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so, we’ve had several days of nice weather with very little rain so i think that now we’re moving into October, summer is making a brief appearance. I quite like it and i can definitely say that i appreciate it. you don’t know what you’ve got until you don’t have it anymore – that rings very true in several areas of my life, but i’ll stick to the weather for now.

i had a fun weekend. i mostly stayed around windsor. on saturday i woke up, contemplated my box spring (as i do almost every day, trying to figure out how to get it up the stairs without ruining the bed or the stairs…). Still nothing. I’m just not very handy when it comes to stuff like that. but it drives me ABSOLUTELY NUTS that i’m on a mattress on the floor and my very lovely bedding looks like a big messy pile lying there. And i don’t like messy. a couple people have seen my “second bedroom”… which isn’t big enough to even qualify as a bedroom really – we’re talking TINY. well, it was a colossal mess. and it was just mortifying that anyone would associate that with me at all (obviously it is bugging me). It has (until last week) just been a dumping ground for things i don’t have a place for, or hangers for yet. Anyway… i completely deviated from what i was saying…

Saturday night i met up with some friends in Maidenhead – first at this obnoxious karyoke bar featuring bad singers. That was just the meeting place. Then we headed down the street to a “cheesy 80s pub” (this was how the evening was sold to me ) called Smokeys. It was sort of American themed… part of the US anyway. Confederate flags, license plates, street signs… more country hillbilly looking -it was funny. They had a band on that night who covered rock anthems. I wore some really high heels (about 4″), which probably wasn’t the best wardrobe option for dancing – must keep that in mind. I don’t think i could go out like that every weekend, but i had a great time!

What the heck are they doing????

Today was gorgeous again so i went for a walk. it was more of a wandering trek. i was out for about 4 hours – with not enough sunscreen on (oops – i’m kind of pink). I stopped to watch a rugby match. I think it was a a local league of high school aged kids. I don’t fully understand rugby. Lots of heads and hands and booties. Running, kicking, passing. Whatever. It was fun to watch and a good break from my walk. Then, as i was walking home i looked around at my “neighborhood” – which consists of a massive castle, a mini version of the London eye, a bunch of old churches and pubs… if i think about it enough i really have to wonder – Where am I? Seriously.

Well, i’ve got insomnia right now. I can’t sleep. I have so much going through my head. Life, work, upcoming holiday. And i can’t believe i’m going to be away for 5 weeks. now that it is almost time to go i am realizing that it is too long. i’m going to lose my mind about 3 weeks in. oh well. that will be a story for another time… Good night.