Long time no post...

Whoops!!! Forgot to post last week and this week is half way over! yikes!

Hrm. What has happened?

Well I went over to the Island of Jersey, which is between England and France. LOVELY!!!  I met up with a friend from school (Cambridge buddy Jane) and we toured the island and went on hikes and went to a BBQ and overall just had a great time. Nice to be in the heat as well, and be by the proper ocean with proper waves! oh! Lovely!

Last week was another typical week - working and being social. On Thursday night I managed to fulfill a life-long dream - I saw a ballet at the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden!! OH!!! I was just giddy with excitement. I bought myself a glass of wine and explored all over. The theatre is lovely and even though I was up in the nose bleeds (expensive nose bleeds at that) I still had a great view.

This past weekend I was up in Bradford (near Leeds/Manchester) for my cousin's Hen Day. What is a Hen Day you ask? Well it's our version of a Bridal Shower combined with a Bachelorette party... except focused on the kitchen. Or at least Charlene's was - it was a Kitchen Tea - all the gifts were for the kitchen/ kitchen themed. It was actually loads of fun! We went to a pub in the evening for some drinks, but it wasn't a wild night.  On the Sunday I spent time with family (went to their church) and had lunch at Trafford Center, a major shopping mall for the north. Crazy.

This week is my last week at Park Lane - I move over to the City next week to do more corporate work. To top off my star sitings at the Dorchester, yesterday I saw the cast of the new A-Team flick - lots of fun!! No huge plans this week - meeting up with some friends on Thursday night, possible intern drinks tonight.

This weekend, however, will be fun. Kathryn and I are off to Dublin!! WOOT!! We are going to do all sorts of irish things - Guiness Factory, Trinity Chapel, Cathedrals, Temple Bar area... I'm very excited about it!

I'll try update properly next week! Hope everyone is well! I'm really enjoying my time over here this year - footloose and fancy free! :)

half way..

I just realized I'm at the 'half way point' of my time over here... that's scary!! I've got so much more to do before I get home, I'd better get moving!!!

Busy Bee

I must say, since my last post I've been a busy little bee!  And not with work! Well, no, work has been busy, but I've also been rather social...

My land lady is out of town, so last wednesday night one of her friends looked in on me and took me out for dinner to 'make sure I was eating right'.. cute. Had a nice steak dinner on their tab, which is always a bonus.

Then on Thursday I had dinner with my half-brother Adam. He lives in Hong Kong but was flying through London (he's a pilot) and we met for a few hours of reconnecting. This was the third time in my life meeting him. We had a lot of fun and a lot of wine... connected?  Anyway, nice to catch up!

Over the weekend I went visiting more family - my Mum's cousin Anne and her Husband Mike. They live down in Southampton near the coast. We spent the weekend driving around Hampshire, visiting lots of little villages. We went to the church where Florence Nightingale is burried, drove through an 'Area of Outstanding Beauty' (official title, but well earned), and poked around the shops of a small village called Selborne. On Sunday we drove down to Bornemouth via the New Forest and visited the Russell-Coates museum and gallery, which I must say was pretty insane - so well stocked!!!

Last night a group of interns celebrated one of their birthday's - we had drinks in Hyde Park and then dinner at a Lebanese restaurant. Tonight I'm having dinner with an acquaintence from home, and tomorrow night I'm meeting up with my new Kiwi friend to watch a movie!!

Very exciting will be this coming weekend - I'm catching a flight over to Jersey, one of the Chanel Islands between England and France. A friend from my law degree (met at Cambridge) lives on the island and invited me to come stay... so I'm leaving work a tad early to get out to Gatwick and will be MIA all weekend... I'm really looking forward to it as I've heard Jersey is really nice.

How is everyone at home? I hope well. Dunno if anyone is actually reading it... if you are, please end the radio silence because even though I'm having fun, it's nice to hear from home!! (begging much?!?!)

quick update

I'm sorry, I've been bad, I haven't updated in a while...

Nothing much to report actually.  Work is the same, with minor changes - after I got sick I decided I was going to be more firm with the hours I was willing to work, so am not staying quite as late as before in an effort to get more 'me' time. The work itself has also improved - more complicated stuff, some actual real legal research. all good stuff. 

On Monday 6 new interns joined the firm, making our total up to 12 now. A real mix bag still, all from various parts of the globe. I haven't interacted with them much, so can't really say too much about them.

Last weekend I went to Maidenhead to visit my Aunt and Uncle. Oh so nice! Didn't do a whole lot, which was just what I needed. Relaxed, slept in, watched some football, went on a country walk and a country drive through Ascot and Windsor, had an afternoon tea - all the good casual English stuff.

Have some exciting weekends on the horizon tho.. but I won't drop hints, I'll just say... stay tuned!