I'm Alive!

Hey there everyone... i realize that last tuesday i wrote and said i would update in a day or two... and now it's the following monday night. i appologize! it is really crazy how the time goes by, i mean i don't even know where this past week has gone.

i had a great weekend last weekend because i actually had it off! a whole saturday AND sunday in a row. pretty great. since i had the time off amanda and i started talking during the week and thinking that we should take a day trip somewhere. we opted for a little town (more of a suburb of the city) called stoke newington. it is really easy to get to from the city and still on public transport so didnt' cost a lot. it's a town that has a lot of independent shops, book stores, and cafes, and also a great park. so kim, amanda, and i headed out there and it turned out to be a beautiful day, not a ton of sunshine, but enough to keep the air warm. we sat at a cafe in the chissold park and had a cappucino while watching the cute young families and old couples walking through the park. then we walked up the high street and went in bunches of bookshops and vintage clothing stores, so fun! then we walked through another park which is actually an old cemetary and there is a massive abandoned church in the middle. the vegetation is completely overgrown and there are just pathways cut through all over the place, winding around gravestones and everything. it was really neat, and totally felt like we were in the wilderness, and not in london! the day was topped off by stopping in for a burrito at the great looking little california style mexican place.

on sunday amanda and i had another fabulous and relaxing day around our side of town. we went to cafe 79 which is a great little cafe that we used to go to when we were studying here in primrose hill. we got a great lunch and then took the tube up to hampstead and walked down their high street doing some window shopping. then monday was back to work for me, but it was a bank holidy in england so amanda didn't have to go to work, but got to go to the notting hill carnival which is held every year on bank holiday monday. it's a huge carnival and festival highlighting the latin flare of the city including food, music, loads of people, and alcohol haha.

the rest of the week was pretty low key, then on friday a bunch of people went out for dinner and drinks after work which was really fun. i had friday off so i was able to relax during the day and hang out until i met up with them down near harrods. it was really fun to see poeple outside of work and actually hang out as friends. i was really excited about it, and i hope it happens again! then on saturday i hung out with amanda and max (the boy she has been seeing) around camden town and we had a good time. i had yesterday (sunday) off so amanda and i did our same sunday afternoon ritual including lunch at cafe 79 and then a trip to hampstead. it was kind of nasty weather so we went to starbucks in hampstead while it proceeded to storm and thunder and poor down rain outside, it was intense! then last night kim, amanda, and i went to a gig down in the east end that max was playing guitar in. it was really fun to go and check out a different part of town, and was really cool to get to see max play. he teaches guitar lessons and is in a bunch of different bands, but i had never seen him play.

today was back to work, and now some dinner! i think that's all for now. love and miss you all!