Well, it has been a while since I have blogged. Not since Christmas if memory serves me correctly.... partly this is busyness.... partly this is laziness.... But I'm here now, so cry no more one and all.
Well, the day after Christmas I departed the sunny shores of my home city to return to the much less sunny inland London. After 24 horrible hours on a hot stuffy plane, sitting next to and overweight Arabic man who tried to steal my neck pillow, I arrived back and it was freezing here. And of course my tube line wasn't running, so we had to catch two trains and a taxi to get back to mine. Oh thats right- I said we. Because my beloved parents came back with me.
My flat, while a palace compared to others in this city, is not the biggest of flats and I was lucky enough to be turfed out of my room onto the couch. Don't get me wrong- my couch is big enough and very comfortable. No, it wasn't this that bothered me. It was the fact that my parents kept getting up at 6:30 and walking into the living room to make tea, while I was still well and truly asleep. It also got very cramped, with suitcases, junk, people, clothes strewn everywhere.
It was still good to have them here though. They wanted to do all the touristy stuff of course. Being a local now, I wanted very much to pull my hat down on my head and don some massive sunglasses, but I don't have any sunglasses and I look silly in hats. Still. Went to Winter Wonderland, which was the most wintery fun I've ever had. For those of you not in the know, it's a big fun park set up in Hyde Park. There are rides, and food and booze and stalls selling wintery, Christmassy stuff. Very amusing.
We also went to York for a night, which was very pleasant (though foggy) and historic. Did you know that York has been there for over two thousand years? And that Emperor Constantine was crowned King of the West there in 306 AD? And that the castle was built there in the 11th century by William the Conqueror to ensure his hold on the North? Yes. I memorised the guide book. Which I think my parents appreciated as I spouted out facts as we roamed the city.
New Years was pretty epic also. I ditched the parents for a night and went to the Blitz Party with Judith and her flat mates. Much forties style fun for all. :)
Anyway, my parents went home on Monday, leaving me feeling a little depressed and homesick, which I countered with a day spent eating junk food and watching TV. So yesterday was kind of a write off. BUt I feel much better, thank you darlings.
Anyway! As with last time my parents ditched me to return to Australia, here is a list. I call it: December/January: The numbers.
44: The degrees it was on Christmas day in Perth. Celsius.
32: The number of hours my 22nd birthday went for.
8: The time I went to bed on my 22nd birthday due to jet lag. Par! Tay!
70: The amount the dress I bought in the sales was. Marked down from 190 pounds. Well done me :)
5: am. The time I went to bed on New Years Day.
3: The degrees it was in my flat when I got back from my holidays.
5: Days until my final draft for the moot is due in. My get on to that....
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