesterday, I ran and then took care of Aiden. It has been a long time since we have hung out and it was fun. My stomach didn't feel so good all day long so I felt bad that all Aiden and I did was hang out(which meant he played computer games and I napped) and then we went to a movie and had dinner from McDonald's. The movie we saw was in 3D and it was way cool. You should see How to Train Your Dragon. If you see it, make sure you see it in 3D. It is so cool!

Today is church. I teach Relief Society and the talk I am covering rocks. I don't know what to talk about but I know it will be a good lesson because it is very touching. The talk is entitled "Safety for the Soul" and was given by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland. Go to lds.org and search for it and read or watch it. It is amazing! Actually, here is a link to read it!

Later I will go to the Bills up in Sandy and be grilled about my date. It will be fabulous(that was sarcasm if you didn't catch it in the tone!) I know people get excited but seriously. Okay, so I do this to my friends after their dates too. I just have a hard time remembering everything that happened on the date. Maybe I should write it down or something!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and isn't that a rad pic of me and Aide after the movie?