Brown paper packages tied up with strings...
How happy was I to return home (in a bit of an urgent stress) to find a brown box care package! Such a surprise - and the proper comfort package for a girl with too much downtime on her hands right now. The chocolate! The candy! Mad Libs, nailpolish, and, best of all - not just a trashy magazine, but ANNOTATED with catty comments! Almost as good as having a good friend here to keep me company during the day. Thanks, Abby for reminding me that even though I feel awfully bound to my flat and my neighborhood these weeks, I do still have wonderful friends out there in the wider world that can be present even if they can't be in London. I am a very lucky person, indeed.
1 April 2009
Going in to work today was optional due to the anticipated mass protests in response to the G20 conference being held in London. I decided to go in, and found it all to be very quiet. No problems on the bus, and our offices are just skirting the potential 'problem areas'. Saw a lot of helicopters out the window (and heard Obama's landing last night - he's staying just down the road!), but the biggest action was watching the BBC website.
Did leave early in order to get to my doc appt, and it has really, properly become spring in London - almost don't need a jacket! Amazing what good weather can do for one's mood... maybe that's why the anarchists were not too riled.
31 March 2009
After the daily doc visit... a quiet rest at my local pub, the Warrington, to read a bit.
How happy was I to return home (in a bit of an urgent stress) to find a brown box care package! Such a surprise - and the proper comfort package for a girl with too much downtime on her hands right now. The chocolate! The candy! Mad Libs, nailpolish, and, best of all - not just a trashy magazine, but ANNOTATED with catty comments! Almost as good as having a good friend here to keep me company during the day. Thanks, Abby for reminding me that even though I feel awfully bound to my flat and my neighborhood these weeks, I do still have wonderful friends out there in the wider world that can be present even if they can't be in London. I am a very lucky person, indeed.
