Back in London

I am back in London after a gruelling long journey. Because of bad weather I got delayed in Austin long enough to miss both the connecting flights to London from Houston. I had to stay in a hotel overnight, which luckily the airline paid for. I got on the flight the next day and both me and my luggage made it. Man, was I glad to get in my door and put my bags down. I am forcing myself to stay awake and adjust to this time again. I was suppose to work today, but that wasen't going to happen. I will be back tomorrow bright and early. I am too tired to even stay up until midnight for new years. I do hope everyone has a happy new years and can celebrate for me. I may have to rethink coming back earlier next time. Jetlag is definately having a worse effect on me as I get older, and it SUCKS.

Christmas holidays go so fast.

Well, here I am getting ready to jet off to the airport for my return trip to London. I apologise for not writing the entire time I was here. That was pure lazyness. That and the fact we did quite a bit. And certainly a lot of eating. It was great to be with family. There is nothing quite like it. I am looking forward to getting back to my friends and workmates in London though. I have missed it a bit. The one dumb thing I did was forget to bring my camera with me, so I didn't get any pictures. The cool thing was we did all these family pictures. My aunt still has to polish them up, but I am well looking forward to getting them.

I will try to write more once I am back in merry ol' england. I wish everyone a happy new year.

In Austin

So, I am now in Austin. After a very long journey (I really wish they would hurry up and invent beaming) I am with my family again. It is really great to see them. It is also like summer here, I was out in my t-shirt after getting here. Mind you, it was quite warm in London for the time of year, so maybe it is the global warming thing. I've already had some yummy honey baked ham and went up to the supermarket for a few things. Had to stretch my legs for a bit. It is funny, but for the first time I experienced something that I haven't before. Normally, I am well excited to come and see my family, and kinda dread at the end going back. But, this time I am actually missing London a bit. Between having such great friends and an amazing job, it really has become my home in my heart. Plus, I know my housemates will do some sort of drinks which I would have loved to be a part of. Well, I am happy to be with my family and hope to contact some of my friends in CA soon too.

Sexiest radio voice.

So, I get into work today. I am having a cup of tea when the constabulary walk in. One of the first things they say, to me, is that they had a contest amongst themselves to determine who had the sexiest radio voice. Well guess who won? ME!!!! That's right, me. They said my american voice was the sexiest on the heath. The second place belong to an american woman who works at the ladies pond. Well, that brightened up my day. Now, if only the rest of me could match....

Ice skating is so fun.

Okay, so this is a bit late to post. Last friday we had the grand opening of the ice rink on the heath. It is built upon some of the tennis courts. It isn't a big rink by any means, but it does the trick. This event was for staff and press to attend. It was free, the best price, and there was also free mulled wine and mince pies (yummy.) We did have some rain, and it was on the rink, but luckily it was frozen in time. I say this, because there were complaints from neighbours about the noise of the generators that were freezing the ice and they had to be shut off. Needless to say, they weren't sure if it would be frozen in time. It was, and I had a blast. The last time I went ice skating was two years ago up at Alexandra Palace. That is a very nice rink, and operates year round. The one on the heath is there for a month. Skating is one of those things that once you do, you don't forget.

I tell you once, I tell you again. I LOVE THE HEATH!!!!!